OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Basketball played their final game of the season this past Saturday as the Lakers faced off against Brockport. The SUNYAC match up featured the Golden Eagles taking the victory 81-73. The two teams would only be separated by three points heading into the second quarter, but Brockport would start to pull away as the second half approached. Quincey Zimmerman was one of four Lakers to put up double digits in the points column as she led the team with 21 points scored. This loss puts the Lakers at 6-18 and only 2-16 in conference play. The team failed to make the SUNYAC playoffs as the group finished on a 14 game losing streak.
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Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse Defeated by Brockport
OSWEGO, N.Y — Oswego State Men’s Lacrosse continued their 2021 season on Friday against SUNY Brockport. The Golden Eagles defeated the Lakers 9-3 at Laker Turf Stadium in a SUNYAC West match up. Oswego kept it close in the first half due to solid goaltending from netminder Kevin O’Donnell. The senior had 16 saves and posted a .640 save percentage, his best performance in between the pipes this season for the Lakers. Oswego trailed 3-2 heading into the second half before Brockport went on a six goal scoring run before Lucas Cioch tallied his sixth goal of the season. The freshman had two points in the contest to continue his point streak which contains four games with multiple point performances. Ryan DoMont also recorded a goal and assist in the contest. Over the course of the 2021 season, the Oswego offense has only scored 21 goals, the least out of any SUNYAC team.
After the loss, the men’s lacrosse team falls to 0-3 in the SUNYAC West Division and trails Brockport who improves to 2-2 in the conference. The Lakers would need to win out to secure the second spot in the division to make it into the SUNYAC Championship. The Geneseo Knights currently hold second with a 2-1 conference record, the team that will face off against Oswego in the next two matchups. Cortland sits in first with a 3-1 record and will host Oswego to wrap up the regular season. Geneseo will travel to Oswego to play the Lakers on April 22nd at 4 p.m. for another conference contest. WTOP 10 will be at Laker Turf Stadium to cover all the action.
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Coach Kane earns 100th win as Oswego Men’s soccer gets back on track
OSWEGO, NY- The Oswego State Men’s Soccer team got back in the win column as they defeated the Utica Pioneers 2-1.
The game started with the Lakers and Pioneers getting into each other’s offensive zones, but were both unable to score as Oswego and Utica totaled eight shots during that time. The Pioneers got on the board first as they scored at the 29:20 mark of the first half. Cody Baker-Green scored the only goal for the Pioneers, which was his seventh of the season. The Lakers at the half were outshot by Utica 11-4.
Oswego pulled themselves together in the second half. Their first point of the game came off their first possession of the second half as Kyle Geinrich scored the Lakers opening goal of the game. Oswego put the pressure on Utica’s defense after their first goal of the game as they had five scoring chances but were unable to capitalize off them due to the Pioneers’ stout defense.
Freshman Jason Wuytack came up clutch for the Lakers as he scored the go-ahead game-winning goal for the Lakers at 85:56. Goalie Andre Bourjolly had a strong game as he finished the game with six saves. The Lakers were able to take advantage of the opportunities given to them as they only had three shots on goal for the whole entire game. Oswego led in most categories during the game including corner kicks with 13 compared to the Pioneers 3. This was head coach Dan Kane’s 100th career win as the Lakers Men’s Soccer Coach.
Oswego will travel all the way north as they take on the Potsdam Bears for a conference matchup on Saturday, October 1st at 1:00 PM at Macy Turf Field.
IMAGE PROVIDED BY OSWEGO ATHLETICS.
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Men’s Basketball secures 15th win of the season against New Paltz
OSWEGO, NY — Men’s Basketball rolled through the New Paltz Hawks Tuesday night as the Lakers won 80-55. Oswego took a commanding lead in the first half as the team scored 54 points compared to the Hawk’s 25. This is thanks to senior Joe Sullivan dropping 20 points due to seven field goals and two three pointers in his twenty two minutes played. Colby Moultrie stepped into the game and secured 12 points in only nine minutes played after netting four three pointers. This is Oswego’s 15th win of the season and ninth conference win to keep the Lakers in fourth place in the SUNYAC standings. The team looks ahead as they travel with Women’s Basketball to Cortland on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip off.
