OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Basketball had two home games this weekend, both against SUNYAC opponents. Friday night featured a Senior Day game against Plattsburgh in which the Lakers honored five seniors but fell short by one point to the Cardinals. The 56-55 lose featured Syndi Eure netting 20 points in her 37 minutes played. The senior would also have another huge performance the following day against Potsdam as she would secure 30 points in the Laker lose. The 87-75 lose was Oswego’s 15th of the season as the team is still last in the SUNYAC standings. The team will head to Oneonta on Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. tip off.
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Field Hockey battles in defensive matchup on the road
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Lakers took a trip east to take on SUNYAC competitor St. John Fisher cardinals on Tuesday night in a tough 2-1 loss. The Cardinals started the night pushing a fast tempo against the Lakers, but Oswego played very sound defense in the first quarter not letting up any goals. Senior Goalkeeper Erica Scheblein shined while saving 4 shots on goal in the first quarter. In the start of the second quarter the Lakers finally got something going. About four minutes into the second quarter Kacie Simzer would score the only goal of the night for the Lakers at the 19:02 mark assisted by Nancy Pagliaroli. Oswego would control the the rest of the second quarter, testing the defense of St. John Fisher and they would go into halftime with a 1-0 lead.
But Fisher didn’t take too much time to answer back. Just over two minutes in the 3rd Audrey Grieb would get the cardinals on the board with an unassisted goal. Not too long after that Cardinals received a penalty corner in the 35th minute that resulted in the go-ahead and eventually game-winning goal from Sam Choate. Oswego had plenty of chances with penalty corners, however, the Lakers were unable to take advantage the Lakers would need to make something happen offensively in the 4th quarter to get back into the game. St John Fisher then took command of possession in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals landed six shots in the final quarter, with the Lakers only landing one shot in the final two minutes of regulation. Scheblein would finish with ten saves on the night and Simzer would score her team leading 12th goal on the season.
Oswego will now travel to Cortland on Saturday, October 8th for a SUNYAC matchup against the Red Dragons. Oswego will be looking to get their first SUNYAC win of the season, while the Dragons will be looking to remain undefeated at home.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Terra is selected as SUNYAC Defensive Player of Week
OSWEGO — The SUNYAC Conference has selected Oswego State Men’s Soccer team goalie Brian Terra as the Defensive Player of the Week. Terra finished with five saves as the Lakers snapped a 5-game losing streak to lift the Lakers to a 1-0 win over Potsdam last Saturday. This shutout would staple Terra’s second shutout of the season, with his first being against Utica College and his fourth overall. Terra and the Lakers return to the Turf at 4 p.m. on Friday as they host the Buff. St. on Oct. 12.
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Oswego State Baseball Sweeps Alfred State
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Baseball got their second consecutive doubleheader sweep on Thursday as the Lakers have now won four in a row, and move to 5-1. The weather was beautiful in Oswego for the home opener, and the first home baseball game for the Lakers since April 23rd, 2019. The Lakers defeated Alfred State 6-3 in game one, and 8-0 in game two in a great day for both pitchers and hitters in an Oswego uniform.
Oswego scored in each of the first three frames of game one, leading 5-0 after 3, the Lakers dominated all day long. Each of the first five runs came courtesy of Alfred State mishap as two runs came on separate wild pitches, two runs came on fielding errors, and one run was walked in. Anthony Van Fossen was brilliant on the mound for the Lakers as he threw 6 innings of 1 hit, shutout ball. Van Fossen now holds a 0.82 ERA through 11 innings of work, as he gave up just one run on three hits in his last outing against Brockport, and he has shown he can be a reliable arm for the Lakers staff this year. At the plate, Ryan Weiss was 3-3 with a double, an RBI and a run. Oswego led 6-0 going into the final inning in which Alfred State gave the Lakers a little scare in a rally that featured 3 runs, but the Lakers would win game one 6-3.
The Lakers had 8 hits in the first game, but came out even hotter in the second game with 14 hits to go with 8 runs. While the Lakers offense was firing, Ronald Loomis who struggled in his first outing against Brockport put on an inspired performance on the mound as he threw 5 innings of two hit, shutout ball. After Loomis was pulled, the Oswego bullpen was outstanding, as Connor Van Dreason, Jacob Sanders, Sean Clifford, and Evan Dempsey each threw an inning apiece, and none of them gave up a hit. In the batters box, Kyle Lauria was 3-5 with 3 RBIs, Brendon Frank was 3-4 and contributed 2 runs, Paul Tammaro was 2-4 with a double and 2 runs, and Ryan Enos was 2-4 with a run and 2 RBIs.
The Lakers successfully defended home field in their doubleheader sweep behind a 14 run day from the offense, and the pitching staff held Alfred State to 5 hits all day long. The Lakers will defend home turf again Saturday, April 10th, when they take on Fredonia in a SUNYAC West doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage on the Oswego State Baseball team all season long.
