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 women’s basketball finds success this weekend
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OSWEGO N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball was able to come out with one win out of their two games played this weekend. Their first matchup this weekend was against SUNY Oneonta Friday night. Oneonta was heavily favored to win this contest with a much better record than the Lakers. The Lakers proved that they were no easy task as they stunned Oneonta with a three point victory. Oswego’s stellar offensive performance from the three point line combined with their lights out defense ultimately sealed Oneonta’s fate. Freshman Shania Iglesias continued to prove herself as a star of this Lakers team, dropping sixteen points with nine coming from the three point line. She was the Lakers lead scorer and it wasn’t close. Other key contributors were senior Danielle Caivana with eight points, and freshman Diamond Pickett with eight. Down early in the first, Iglesias entered the game and was on an absolute tear helping the Lakers take back the lead and maintain it throughout the contest. They were firing on all cylinders and despite only winning by three points, had an answer to everything Oneonta threw their way. Deep in the fourth when it mattered the most the Lakers held Oneonta scoreless the last three minutes to put this game away. The Lakers went on to host SUNY New Paltz the following night.
The Lakers looked to keep their momentum rolling after their impressive victory Friday. Unfortunately they were on the losing side this time. Another very close game against a high seeded New Paltz resulted in a five point loss for the lakers. At the end of the first the Lakers had it all tied up at ten a peice. The next quarter was where things started to get bumpy as the Hawks went into the half with a six point lead. Senior Danielle Caivana had a star studded performance for the Lakers with dropping nineteen points, for buckets coming from the three point line. Caivana continues to finish out her time here as a Laker with great performances. The other top scorer was Shania Iglesias yet again with eleven points. Heading into the fourth quarter the game was within four points. despite the Lakers valiant effort to come out with a win, they ultimately couldn’t get the job done in a hard fought battle. The Lakers host the Potsdam Bears this Friday in the Max Zeil Gymnasium. Catch the game at 5:30 on WTOP10!
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Oswego women’s hockey loses first two games of the season
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 State Athletics honors Outstanding Senior Athletes
OSWEGO, NY — This past week, Oswego State Athletics released the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete and Outstanding Senior Female Athlete winners. These awards are based on individual’s sole athletic career over the time spent in a Lakers uniform. Lukas Olsson of the Oswego State Baseball team received the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award while Sarah Yensan of the Oswego State Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams was awarded the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete for the 2019-2020 sports season.
Lukas Olsson appeared in 113 contests in the green and gold in his career position of catcher. The Bayport, New York native career was highlighted with three SUNYAC Conference Championship appearances along with two Division III World Series appearances. The 6’ 0” catcher put numbers up throughout his career, which featured a .318 batting average, 89 runs scored, and 79 RBIs over the course of his four seasons. Although the senior had a shortened season this spring, Olsson made the best of it with a batting average of .429 in 9 games played. In those games, the catcher had 9 runs at 35 at bats along with 14 RBIs. He helped lead the team to a strong start in which the group had a record of 6-3 which featured a four game win streak on the road.
Sarah Yensan, a native of Lockport, New York, was a part of the Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams for that past four years. After the addition of her new Assistant Coach Curtis Merrick in her sophomore year, Yensan began improving her long jump, which showed in 2018 at the Outdoor All-Atlantic Regional Meet with a new personal best of 5.68 meters. The following year, the long jumper would set a school record with a jump of 5.74 meters which qualified the junior for her first NCAA Division III National Championship. This past winter, she would jump 5.80 meters to qualify for her second Division III National Championship. Yensan was a five time All-Conference award winner, earning First Team honors in 2019 and 2020. The three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region selection won these honors back in 2018, 2019, and 2020 in long jump.
Congratulations to the award winners and the rest of the graduating seniors for completing their college years. WTOP 10 would also like to extend congratulations to the Toppers graduating that have built our television station up with their involvement, the group appreciates the time you have put into the station. WTOP 10 will continue to give Oswego fan’s coverage of all Oswego sports into the summer before the return of fall sports. Schedules for most Laker teams will be released in the next two months, stay tuned.
