OSWEGO, NY — After many athletic conferences across the United States begin to cancel or postpone the Fall 2020 season due to COVID-19, the SUNYAC Conference announced on Monday, July 20th, the cancellation of the fall season for member institutions. This decision was made by the SUNYAC Presidents in conjunction with the SUNYAC Board of Directors. This comes after the Empire 8, a local New York Division III conference, announced the postponement of the Fall 2020 season on July 16th. The SUNYAC has decided to cancel all competition till January 2021, which includes winter sports. The report, found on the conference website, states that teams can continue small team workouts when school is back in session. There are still questions regarding the winter sports season that has been pushed off, but time will tell what changes will be made moving forward.
Of course, this will affect Oswego State Athletics for the time being, as most of the teams are a part of that conference. WTOP 10 will continue to have updates on the situation as students return to college around the end of August.
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Marano Campus Center Ice Rink Melts
OSWEGO, NY — As playoffs are upon us at SUNY Oswego for both the Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams, this week has been a challenge for both along with other groups that call the Marano Campus Center Ice Rink their home. Tuesday Evening, reports from individuals that cover both teams like Ben Grieco, from the Oswegonian, tweeted about the ice chilling system failing at the ice rink. The compressor in the system broke, resulting in the ice surface beginning to melt. Wednesday morning, the ice crew began removing the ice due to the ice melting. Currently, all that lies in the rink is the concrete bottom as we wait for updates on the situation. This problem has many implications, as teams are starting to prepare for this weekend’s playoff games.
Women’s Hockey is set to host Morrisville on Saturday for the first round of the NEWHL playoffs. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m. as the two seed is looking to secure a win, a most likely move on to play Plattsburgh in the finals. Men’s Hockey is supposed to host the highest remaining seed as quarter final games are being played on Wednesday. This game is set to play at 7 p.m. from the Marano Campus Center. Due to the current standing of the rink, these games may get moved to a new location so that games can be played at the correct times. Although all of this is not confirmed yet, Oswego Athletics has begun looking at possible options for these games, most likely being a place in Syracuse that has the capacity for two college games.
Even though both of these teams are affected the most from this problem, other teams are feeling the results. The D1 ACHA Hockey team has had to move practices to a new location as the team is preparing for their playoffs this weekend in Buffalo. The Women’s Club team has also had to cancel practice for this week.
To have constant updates on the situation in the Marano Campus Center, head over to @WTOP10Sports on Twitter. WTOP10 will have broadcasts of both games if they will still be played in MCC.
Images from Nicole Hube (@Nicole_Hube) and Oswego Athletics
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Oswego women’s basketball suffers two point loss to Geneseo
GENESEO, N.Y. — It was a true fight to the finish for the Oswego State women’s basketball team against Geneseo. The Lakers went to battle against SUNY Geneseo and this matchup did not disappoint. It was a fight back and forth until ultimately one layup decided the contest with a final score of 49-51. This game was neck and neck until the very end. After the first quarter Geneseo had the momentum up seven points. The Lakers refused to go down this early however, going on a twelve to four run in the second putting them up two points at the half. Freshman Shania Iglesias scored twelve points with six coming from the three point line. Senior Logan Castiglione also had an impressive performance with nine points. Both Oswego and Geneseo put up sixteen points in the third leaving this game up for grabs in the final quarter. One key steal by Geneseo put them up by two in the final seconds of the contest to give them the win. Despite this tough loss the Lakers recorded an impressive sixteen turnovers. The Lakers face Oneonta in a SUNYAC matchup this Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gymnasium. Check it out live on WTOP 10!
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Oswego State women’s lacrosse takes on Utica College
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team will host their first home game of the 2022 season today at Laker Turf Stadium. Nonconference opponent Utica College will travel down Interstate 90 to take on Oswego State for the first time since the 2019 season.
The Lakers start off their season 0-2 after dropping nonconference contests to nationally ranked Williams Smith and Clarkson University. The offense is once again led by veteran Sela Wiley who has four goals and one assist. The captain leads the team in points heading into the third game of the season. Newcomer Madison Davis has three goals in two games played for Oswego State after starting the season red hot and earning SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. In between the pipes, freshman Sarah Kamide has played every minute for the Lakers. The netminder has given up 29 goals and averages 14.50 per game. With 26 total saves through two games played, the Laker post a save percentage of .473. Currently, the Lakers are getting outscored 12 to 29 against opponents this season. Oswego State has also averaged less shots per game compared to their opponents with a stat line of 17.5 per contest.
On the other side of the field, the Utica College Pioneers kick off their 2022 season with this contest against Oswego State. Last year, the Pioneers were 9-6 and 4-2 in Empire 8 conference play. The team finished their season in the final round of the playoffs, losing to Nazareth College 8-9.
In terms of the history between these two programs, Utica College won the last matchup between the two teams back in March of 2019. The 11-7 win came at home for the Pioneers against the Lakers. However, the Oswego State squad holds the history in their hands with a record of 5-4-0 against Utica College and looks to gain their sixth win this afternoon.
WTOP 10 will stream the game live on YouTube from Laker Turf Stadium. Coverage begins right at 12:00 p.m. over on our YouTube page. The game starts at 12:00 p.m. right here on SUNY Oswego’s campus.
