BUFFALO, N.Y. – It was a dominant victory for the Lakers yesterday as the handled Buff State with ease. The “core four” was in full effect and back on track as all four had great performances. Leading the charge this game was Madison Davis with an impressive five goals on the day with two assists, making her the lead scorer. Right behind Davis was the star of the show Sela Wiley with four goals and three assists. Julia Quirk also put on a clinic with three goals and contributed to this dominant victory. This contest was pretty much put away after the first quarter as the Lakers put up ten goals in comparison to Buff States two goals. The Bengals stepped up their defense for the rest of the contest as the first quarter was by far the most dominant for the Lakers. Despite Buff States efforts to bounce back they were no match for this Lakers team as the final score was 18-7. The Lakers look to keep this momentum going as they return to Laker Turf Stadium to take on SUNY Cortland this Friday at 4pm. Catch it live on WTOP 10!
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Men’s Hockey Releases Leadership for 2020-21 Season
OSWEGO, NY — On Thursday, May 14th, the Men’s Hockey team released their captains for the 2020-21 season. Three seniors were given letters to be the leadership group for next season. Defenseman Carter Allen will captain the group heading into the next season, along with Max Novick and Tanner Spink received A’s on their jerseys. The group will lead a new younger generation of Lakers into next season as a large group of underclassmen will join the team via recruitment. Here is some more insight into the players leading the Lakers.
Carter Allen was an assistant captain last season under former captain Josh Zizek. The defenseman has been with the team since his freshman year. Through three seasons, the Ontario native has played in 81 games for the Lakers, in which all his seasons featured being positive in the plus/minus rating. Allen has 22 points (4 goals & 18 assists) in those three seasons, with 9 points coming this past season. #2 tallied two multi point games his junior year with two assists against Morrisville State and Cortland. Allen also got one assist in the SUNYAC finals against Geneseo. Allen will become the captain in the 56th season of Lakers hockey.
Max Novick will be supporting Allen as an assistant captain next season. The defenseman was named to the Third All-American team for the East region this past season after tallying 24 points (6 goals & 18 assists) in 26 games played. The Ontario native’s season was highlighted by two three point performances against Cortland and Potsdam. Novick has played in 79 games over the course of three season for the Lakers in which the player has recorded a total of 56 points (14 goals & 42 assists). Novick’s collegiate career is also highlighted by three plus seasons after going +20 his junior year.
Tanner Spink will also be an assistant captain his senior year as the forward will join the leadership group next season. This past season, Spink recorded 13 points (3 goals and 10 assists) in 25 games played. The Ontario native ranked 2nd in SUNYAC conference players who have scored short handed goals as Spink recorded two this past season. In his past three seasons with the Lakers, the forward has played in 74 games and has tallied 41 points (14 goals and 27 assists) over the course of his career.
WTOP 10 will continue to give Oswego fan’s coverage of all Oswego sports into the summer before the return of fall sports. Schedules for most Laker teams will be released in the next two months.
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Myers and Paul Owen receive Athlete of the Week
OSWEGO — Each week, students are chosen by the Oswego State Athletics Department as Athlete of the Week. This week, the award was given to Liz Myers of Women’s Soccer and Sean Paul Owen of Men’s Golf. Myers scored the go-ahead goal in the 101st minute to seal the victory last Saturday against Buffalo State. For Sean Paul Owen, he shot a 74 last Saturday and a 71 on Sunday as the Lakers took first place in the Nazareth Invitational.
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Baseball team loses in Marietta
MARIETTA, OHIO — The Oswego State Lakers took to the road over the holiday weekend to take on the Marietta College Pioneers in the NCAA Division Three Super Regionals. A tough test for the Lakers, as the Pioneers were ranked the number two team in the country by D3baseball.com at the end of the regular season and had easily run through their competition in the regional round.
The first game of the weekend was postponed from Friday to Saturday due to the weather. When it started, Oswego was the team to strike first. A Paul Tammaro lead-off single was followed by a Ryan Enos walk. Both runners would steal the next base, and Lukas Olsson would ground out but drive in Tammaro in the process. Marietta quickly answered tying the game at one in the bottom of the first. Both teams were held scoreless through the second and third innings. Marietta took the lead in the bottom of the fourth. The Pioneers scored seven times in the fourth to take an 8-1 lead, all seven of the runs being unearned. Marietta scored twice more in the bottom of the fifth to get a 10-1 lead. Oswego got one back on a Ryan Enos double scoring Frank Levanti. Unfortunately, Marietta hit a three-run home run to extend the lead 13-2 in the bottom of the sixth. No runs would be scored during the rest of the game and Marietta took game one of the best of three set. Paul Tammaroand Jacob Levine shared the team’s hit lead with two each. Kieran Finnegan got the start for the Lakers. He went 3.2 innings, gave up eight hits and eight runs, only one being earned. He struck out two and walked one.
Game two was played Sunday. In the first two innings, both of the teams were held scoreless, but Marietta quickly changed that in the third. They scored six runs on only three hits. Two of the runs were unearned as the Lakers had three errors in the inning. In the bottom of the third, the Lakers scored one, Ryan Enos scoring on a Lukas Olsson single. The Pioneers scored five more runs in the top of the fourth, including a three-run home run. Marietta scored twice more in the top of the fifth. Another two-run home run in the top of the sixth gave Marietta a 15-1 lead. The Pioneers crossed the plate four more times in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, the Lakers scored four runs. Ryan Enos drove in one with a bases-loaded walk. Lukas Olsson drove in the other three with a double. Neither team scored in the ninth and Marietta moved on to the Division 3 World Series. Lukas Olsson led the team with three hits and four RBIs. Anthony Van Fossen got the start in game two for Oswego. He went 2.1 innings, giving up six runs, only four earned, on three hits, two walks, and two strikeouts.
The Lakers’ season ends with a 33-13 record. They went 16-2 in conference matchups. The team was led by second basemen Ryan Enos who had a .451 batting average, 21 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, and 60 RBIs. Shortstop Paul Tammaro also had an extremely good year. He batted .444 with 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 26 RBIs. Centerfielder Kyle Lauria hit .345 with 12 doubles, three triples, five home runs, and 53 RBIs. First Baseman Ryan Weiss hit .315 with 11 doubles, ten home runs, and 38 RBIs. Pitcher Kieran Finnegan had thirteen starts for the Lakers, he pitched 75.2 innings pitched. he had a 2.97 ERA with a 1.33 WHIP, he pitched four complete games. He walked 17 and struck out 59, opponents hit .275 against him. Enos, Tammaro, Lauria, Weiss, and Finnegan all earned All-SUNYAC First-team honors. Pitcher Jacob Sanders, Catcher Lukas Olsson, and Designated Hitter Jacob Levine were all awarded All Second-Team honors. Freshman Tishawn Featherstone was awarded SUNYAC Freshman of the year.
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