HAMBURG, NY – Women’s basketball got their first win of the season in Buffalo in their opening game of the season taking down Hilbert College 78-63 on Tuesday night. The Lakers started off the first quarter strong by scoring 23 points compared to the Hawks nine. Both Shania Iglesias and transfer student Karleigh Leo scored the first two three-pointers of the season for the Lakers. Both Logan Castiglione and Diamond Pickett were active in the first quarter as Castiglione had 3 assists and Pickett had six rebounds. Leo in her first game as a Laker had scored nine points in the first quarter.
The Lakers never slowed down as they continued to hold onto the lead in the second quarter. The Lakers got back-to-back steals from Pickett towards the end of the first half as they led to points by Shania Iglesias and then Pickett was able to add to her points total for the game. The Lakers were able to get 30 rebounds in the first half compared to only 17 for the Hawks and had 20 points in the paint. The Lakers led 35-30 going into halftime.
The Lakers defense continued to give the Hawks problems in the second half. The Lakers led 57-44 going into the final quarter. They were able to get their biggest lead of the game in the third quarter, leading 62-44. The Hawks couldn’t find any answers to the Lakers who dominated in almost every aspect of the game and on the stat sheet as well. Pickett had a great game for the Lakers as she scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds along with shooting 70% from the field. Leo made a name for herself on the court as she led the Lakers on the night with 20 points.
The Lakers will host their first game of the season on Friday, November 11th at 7:30 PM at the Max Ziel Gymnasium against the Keystone Giants. The Lakers will take on a Keystone squad for the first time in their program history where they face a team who went 18-8 last season and made it to the CSAC Championships before losing. Keystone fell to Wilkes on Tuesday night 76-52.
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Progress Report: Oswego State men’s hockey
OSWEGO, N.Y. — After last night’s contest in Rochester, the Oswego State men’s hockey team has completed twelve games prior to the turn of the New Year. After six SUNYAC games and five nonconference games, the Lakers find themselves with a overall record of 8-3-1. The Lakers head into Christmas Break on a five game win streak. Oswego State also posts a stellular away record which features six wins and only one lost along with a tie.
Game Recap: Oswego State @ Nazareth College
Saturday night, the Lakers headed west to Rochester to take on the Nazareth College Golden Flyers. Nazareth College was hosting the annual Hockey Fights Cancer game at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex so the Lakers wore their teal jerseys and the Golden Flyers wore special uniforms to honor the cause. Oswego State halted a Nazareth College comeback in overtime to get their fifth straight win by a score line of 6-5. This win was head coach Ed Gosek‘s 350th win as the bench boss for the Oswego State Lakers. His all time record as Oswego State’s head coach improves to 350-111-31 and currently posts a winning percentage of .743. Oswego State forward Alex DiCarlo would net two goals in the contest, both in the first period to put the Lakers ahead. Tyler Flack would have an assist on both of those goals along with two assists later in the contest to put up a four point night and lead the Lakers on the stats sheet. Nazareth would answer in the first period to cut the lead in half but the Lakers would find an answer in the next stanza. Oswego State would net another two goals as Connor Sleeth got a pair of his own. Sleeth was also a factor in the faceoff circle with ten wins, the most from any Oswego State player. The Golden Flyers would string together four goals in the third period, two of them coming from Spencerport native Nick Charron. The tying goal would come with one second remaining off a faceoff that push the game into overtime.
Oswego State and Nazareth would trade shots to start the overtime period before the Lakers gained procession around the one minute mark. Ryan Dickinson would be the hero the Lakers needed after the defenseman redirected the puck off a pass from DiCarlo. The forward would finish with two goals and one assist in the contest. Goaltender Eric Green would finish the contest in between the pipes as starting netminder Steven Kozikoski left the game with the trainer at the end of regulation. Kozikoski would make a total of 27 saves over the course of the sixty minutes of hockey.
Progress Report
With thirteen regular season games left prior to the start of the SUNYAC Championships, the Lakers have a nineteen day rest before the start of the Clarion/Best Western Oswego Hockey Classic. This group of young talent currently sits fifth in the conference standings with six SUNYAC games completed. The Lakers have 13 points posting a 4-1-1 conference record. One positive, the four teams ahead of Oswego State (Geneseo, Cortland, Plattsburgh State, Brockport) have all finished eight conference games. The Lakers have the advantage heading into the second half of the season with two extra conference games still ahead on the calendar. Oswego State still needs to face Buffalo State and Fredonia as those four contests linger on the schedule. Both western teams have had a rough start in terms of conference play.
In terms of offense, the Oswego State Lakers average 3.3 goals per game. The offense goes through both Alex DiCarlo and captain Travis Broughman who are both tied for the points lead with a total of thirteen. DiCarlo has found his freshman form once again and has eight tallies along with eight assist for that thirteen point total. The sophomore is currently on a three game point streak which includes two games that feature multiple point nights. Broughman headed into Rochester with a four game point streak which featured a five point night in SUNY Canton against the Kangaroos. The captains nine assists is a team high and also included in his stat column are four goals for his thirteen point total. Currently these two players are the only Lakers above a point per game. Newcomers like Connor Sleeth and Tyler Flack have also made an impact in the Lakers offense both posting nine points through twelve games. Sleeth heads into January with three goals and six assists while Flack has two goals and seven assists.
On the other side of the puck, the Lakers defensive core averages 2.3 goals against per game, the fourth best in the SUNYAC conference. Out of the eight defenseman on the roster, there is not one that has not dressed in all twelve games so far this season. The team effort on defense has kept opponents to just an average of 25.5 shots per game which compares to the 30.4 that the Lakers average on net. Transfer Troy Robillard leads the team in blocks with a total of fourteen after his eleven games played in an Oswego State uniform. In between the pipes, starting netminder Steven Kozikoski has come to mid season form after a slower start. The Laker currently averages 1.90 goals against and posts a .931 save percentage after his ten games played this season. Newcomer Eric Green has also seen time in net for Oswego State and holds a 2.89 goals against average and has a .840 save percentage. The tandem has done a solid job in the first half of the season especially in tight games.
The special teams have also come a long way after a slow start in the 2021-22 season. As of right now, the Oswego State Lakers power play unit ranks number one in the SUNYAC with a 34.7 efficiency percentage. The Lakers have scored a total of seventeen power play goals over the course of forty nine opportunities. When the Lakers are a man down, Oswego State has only given up seven power play goals to opponents, the same as Geneseo. The Oswego State Lakers rank fourth in the conference with a penalty kill that has a 84.1 success rate. The special team units will be essential to success in the second half of the season.
On the other side of the break, Oswego State will have to look forward to the annual Clarion/Best Western Oswego Hockey Classic. This year, the #4 Augsburg Auggies, SUNY Canton Kangaroos, and Skidmore Thoroughbreds will head to SUNY Oswego to compete in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena. On Saturday, January 1st, SUNY Canton will take on Skidmore College at 3:00 p.m. prior to the Oswego State Lakers facing off against the Augsburg University Auggies at 7:00 p.m. in front of a hometown crowd. Sunday’s match ups will be determined by the results from Saturday but Oswego State will play during the 7:00 p.m. time slot. Oswego State has only played Augsburg University once during the 2008-09 season during the Oswego Hockey Classic. The Lakers were victorious in that contest with a final score of 5-2. The Lakers will play six more contests after that weekend in January and a majority of those games will be SUNYAC match ups. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage of the Oswego State men’s hockey team and the group continues their hunt for a conference championship in the 2021-22 season.
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Ryan Enos repeats as CoSIDA Academic All-American
OSWEGO, NY — Ryan Enos of the Oswego State Lakers Baseball team was honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team this past Tuesday for the 2020 Season. This is the junior’s second time receiving the honors as the infielder finished with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average this semester. The dual major in Wellness Management and Business Administration is one of a few repeat award winners. Enos is only the second Oswego State athlete to receive this honor over the years, along side Dan Saccocio back in 2015.
On the other side of being a student athlete, the Central New York native has been taking care of business on the field. At the end of his sophomore season, the 5’ 9” righty received First Team All-SUNYAC honors, the SUNYAC Championship Most Valuable Player Award, along with other spots on teams from media organizations like D3Baseball.com. Over the course of the season, Enos finished with a .356 batting average, 47 runs, 58 hits, 14 doubles, 89 total bases, leading the Lakers in all five of these stats. In SUNYAC conference play, Enos would lead all batters in hits with a total of 26. The player was an essential part of the 2019 SUNYAC Championship run for the Lakers, who have won the conference the past three seasons.
