OSWEGO — Women’s Hockey had a minor setback in their 2019-2020 season today as they fell to the Amherst Mammoths. The 3-0 loss was the first since November 8th when the Lakers lost to the Plattsburgh Cardinals. The Mammoths went ahead on the scoreboard in the first period on the powerplay. They would not add to their total till the third period as the group netted one even strength and then towards the end as the group buried an empty net goal. Senior Rachael Farmer kept Oswego in this game who finished with 19 saves. The Lakers will take a month off until they battle King’s College in the Marano Campus Center and then travel to Morrisville for a NEWHL matchup. Women’s Hockey finishes their first half of the season at 7-3-1 and in second place in the Northeast Women’s Hockey League.
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Oswego State women’s basketball mid-season update
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women’s basketball team is off to a historic start to their season, and the best under head Coach Sean Pinkerton. With nine wins so far this season, they passed the most wins in a single season by Pinkerton, which was seven in the 2017-18 season, in their December 3 win over the Buffalo State Bengals. So far they are 3-2 in the SUNYAC, putting them in sixth place so far, but still have 13 games still to play in the league.
The Lakers have been led by transfer Karleigh Leo this season. The Liverpool, N.Y. native transferred in this season from Stevenson University and has made a major impact. She has played in 10 of 11 games so far this season, starting all ten. She leads the team with 16.3 points per game, and is also averaging 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists. She is third in all of D3 in three pointers attempted and fourth in three pointers made. She is second in three pointers per game.
Three other Lakers are scoring more than 10 points per game. Diamond Pickett is second on the team with 13.4 points per game, Logan Castiglione is third with 11.8 per game, and Shania Iglesias is the fourth with 11.4 per game. Pickett, in her second season, is also averaging 12 rebounds per game. Her six double-doubles this season have her in a 11-way for 12th most in the country.
As previously mentioned, the squad is 9-2 this season. They started the year on a seven game win streak that brought them through non-conference play and into their first SUNYAC game. The win streak included a win in the Max Ziel Women’s basketball tournament. They play two games before the new year, an exhibition with Colgate on December 17, and a non-conference game with Alfred State on December 30. Less than a week after New Years they restart conference play. They start January 6 first with Buffalo State at home, a matchup they won 73-66 in Buffalo earlier this season. Then Geneseo comes to town on January 7. The Lakers continue their season, trying to make the SUNYAC playoff for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
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New Interim Director of Athletics for Oswego State
OSWEGO, NY — Last week, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management announced that current Associate Athletic Director Eric Summers would be named Oswego’s Interim Director of Athletics. The Fayetteville, New York resident has been with the Lakers since June of 2014, and will take his new position immediately. Summers has been with a few other colligate programs before coming to Oswego. He was the head of the Hamilton College Crew Program for over a decade. Prior to Hamilton, Summers oversaw the men’s varsity crew program at Colgate University for two years. The team was ranked nationally for the first time during his stint with the team. This move comes after the retirement of Sue Viscomi, who retired at the end of May after seven years. The 24 team Athletic Department will now be led by Summers as the Lakers prepare for the 2020 Fall Season. WTOP 10 will continue to deliver coverage to Oswego State Athletics as teams prepare for their 2020 seasons.
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Women’s Hockey gets it done against Nazareth
OSWEGO, NY — Oswego Women’s Hockey won their match up against Nazareth Sunday afternoon 3-2. The Lakers went down early in the first period as the Golden Flyers got one past senior Racheal Farmer to put them in the lead. Oswego would not answer till the second period as freshman Megan Teachout tallied one on the powerplay. Kyliegh Grugin would add another just 1:33 minutes later on a pass from Morgan Shines. Avery Webster would eventually get the game winner as both teams netted in the final stanza.
This is Oswego’s 12th win of the season as the Lakers head to Buffalo State next weekend for a NEWHL match up. The Friday night puck drop will be at 4 p.m. as the Lakers look to remain in second place behind Plattsburgh in the conference standings.
