The Oswego Lakers women’s lacrosse dealt out a brutal beating in their matchup against Fredonia Saturday. This dominant victory showcased the Lakers ability to perform and cleanly handle their opponents. When it was all said and done the Lakers walked out with a 19-4 W. This was the perfect way for them to kick off their SUNYAC play. The Lakers had a lightning fast start scoring six goals in the first quarter to Fredonia’s two. This would set the tone for the rest of the game. Junior Sela Wiley had a stellar performance as usual, scoring five goals and one assist. Sophomore Shae Mcconnell also had five goals in this contest. Despite Fredonia’s efforts to gain some momentum, the Lakers handled them easily as this contest was pretty much over by halftime. The Lakers look to keep these impressive performances up as they head to SUNY Oneonta Saturday at 3:00!
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Women’s Basketball Takes Down Blue Devils, Roll to 7-0
OSWEGO, NY- The Lakers extended their winning streak to seven after defeating the Fredonia Blue Devils 76-66. Throughout most of the game, it was a back-and-forth battle between the Blue Devils and the Lakers before the Lakers pulled away in the fourth quarter.Diamond Pickett got the Lakers on the board first. A minute later Karleigh Leo would add her first three-pointer of the game to make the score 5-0. Leo led the Lakers with ten points in the first quarter followed by Diamond Pickett with four. The Lakers started out the second quarter with a three-pointer from Chastin Giles who was pretty active in scoring for the Lakers against the Blue Devils. The Lakers led 22-15 at the beginning of the second quarter before squandering six straight points to the Blue Devils only leading by one 22-21. Fredonia rallied with three minutes left in the half to take the lead 30-28 as Kyla Smith scored all five points for the Blue Devils during that run.
The third quarter saw the Lakers take the momentum away from the Blue Devils but were outshot by the Blue Devils 64.4% compared to the Laker’s 42.2%. Leo would help the Lakers retake the lead with another three-pointer to give them a 36-34 lead with 7:35 left in the third. Leo led the Lakers at the end of the third quarter with 13 points followed by Diamond Pickett with 12 and Iglesias with nine. The Lakers led 56-53 at the end of the third.
The Lakers started out the fourth quarter with both Logan Castiglione and Chastin Giles hitting back-to-back three’s to extend the Lakers lead to 8. Karleigh Leo hit a three-pointer with 4:31 left to extend the Lakers lead to ten 69-59. This forced the Blue Devils to burn one of their timeouts. The Blue Devils would commit six fouls in the final two minutes of the game which included Renee Park who was disqualified from the game after her fifth foul of the game. The Lakers made five free throws to extend the score 76-66 to win the game. Karleigh Leo once again led the Lakers in scoring with 23 points as she is averaging 19.5 points/per game. Leo is currently #1 in D3 Women’s Basketball in three-pointers made with 28, three-point attempts with 73, and three-pointers per game with 4.67. Diamond Pickett had another stellar performance with 16 points along with Shania Iglesias with 14 points. Chastin Giles played impressively as well with ten points on the day.
The Lakers will be back in the Max Ziel Gymnasium on Friday, December 2nd to take on the Brockport Golden Eagles at 5:30 PM. The Lakers are searching for their first 8-0 start since the 2004-05 season where they finished that season 24-4. The Lakers are looking to defeat Brockport for the first time since the 2019-20 season when they defeated them 69-62 in Brockport. The Golden Eagles are coming off a 71-63 win over Buffalo State improving their record to 2-2 on the season and 1-0 in the SUNYAC.
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Comeback Victory for Volleyball vs. Oneonta
OSWEGO — Volleyball had their 2nd SUNYAC match of the weekend yesterday. SUNY Oneonta visited Mark Ziel Gymnasium were the Lakers and Red Dragons used all five sets in this rivalry match up. Oswego would go down 2-1 going into the 3rd set until Junior Melissa Lussier helped lead the ladies to a comeback. This win is the first in conference play this season for the team which adds to their overall record of 13-6. Nazareth will enter the gym on Wednesday for a non-conference match starting at 7 p.m.
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Oswego Baseball swept in SUNYAC opener
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The rough start to the Oswego State Baseball team’s season just got a bit worse. After starting the season 5-8 through a tough non-conference schedule, the team opened conference play with one of the toughest opponents there is, the Cortland Red Dragons.
The first game of the the three game set was one the Lakers really are going to want to forget. Jacob Sanders got the start on the mound for the Lakers, but only got two innings into the game. He gave up three runs, on four hits, walking two, hitting a batter and striking out two. Anthony Van Fossen pitched the next four innings for the Lakers, and it didn’t get much better. He allowed six runs on eight hits, walking one, though he did strike out six. The game only went seven innings, so the final frame was pitched by Ryan Paige, who gave up three hits and a run, striking out one. Oswego was kept hitless in this one. Cortland’s Dylan Beers pitched all seven innings of the game, allowing only one walk, and striking out 12 of the 22 batters he faced in the game. Cortland won the game 10-0. The standout batter for Cortland was Mat Bruno. The Red Dragons’ left fielder was 3-5 on the day with a double and drove in three.
The second game of the series was actually game two of Friday’s double header. The Lakers had to bounce back from being no-hit just a few hours later. Unfortunately for the Lakers, it just wasn’t their day. The Red Dragons scored five runs in the first two innings in this one. Thomas Pecchia got the start for Oswego, he also only made it two innings into the game, giving up five runs, only three earned, and seven hits. The Lakers would respond, grabbing a run of their own in the top of the third inning, Jelani Hammer scoring off a Tishawn Featherstone single, though Cortland would take the run right back in the bottom half. The fourth inning was scoreless for both squads, and in the top of the fifth the Lakers looked to mount a comeback. Jelani Hammer started the scoring with a solo-homer, and then a two-run bomb from Featherstone pulling the Lakers to only a two run deficit 6-4. The Lakers once again kept the Red Dragons scoreless in the bottom half of the inning, but it was the sixth inning that Cortland created the insurmountable lead. They scored six runs, five out which came off of two home runs. Oswego couldn’t answer, and the Red Dragons added another three runs to their lead for a 15-4 final after seven innings. Cortland’s Will McCarthy got the win after going four and two thirds innings, giving up three runs on seven hits while striking out four. Alec Conrad pitched most of the game for the Lakers, going four innings while giving up seven runs, four earned, on nine hits and striking out two.
The final game of the set was on Saturday, and once more it was a tough one for the Lakers. Once again the Lakers were held scoreless in this one. They had six hits scattered through the seven inning game. Cortland again got started early, grabbing a run in the first inning, then two more in the third. Another three in the fourth inning knocked the Lakers started Kieran Finnegan out of the game. He finished after three and two thirds innings, giving up six runs, three earned, on seven hits, walking three. Larry Citrola took the bomb from Finnegan and had a good two and a third innings. He only allowed one run on one hit and struck on two. Going into the seventh the Red Dragons held a 7-0 lead, and they scored three in the seventh inning to make it a 10-0 lead and end the game. Relief pitcher Liam Krasney was a star for the Red Dragons’, pitched the final three frames without allowing a hit and striking out three; he also picked up a save. Errors killed the Lakers in this one, with only four of Cortland’s ten runs being earned runs.
The Lakers next series is a double header at home against SUNY Cobleskill on Wednesday, game one is a 1:30 and game two is set for 4:00. The team is now 5-11 this season.
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