OSWEGO — The volleyball team played host to the defending SUNYAC champion New Paltz last night. The Lakers came right out of the gate, winning the opening set 25-16. They would drop the following three in a 3-1 loss to the visiting Hawks. Melissa Lussier, Junior, led the team with 14 kills along with 2 aces through the contest. The group looks to bounce back today versus Oneonta at 1 p.m. in the Max Ziel Gymnasium.
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Lakers soccer get big SUNYAC win on the road
FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women’s soccer team took a trip out west to Fredonia, New York in a SUNYAC matchup Wednesday night. The Lakers started with possession off the kickoff and made a push downfield right away. Luigina Serrao was able to get a shot off only 3:00 minutes into the game and the Lakers almost took a lead, but the shot was stopped from a great save by Fredonia’s goalkeeper Dani Rubino. Both teams would trade possesion for the next couple minutes and about 6 minutes in Amber McDermott would receive her first yellow card. This gave Fredonia a spark and Talia DeFay would give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead 9:13 in. There would be little action over the next 10 minutes of play before Katie Delgrosso would attempt a shot, barely missing right of the net. Fredonia would then follow that shot with three shots of their own, missing high on two of them, and Perri Anderson saving the other on a day where she would have 2 saves. Oswego would take the pass off of the goal kick, and Brianna Winkler would score her 5th goal of the year and the tying goal of the game assisted by Emma Rechtorovic.(28:23). Oswego would go into halftime tied at 1-1.
Oswego would come out with a fast start in the second half. The Lakers scored their second goal of the game just over 2 minutes into the half. Luigina Serrao would score the game winning goal and her 4th goal of the year, with Rechtorovic recording her second assist of the day. The Lakers would play lock down defense for the rest of the game not allowing Fredonia to get any shots off and controlling the pace of play. The Lakers would escape with a 2-1 win.
Oswego is 8-5-3 (3-3-2 in SUNYAC) while Fredonia falls to 2-8-4 (0-6-2 in SUNYAC). After this win the Lakers move up to 5th place in the SUNYAC as they continue to fight for a playoff spot. The Lakers will close out the regular season with their final conference matchup against New Paltz on Saturday, October 22nd.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Women’s Hockey falls in close battle with Plattsburgh
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey played their first conference match up in over a month this past Wednesday. The Lakers lost 3-1 to the #1 Plattsburgh Cardinals that featured Oswego goalie Rachael Farmer saving 34 shots as she finished with a .906 save percentage. Oswego would get on the board first as freshman Megan Teachout tallied her seventh goal of the season, who is the current points leader for the Lakers. The Cardinals would answer just 32 seconds later to tie Oswego heading into the 2nd period. Plattsburgh would add another goal in the second, and a powerplay goal in the 3rd to surpass the Lakers and stay undefeated in NEWHL game play.
The Lakers still sit in second place in the conference standings directly in front of their next opponent the Cortland Red Dragons. Cortland remains 4 points behind Oswego with two games at hand. So far this season, these two teams have ended in a tie along with Oswego beating Cortland 3-2 on December 4th. Oswego will head to Cortland next Wednesday for a 7 p.m. puck drop.
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Lakers Field Hockey Shut Out by Knights
GENESEO, NY- It was a rough game for the Lakers as they were shut out by the Geneseo Knights 3-0.
It was a quiet first quarter for about 10 minutes for both teams. Geneseo would get on the board first as Maggie Phipps would score her 8th goal of the season as she was assisted by Cassidy Sturdevant. Phipps would score her second goal of the game in the second quarter and 2:30 seconds later Katrina Clare would score to put the Knights up 3-0 at the half. Geneseo would outshoot the Lakers 7-1 at the half. Erica Scheblein would record 2 saves in the half.
Geneseo would continue to put the pressure on the Lakers in the third quarter, but Scheblein would not let up as she did not allow a single goal for the rest of the game. The Knights would record 4 shots in the first six minutes of the quarter. Geneseo’s stout defense would prevent Oswego from recording a single shot in the third quarter. Oswego would finally record a shot in the second half but Kaitlyn Ahle’s shot was blocked by Geneseo’s defense. Scheblein would record a total of 11 saves in the game. The Lakers were dominated in almost every category by the Knights. The Lakers would only record 2 shots compared to Geneseo’s 17, and Geneseo would record 16 shots on the goal while the Lakers were only able to get 1 throughout the entire game.
The Lakers face off against the Morrisville Mustangs on Wednesday, October 26th at 4 PM at Laker Turf Stadium in their season finale. The Lakers will look to finish the regular season with a bounce-back win as they take on a Mustangs team who’s 1-4 on the road this season.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
