OSWEGO — The State University of New York Athletic Conference has selected Oswego State Men’s goalie Brian Terra as defensive athlete of the week and Miranda Frascatore as its women’s diver of the week. Terra had two penalty shot saves late in the game as the Lakers defeated Brockport by a score of 2-1. Frascatore placed first in the one-meter dive in Oneonta on Saturday with a score of 222.70 as also placing second in the three-meter dive.
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Men’s soccer goes splits in D.C. tournament
OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State men’s soccer team travelled down to Washington D.C. for a tournament over the weekend. The first game was their first challenge of the season, taking on #23 ranked Montclair State from Montclair, NJ. The Redhawks found the scoreboard first, a header from a corner kick just before the ten minute mark in the game. Three minutes later Montclair got a penalty kick, but a big save by goalkeeper Matt D’Arpino kept the game at 1-0. Three shots toward the end of the half by the Lakers wouldn’t find the back of the net and both sides headed to the half. D’Arpino recorded four saves in the first half, and Kyle Gehnrich led the team with four shots. The Lakers continued to fire shots on the Montclair goal in the second half, six in total, but none found netting, and the game ended 1-0. A total of five yellow cards were given out during the game, two for the Lakers and three for the Redhawks, as well as a whooping 24 fouls, 17 of them called on Montclair. D’Arpino finished the contest with six saves. Chris Smith led the team in shots on goal with two.
Game two was played on Sunday against Baruch College from New York City. A much better offensive outing for the Lakers. Just a minute into the contest Kyle Gehnrich found the back on the net for the Lakers first goal of the season. With 24 minutes to go in the half, a cross from Chris Smith found the head of Jason Wuytack got pass the goalie for the second goal of the game and Wuytack‘s first career goal. The Lakers third goal came at the 31:26 mark. The Lakers held the ball for three straight minutes prior to the goal, Kieran Gilroy tapping it in after a save. Oswego dominated the first half in shots 14-4. Ten minutes into the second half, Baruch pulled one back, heading in a cross. Just one minute later, the Lakers brought the deficit back to three, Kyle Gehnrich passed it into Chris Smith who won a one on one with the goalie bringing the score up to 4-1, the final score of the game. Oswego dominated the game, winning 23-7 in shots and 8-1 in corner kicks. Baruch players got the only two yellow cards on the game. Gehnrich and Smith each had two goal contributions in the game.
Oswego is now 1-1 on the season, with three games left before they open SUNYAC play. The Lakers next game comes against Hamilton college in Clinton, NY on Wednesday, September 7 at 4:30 P.M.
IMAGE COURTESY OF OSWEGO ATHLETICS
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Oswego State women’s lacrosse suffers big loss against SUNY Geneseo
OSWEGO N.Y. — It was a rough Wednesday evening for the Lakers as they couldn’t get anything to click on Laker Turf Stadium. The Lakers took on a very good Geneseo team and at the end of the day, simply got outplayed. With the score after the first quarter being seven to two, the chances for a Laker comeback already looked slim. Oswego’s star players Sela Wiley and Shae McConnell were not able to get anything going in this contest, with McConnell only coming out with one goal and Wiley being scoreless on the day. Sophomore Isabella Lembo was able to shine in this contest with two goals out of the six that were scored. This made her the lead scorer on the night. The Lakers look to recover from this tough loss when they host SUNY New Paltz at 12 p.m. this Saturday. Catch it live on WTOP10!Image Provided by Oswego State Athletics
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Men’s Lacrosse stays undefeated with win over Alfred
ALFRED, NY — The Men’s Lacrosse team improves to 2-0 on the season as the group picked up a thrilling road win against Alfred Wednesday afternoon. The 12-11 victory keeps the Lakers undefeated as the team took a 3-2 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Saxons would try to make it interesting in the third quarter as the home team buried 4 goals on the Lakers, but Oswego would come away with the victory at the end of regulation. The Lakers were led by Weston Gray would have a five point game as the sophomore had three goals and two assists. Jack Delany also netted three goals for Oswego and Liam Dollard had a three point performance. Goaltender Kevin O’Donnell would make 10 saves in the victory.
The Lakers return home as the group prepares for a Tuesday afternoon match up in Potsdam, New York to face off against Clarkson. The undefeated Knights face off against the Rochester Institute of Technology this Saturday for their first conference match up of the season. Oswego will face the Knights at 4 p.m. up in North Country.
