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Women’s Hockey Sweeps season series with William Smith

By Brian Burrows — 3 years ago

GENEVA, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women’s Hockey team took a trip to Geneva to finish the season series with the William Smith College Herons. The Lakers had beat them on home ice during the Thanksgiving break 5-1. The Herons looked to get their revenge, getting on the board just a minute into the game. The Lakers didn’t let the lead last for too long. Sophia Kyrkostas scored an unassisted goal about half way through the period. William Smith wouldn’t let the tie stand though. With less than three minutes until the break, the Heron’s struck, taking a 2-1 lead into the break. Lexi Levy had two saves for Oswego, while Annie Houser had 13 for William Smith.

In the second period, the Lakers took advantage of a power play opportunity. A hooking penalty against the Herons allowed Simone Bednarik to capitalize in her first game back in action after representing Slovakia in the World University games. Assists came from Amanda Zenstein and Avery Webster. Bednarik scored again just 30 seconds until the end of the period, this time unassisted. The second period ended with Oswego up 3-2. Levy stopped another 6 shots while Hauser 14 of her own.

The Lakers controlled the third period as well. Their first goal of the period for the Lakers was another power play goal. Mack Hull buried one for the Lakers fourth of the game. Ashlynn McGrath and Amanda Zenstein both grabbing assisted. The final goal of the game came off the stick Mia Conboy with assists by Sophia Kyrkostas and Rylee Preston. The final score ended up as 5-2. Ashlynn McGrath had a team high with six shots to go with her one assist. Levy had 22 saves in the game, Houser ended with 39. The Lakers were 2-8 on the powerplay in the game.

Oswego has four games left in their season. They have two this coming weekend against SUNY Canton and SUNY Potsdam, both on the road. They now have a record of 12-8-1 (9-4-1 NEWHL). They sit third in the NEWHL with 19 points.

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Oswego womens hockey goes 1-1 on the weekend

By Michael Shetler — 3 years ago

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OSWEGO, N.Y. – It was a week of ups and downs for Laker women’s hockey this weekend as they had some success and some troubles. The Lakers took on the Buff State Bengals Friday in a game that was an absolute massacre from start to finish. The Bengals have been really struggling this season with only three wins to their name. The Lakers were happy to add another loss to their record with a whopping 9-2 victory. It was the Mack Hull, Simone Bednarik, and Ashlyn Mcgrath show as they all got a piece of the pie with multiple goals on the day. Mack Hull had three goals on the day, two in the first period and one early on in the second to set her team up for success. Bednarik would score the first goal of the game and from there the Lakers completely dominated the rest of the contest. The Bengals were able to score two goals throughout the game but it was nowhere close enough to get the job done. The Lakers would look to keep the momentum rolling as they headed into a big home game against the Plattsburgh Cardinals the following day.

The Lakers did not have the same success they had the day before as they fell to the Cardinals in a hard fought battle until the very end. Plattsburgh got on the board fourteen minutes into the first to put them in the driving seat. The Lakers were far from out of the game however as Ashlyn Mcgrath would score her 10th goal of the season to tie up the came in the second period. Mcgrath has been on an absolute tear this season as she has been dominating for the Lakers in every game. Plattsburgh would break the tie in the third and despite the valiant effort, would suffer a 2-3 loss in a close fought battle. The Lakers are now 8-4 and will play at home against Amherst College January 3rd at 5:00pm.

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Oswego womens hockey sweeps Morrisville this weekend

By Michael Shetler — 3 years ago

Kensie_Malone_SkateOSWEGO, N.Y.  – It was a great way for the lakers to get back on track this weekend as they added two big SUNYAC victories to their record. The Lakers first faced the Mustangs in Morrisville where it was almost all Lakers from start to finish. After a scoreless first period for the Lakers Ashlyn Mcgrath scored two minutes into the second period. The lakers kept heavy pressure throughout the second period outshooting the Mustings 25-13. Mia Conboy tacked on another Lakers goal in the second scoring her first of the season. Morrisville was able to score at the end of the second but it was too late as the lakers momentum was not going to be stopped. In the third period sophomore Ashlyn Mcgrath scored her fourth goal of the season and second of the contest for the Lakers. A late goal by Mack Hull sealed the 4-1 win for the Lakers. The Mustangs had a chance at redemption the following day.

The Lakers had a rematch against the mustangs this past Saturday this time in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. This was another fantastic performance from the Lakers as they skated to another 4-1 victory. Another scoreless first period made the Lakers hungry to get on the board in the second. After a missed power play opportunity shortly into the second Amanda Zenstein scored her first goal of the season and the first goal of the game for the Lakers. The Mustangs would answer right back scoring their only goal of the game in the second. After having an amazing performance the day before, Ashlyn Mcgrath added to her weekend resume with another goal to put the Lakers up by two. Taylor Hudon would then put another goal on on the board for the Lakers. As if three goals on the weekend wasn’t enough, Ashlyn Mcgrath would score her fourth goal of the weekend and second of the game for the Lakers. Mcgrath has been a tremendous asset to this Lakers team and continues to prove her importance. The Lakers gained some needed momentum this weekend and look to keep it rolling as they take on the the Cortland Red Dragons this Friday in the Deb. Catch it live on WTOP10!

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Womens hockey gets first win this weekend

By Michael Shetler — 3 years ago

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OSWEGO, N.Y.  – It was an entertaining weekend for women’s hockey as the Lakers were able to pick up a win this weekend despite suffering a loss the night prior. The Lakers headed to Potsdam this past Friday to take on the Bears in what was a big matchup for them. Despite a close game the Lakers just weren’t able to get the job done in a 2-1 loss. It was a stalemate in the first period as both teams remained scoreless at the buzzer. The second period is where things got out of hands for the Lakers as Potsdam was able to put two goals on the board and the Lakers just did not have an answer. Looking to rally in the third sophomore Ashlyn McGrath scored a goal capitalizing on an early third period power-play. The Lakers could not crawl out of the Bears trap they set up in the second as they left Potsdam with a one goal loss. Despite this loss the Lakers bounced back the following day.

Saturdays contest ended with a much better result for the Lakers as they took home a big SUNYAC win and their first win of the season against Canton on the road. This game was a great way for the Lakers to get back on track heading into some big upcoming games. They took the lead late in the first thanks to a goal by Myah Booth in the first period. The Lakers traded goals with Canton in the second Avery Webster responded back to a Canton goal off the assists from Rheya Zemlak and  Ashlyn McGrath. The Lakers would just pour it on in the third when McGrath tallied another goal on the weekend. McGrath had a phenomenal two games for the Lakers. In the Last two minutes of the third period Kyleigh Grugin put the Nail in the coffin scoring the fourth and final goal for Oswego. The Lakers look to keep this momentum rolling as they take on Morrisville College this Friday, November 11th at 4:00 PM on the road!

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Oswego women’s hockey loses first two games of the season

By Michael Shetler — 3 years ago

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OSWEGO, N.Y.  – It was a tough weekend for the Lakers as they finish start their season with a 0-2 record with two bad loses to Adrian College. Their home opener was a one sided affair where the Lakers never really got their footing in the contest. The Bulldogs were able to score two goals in the first period and gain the momentum early. Down by two in the second period the Lakers showed some fight when Kaylen Taddia was able to capitalize on a penalty shot resulting in their only goal of the game. Despite the final score of 4-1. Debuting transfer goalie Lexi Levy played a great game for the Lakers tallying thirty three goals ending the contest with a .892 save percentage. Levy is coming off of an injury and proved her importance to this Lakers team in her debut. The Lakers had a chance to get some revenge when they had a rematch against Adrian College the next day.

The Lakers had revenge on their mind in their rematch, but ended up suffering an even worse loss to Adrian College in their second affair. The Lakers just couldn’t get anything going offensively and had some trouble preventing the Bulldogs from pouring it on. Less then three minuted into the game the Bulldogs capitalized off the power play to go up 1-0 very early. From there it was all downhill for the Lakers as they would finish the game scoreless. The story of the game was the Lakers had many opportunities to capitalize on the power play but just couldn’t get anything cooking. The Final score was a 5-0 shutout by the Bulldogs. The Lakers look to regroup as they travel to Potsdam on Friday, November 4th for a conference game against the Potsdam Bears.

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Oswego women’s hockey falls to Nazareth

By Michael Shetler — 3 years ago

 

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OSWEGO, N.Y.  – It was a tough exhibition matchup for the Lakers as they went head to head against a very good Golden Flyers team. Nazareth is coming off an incredible season last year finishing with a 27-2-0 overall record and sweeping their conference 20-0. Despite the Golden Flyers losing a whopping thirteen seniors after last season they were still able to get the job done in the Deb. The Lakers had a rough start of the game not getting much going against a face paced Nazareth team. Nazareth opened up with a goal by Ivy Liden halfway through the first period. Heading into the second it was like night and day as the Lakers performed much better, tying it up with Nazareth with a goal from Megan Gates off of an assist by former Golden Flyer Taylor Hudon and Mia Conboy. Nazareth however answered right back with a goal by Ally Watrous to go up 2-1 heading into the third. The Lakers were not able to string a comeback as Ally Watrous would tack on another goal for the day to seal the Golden Flyers victory. The Lakers finish 0-2 in their exhibition matchups as they head into their first game of the season against Adrian College this Friday in the Deb Stanley Arena. Catch it live on WTOP10 at 7:00pm!

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Oswego State women’s hockey falls in overtime to Cortland

By Brian Burrows — 4 years ago

OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s hockey team had a tough matchup Tuesday night, a NEWHL semi-final matchup versus the Cortland Red Dragons in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. The teams had met three times in the regular season with Oswego taking two of the three, but at the end of all three matchups the teams were separated by only one goal. Tuesday nights contest ended no different. The first period was all Cortland. The Red Dragons looked like the more dominant team throughout the entire period and they outshot the Lakers 10-3. Cortland had the only power play of the period, they got off four shots, but Oswego killed it. The first period ended with both teams getting penalties, and four-on-four hockey ensued that carried over to the start off the second period, but again no goals were scored. Oswego fought back in the second period, outshooting Cortland 13-2. Oswego got the second power play of the game, but the Cortland penalty-kill unit came out on top. The third frame was all Lakers again, beating Cortland in shots on goal 13-4, and getting a lot of their best looks at goal in the entire game. Cortland got their second power play of the game in the final period of regulation, but Oswego out shot them 1-0 in those two minutes. The third period ended scoreless, and the teams headed to OT. Cortland got their third and final power play of the game in OT, but Oswego kept a perfect record on the penalty kill in the game. Cortland would keep the puck in their own offensive zone after the power play though. A shot from the point by Cortland’s Dany Donegan bounced through traffic and found the netting behind Oswego goalie Joanna Hiebert for the game winner, 1-0. Hiebert had 21 saves in the game and finished her season with a 12-4-1 record this season. Cortland goalie Molly Goergen had thirty saves on the night.  Oswego’s Ashlynn McGrath led the team with six shots. Morgan Shines was 9-13 in the face-off circle. 

Cortland advances to take on Plattsburgh in the NEWHL final game. Oswego finishes their season 16-8-1 overall, 13-4-1 in conference. It was the final game in the green-and-gold for seniors Chyne Kennedy, Philomena Teggart, and Aislinn McAleer. Kennedy was Oswego’s third highest point getter with 18 this season, Teggart wore the captains badge this season and ended third on the team in assists with 11. McAleer was one of only seven players to play all 25 games this season.

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Oswego State women’s hockey completes comeback against SUNY Potsdam

By Brian Burrows — 4 years ago

POTSDAM N.Y. — The Oswego women’s hockey team is in the midst of a fight for playoff seeding in the NEWHL. Coming into Tuesday night’s matchup in Potsdam they had three games remaining. The game against the Bears was a big one, the Lakers have already clinched a spot in the playoffs, but Potsdam still fighting for that final seed.

The Lakers took the first period. The lone goal of the period coming on the power play. Morgan Shines passed the puck up to the offensive blue line. Captain Philomena Teggart grabbed the puck and skated to the middle, Shines and Mack Hull set up a screen in front of goal and Teggart took a shot low on the goalies glove side and put it just inside the post. The Lakers killed a late power play for the Bears, and finished the first up on the scoreboard. They dominated the period, winning shots on goal 18-4.

The Lakers almost beat themselves at the start of the second period. A power play three minutes into the period for the Bears and a power play nine minutes in both got killed by the Lakers, with Laker goalie Joanna Hiebert making a few nice saves to keep the Lakers up. Unfortunately, quickly after the end of the second power play the Bears tied the game. Potsdam won possession at their offensive blue line setting up a two-on-two, and forward Kaylee Merrill threatened a pass but took it herself and scored a goal that was assisted by former Laker Megan Teachout. Just four minutes later Merrill picked off a Laker pass and took it one-on-one down the ice and scored a shorthanded goal to give the Bears a 2-1 lead and get her second goal of the night. Oswego again led in shot 15-11.

The third period started with the Lakers finishing off a penalty kill. The Lakers would go on the penalty kill again just before the three minute mark in the period. The Laker would kill it and clear the puck out of the defensive zone. The puck would skip a Bears players stick and Morgan Shines would gather and shoot it to the high blocker side for her team leading ninth goal and tie the game back up at two a piece with fifteen to go. The Lakers would go on a power play with 7:30 to go. Chyne Kennedy would make a key play to keep stop Potsdam for clearing the puck. She would pass the puck to Simone Bednarik who would pass it to Ariella Haas would put the puck in the back of the net for what was the game winning goal. The Lakers defensive would step up and stop a few Potsdam chances, including a late penalty kill, and the game would finish 3-2 in the Lakers favor. Joanna Hiebert would finish the game with twenty saves and improve her record to 10-3-1.

With the win, the Lakers have now won six straight and have a record of 14-0-7-1 (11-0-4-1 NEWHL). They are currently tied with Cortland in the standings, but sit a seed below due to the tiebreaker being head-to-head with the one seed, in this case Plattsburgh. The Lakers have two games left in the season and need to win out and need Cortland to lose one of their final two, both against SUNY Canton. The first of the Lakers final two games is Friday February, 18 in Morrisville against the Mustangs. WTOP10 will have continuing coverage of the Oswego women’s hockey team through the rest of the season and NEWHL playoffs.

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