OSWEGO — Hockey in Oswego started Saturday afternoon with a game featuring Women’s Hockey and the London Junior Devilettes. This match up would be the first of two exhibition games the Lakers would play before the start of their regular season in two weekends. All though the team would fall to London 4-0, the group laid down steady work that can be improved on in the coming weeks. The Devilettes would put only one goal past senior Rachael Farmer in 14 shots in the first period. Tia Trovato, freshman goalie, would allow three goals in the third period despite a 10 save effort. Women’s hockey looks to move on into one last exhibition game Saturday against William Smith. Puck drop will be at 3 p.m. at the Marano Campus Center.
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Oswego women’s hockey falls to Nazareth
OSWEGO, N.Y. – It was a tough exhibition matchup for the Lakers as they went head to head against a very good Golden Flyers team. Nazareth is coming off an incredible season last year finishing with a 27-2-0 overall record and sweeping their conference 20-0. Despite the Golden Flyers losing a whopping thirteen seniors after last season they were still able to get the job done in the Deb. The Lakers had a rough start of the game not getting much going against a face paced Nazareth team. Nazareth opened up with a goal by Ivy Liden halfway through the first period. Heading into the second it was like night and day as the Lakers performed much better, tying it up with Nazareth with a goal from Megan Gates off of an assist by former Golden Flyer Taylor Hudon and Mia Conboy. Nazareth however answered right back with a goal by Ally Watrous to go up 2-1 heading into the third. The Lakers were not able to string a comeback as Ally Watrous would tack on another goal for the day to seal the Golden Flyers victory. The Lakers finish 0-2 in their exhibition matchups as they head into their first game of the season against Adrian College this Friday in the Deb Stanley Arena. Catch it live on WTOP10 at 7:00pm!
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Women’s Hockey defeats Buffalo State on Senior Day
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey played their final home game of the regular season this past Saturday as the Lakers took home the 3-2 victory of Buffalo State. The win came off of goals in all three periods as Morgan Shines tied the game at 1-1 towards the end of the first period. Eryn Stewart would secure a goal in the second period to put the Lakers ahead. Emily Gustafson would net one in the third to give Oswego the two goal lead before the Bengals got on the board with a little over eight minutes remaining. Rachael Farmer would make 18 saves in the victory to give the Lakers their 14th win of the season. Oswego travels to Canton for their final game of the season where if the Lakers are victorious, the team will secure second place in the standings, and host Morrisville in the semifinals in the NEWHL playoffs. Puck drop is in Canton at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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SUNYAC cancels winter season for 2020-21, NEWHL follows suit
OSWEGO, NY — On Monday, October 19th, the State University of New York Athletic Conference released a statement in regards to the cancelation of the winter sports season. This announcement comes after the SUNYAC Presidents discussed the topic during a meeting. Two week prior, on October 6th, the athletic directors approved schedules for the sports of men’s ice hockey, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball. These schedules were released to the member schools and public before being retracted the following week. All winter championships have been canceled which included the sports of men’s and women’s swimming & diving and men’s and women’s indoor track & field. The release finished with the acknowledgement that the conference will continue planning for the possibly of spring sports. This will be announced at a future date.
On Friday, October 23rd, the Northeast Women’s Hockey League released a statement stating that the winter season will be canceled. The NEWHL that includes the Oswego State Lakers has the same commissioner as the SUNYAC, Tom DiCamillo, which means the league usually follows SUNYAC decisions. The ECWC has not made a decision on if the 2020-21 season will be held, which features the Oswego State wrestling team.
SUNYAC Press Release Link: https://www.sunyacsports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20201019lptsbh
NEWHL Press Release Link: https://northeastwomenshockeyleague.com/sports/wice/2020-21/releases/20201023fua5u4
