OSWEGO — Senior Allison Sullivan of the Oswego State volleyball team has added to her post-season accolades with an honorable mention all-region award, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association this past weekend. This is the first all-region recognition for the middle blocker and fifth in the Lakers’ program history. Sullivan joins Erin Hanlon (2002, 2003) and Ariel Murawski (2015, 2016) as the other Lakers to be selected for this award.
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Oswego State women’s basketball soar past Hawks in non-conference play
OSWEGO N.Y. — It was another day at the office for the Oswego State women’s basketball team. Last night, the Lakers hosted the Hilbert College Hawks in a non conference matchup. This game took place in the Max Ziel Gymnasium and it did not disappoint. The Lakers came out and handled business, winning with a final score of 72-58 as the team improves to 1-1 this season. The leading scorers for Oswego were freshman Diamond Pickett with fourteen, senior Danielle Caivana with fourteen, and sophomore Chastin Giles with eleven. The contest was close at the half with the Lakers leading only by four. The third quarter is where things took a turn for Hilbert as they only managed to drop five points, leading to the Lakers impressive victory. With this win the Lakers pick up momentum heading into their next matchup as they take on the SUNY-Delhi Broncos this Tuesday at the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Tip-Off is at 5:30 p.m. on WTOP 10!
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Oswego State Women’s Lacrosse Prepares for Brockport Following Win Versus Buffalo State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego Women’s Lacrosse team won their fourth game of the season on Monday, defeating the Buffalo State Bengals 14-4. This was the Lakers second win of the season versus the Bengals as the won their last matchup 14-6 on April 10th. The Lakers sweep the Bengals to get two wins this season in the SUNYAC West Division.
Oswego snapped a 3-game losing streak with Monday’s victory, something they needed to accomplish in order to keep pace in the West division. It was a back-and-forth game midway through the 1st half. The Lakers lead 3-0 in the opening 5 minutes following goals from Shae McConnell, Erin Lehmann, and leading scorer, Sela WIley. The Bengals then retaliated with 3 goals of their own, tying the game with 12:36 left in the 1st half. However, Buffalo State would never hold a lead in the entire game as they were outscored by Oswego 11-1 at the end of regulation. Wiley had yet another dominant performance on Monday. The sophomore scored 5 goals, bringing her season total to 27, and added an assist on top of that. McConnell also had a hat-trick while Isabella Lembo fell just short, totaling 2 goals and 1 assist. Four other Lakers scored a single goal, including Logan Castiglione, Julia Quirk, Erin Lehmann, and Katie Fierro. Fierro netted her first collegiate goal in the victory.
Oswego improved to 3-2 in SUNYAC play and will look towards their highly anticipated matchup vs SUNY Brockport. The Lakers will look to avenge their blowout loss to the Golden Eagles just a few days ago on April 17th. Oswego lost 22-9 but will have to have a short term memory heading into Wednesday’s matchup. Brockport is on a 7-game winning streak, backed by the outstanding play of leading scorer, Heather Conklin. Conklin has scored a whopping 39 goals this season and had 6 against Oswego in their previous game. The Golden Eagles also have two other players with more than 20 goals, including Cassidy Burnash (24), and Allison Jennings (21). The Lakers will have to play better defensively in order to keep up with Brockport’s high-powered offense. Oswego currently sits in 3rd place in the West division and needs a victory to keep pace with SUNY Geneseo (4-1). Brockport (6-1) has already clinched a playoff berth and will look to continue their great 2021 season on Wednesday. Face off is set for 4:00 PM at Brockport for this SUNYAC West matchup.
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Oswego State Baseball Sweeps Alfred State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Baseball got their second consecutive doubleheader sweep on Thursday as the Lakers have now won four in a row, and move to 5-1. The weather was beautiful in Oswego for the home opener, and the first home baseball game for the Lakers since April 23rd, 2019. The Lakers defeated Alfred State 6-3 in game one, and 8-0 in game two in a great day for both pitchers and hitters in an Oswego uniform.
Oswego scored in each of the first three frames of game one, leading 5-0 after 3, the Lakers dominated all day long. Each of the first five runs came courtesy of Alfred State mishap as two runs came on separate wild pitches, two runs came on fielding errors, and one run was walked in. Anthony Van Fossen was brilliant on the mound for the Lakers as he threw 6 innings of 1 hit, shutout ball. Van Fossen now holds a 0.82 ERA through 11 innings of work, as he gave up just one run on three hits in his last outing against Brockport, and he has shown he can be a reliable arm for the Lakers staff this year. At the plate, Ryan Weiss was 3-3 with a double, an RBI and a run. Oswego led 6-0 going into the final inning in which Alfred State gave the Lakers a little scare in a rally that featured 3 runs, but the Lakers would win game one 6-3.
The Lakers had 8 hits in the first game, but came out even hotter in the second game with 14 hits to go with 8 runs. While the Lakers offense was firing, Ronald Loomis who struggled in his first outing against Brockport put on an inspired performance on the mound as he threw 5 innings of two hit, shutout ball. After Loomis was pulled, the Oswego bullpen was outstanding, as Connor Van Dreason, Jacob Sanders, Sean Clifford, and Evan Dempsey each threw an inning apiece, and none of them gave up a hit. In the batters box, Kyle Lauria was 3-5 with 3 RBIs, Brendon Frank was 3-4 and contributed 2 runs, Paul Tammaro was 2-4 with a double and 2 runs, and Ryan Enos was 2-4 with a run and 2 RBIs.
The Lakers successfully defended home field in their doubleheader sweep behind a 14 run day from the offense, and the pitching staff held Alfred State to 5 hits all day long. The Lakers will defend home turf again Saturday, April 10th, when they take on Fredonia in a SUNYAC West doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage on the Oswego State Baseball team all season long.
