OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey played their first conference match up in over a month this past Wednesday. The Lakers lost 3-1 to the #1 Plattsburgh Cardinals that featured Oswego goalie Rachael Farmer saving 34 shots as she finished with a .906 save percentage. Oswego would get on the board first as freshman Megan Teachout tallied her seventh goal of the season, who is the current points leader for the Lakers. The Cardinals would answer just 32 seconds later to tie Oswego heading into the 2nd period. Plattsburgh would add another goal in the second, and a powerplay goal in the 3rd to surpass the Lakers and stay undefeated in NEWHL game play.
The Lakers still sit in second place in the conference standings directly in front of their next opponent the Cortland Red Dragons. Cortland remains 4 points behind Oswego with two games at hand. So far this season, these two teams have ended in a tie along with Oswego beating Cortland 3-2 on December 4th. Oswego will head to Cortland next Wednesday for a 7 p.m. puck drop.
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Men’s Soccer Held Scoreless; Hamilton Nets 4
OSWEGO, NY – The Hamilton Continentals came into town to take on the Oswego State Lakers, looking to avenge a 3-2 home loss from early last season. They wasted no time getting started, with Brady Hyland netting the opening goal just 10 minutes into the first half, and giving Hamilton an early 1-0 lead.
Hamilton continued with a physical, no-nonsense style of play, as Aedan Burke picked up an early yellow card in the 24th minute, at which point they had already recorded 6 team fouls.
The Lakers eventually found their footing and applied some pressure, but Hamilton’s back line held strong, as the Continentals held the Lakers shotless through the first 45, and went into the halftime break ahead 1-0.
In the second half, The Lakers’ defense collapsed early, as the Continentals struck three times in the first 20 minutes, with Griffin Weidner ,Troy Miller, and Sean Curran all adding their names to the score sheet, extending Hamilton’s lead to 4-0.
For the Lakers, sophomore goaltender Kyle Rose put on a clinic, recording 11 saves, but it simply wasn’t enough to counter the 15 shots on target that he faced from Hamilton. With a 4-0 loss vs Hamilton, the Lakers move to 0-1-1 on the season, and will head to Elmira this Saturday, still in search of their first goal of the season.
Written by: Mike Neckers
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Lakers men’s basketball wins SUNYAC tournament for 2nd straight year
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Lakers had a big past weekend as they hosted the SUNYAC tournament on Friday and Saturday afternoon. The Lakers first started their tournament hosting the number five seeded New Paltz Hawks Friday afternoon for the SUNYAC Semifinal match. Early on Oswego struggled to connect on their shots and the game stayed tight as both teams went back and forth in the first seven minutes of play. The Hawks started gaining momentum around the 12 minute mark which forced Coach Leone to take a timeout trailing 12-15. Defense was the key of the first half, as both teams struggled to put the ball in the net. The Lakers forced five turnovers on defense, while holding the Hawks to just 35% from the field. Oswego dominated the glass with 10 offensive rebounds in one half. Despite the struggle from the field, the Lakers would take a two point lead going into halftime, leading 27-25. Cartier Bowman and Jeremiah Sparks both went into the half with 8 points.
After nothing was going for Oswego in the first half they were desperately looking for answers. That answer was Devin Green who hit three of his six three point attempts in the first eleven minutes of the half bringing the lead to 49-44. Jeremiah Sparks connected on two straight baskets extending the Lakers lead to nine with just five minutes remaining in the game. Green continued to put the team on his back and connected on his fifth three of the second half with just under 2 minutes to seal the game. The Lakers ended up holding on with a 73-68 win to move to the championship game. Four Lakers recorded double digit points that evening Sparks had 21,Green had 17, Bowman had 13 and Cook had 12. The Lakers advance to their second consecutive SUNYAC title game with a five point win over the Hawks and would face SUNY Brockport on Saturday evening for a chance at the SUNYAC championship.
The Lakers returned Saturday to the Max Ziel to try to win back to back games against the Brockport Golden Eagles. The first half went the way the Lakers wanted as the Lakers defense forced 12 turnovers against the Golden Eagles and the Lakers led 46-33 at half. Ahkee Anderson went 6-7 from the field, including a three pointer in his hot start with14 points in the first half.
The second half started out the same for both teams with Brockport starting to slowly creep back into the game. Brockport cut the lead to six with just over ten minutes remaining taking over the full momentum in the half. Both teams then continued to score back and forth, with Oswego maintaining the six point lead over the next eight minutes. With less than two minutes remaining, Ahkee Anderson continuing his big game hit a big jumper from the right baseline to give Oswego a 69-61 lead forcing Brockport to call timeout. After Brockport failed to score at the other end coming out of the timeout, the Lakers took advantage with a long offensive possession with an offensive rebound turning into a slick Jeremiah Sparks step back mid-range jumper to seal the SUNYAC. Oswego would continue their 21 game win streak with 74-63 win. Oswego wins their second straight SUNYAC Championship in a row marking Coach Leone’s sixth SUNYAC Championship in 11 years.
Three Lakers were honored in the trophy celebration and as a part of the SUNYAC Team: Devin Green, Jeremiah Sparks and Cartier Bowman who won the SUNYAC Tournament MVP with a 15-point 13-rebound double-double.
The Lakers are now 25-2(17-1) and will now host a NCAA pod on March 3rd and 4th. They will play Marymount (VA) in the round of 64 at 5:45. John Carroll and Albertus Magnus will be playing the Neutral game.
IMAGE COURTESY OF ERIN BLANK, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Oswego State men’s hockey finishes third in Oswego Hockey Classic
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Best Western / Clarion Hotel Oswego Hockey Classic wrapped up action on Sunday, January 2nd after the Augsburg University Auggies defeated the Skidmore College Thoroughbred 2-0 in the championship game. In the consolation matchup, the Oswego State men’s hockey team defeated the SUNY Canton Kangaroos for the third time this season with a final score of 3-2.
Saturday Game Recaps
The first match up of the tournament featured the SUNY Canton Kangaroos and the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds, two teams that have not been featured in the USCHO poll. Skidmore College would dominate for sixty minutes, and the game would finish with a 6-0 score line. Skidmore would secure three goals in the first period to get out to a commanding lead. Over the course of the contests, the Thoroughbreds would net three powerplay goals and finish going three for six when on the man advantage. The Kangaroos were unable to record a goal during regulation and would lose the shots battle thirty-three to ten.
The top game of day one was the competition between the Oswego State Lakers and the Augsburg University Auggies, a team that is ranked fourth in the USCHO poll. The 2-1 final score was in favor over the team that hails from Minnesota. The Auggies would draw blood in the first period with a powerplay goal off the twig of Patrick O’Connor. The defenseman buried a one timer goal that went past netminder Steven Kozikoski and into the back of the night. Oswego State would answer in the second period just fifty-seven seconds into the stanza. On the powerplay once again, Connor Sleeth got his fourth goal of the 2021-22 season. Tyler Flack and Jackson Arcan would get credited with the assists on the lone Oswego State goal. The go ahead goal would come in the third period from the away team. Jarod Blackowiak would secure his fourth goal of the season on the man advantage with assists from Mason Palmer and Grant Reichenbacher. The Lakers would not be able to find an answer before time expired and their five-game win streak would come to an end. Jack Robbel would get the win in between the pipes for the Auggies with one goal against and twenty-eight total saves. Steven Kozikoski would make a total of twenty-nine saves but give up two goals against while in the net for the Lakers.
Sunday Game Recaps
On Sunday, the 1:00 p.m. match up would be the championship game of the Oswego Hockey Classic. The Skidmore College Thoroughbreds would take on the #4 Augsburg University Auggies. The 2-0 score line would be in favor of the Minnesota team as the Auggies would win the tournament. The team would get off on a hot start as forward Fritz Belisle scored on a back door, tic-tac-toe play. The assists would go to Kyler Yeo and Sweden native Erik Palmqvist. The Auggies would not look back after that. Belisle would snag another before the end of regulation on an empty net goal to put the contest away. The Thoroughbreds were unable to get the puck past Auggies netminder Samuel Vyletelka who made twenty-two saves in the contest and was rewarded the win and shutout.
The consolation game at 4:00 p.m. would feature the Oswego State Lakers and the SUNY Canton Kangaroos, two teams looking to rebound after losses the day before. The Lakers would be the team to rebound after a 3-2 victory and their third win against the Kangaroos this season. Alternate captain Josh LeBlanc would be the first in the goal column with a goal eight minutes into the first period. That one would be assisted by freshman defenseman Ben Addison. Former Laker Jesse Farabee would have an answer four minutes later on the powerplay as the SUNY Canton team would put one past netminder Eric Green. Farabee would have another in the second period but that would come after captain Travis Broughman put the Lakers ahead towards the end of the first period. Connor Sleeth and Jackson Arcan would get the assists on the tally. Transfer Garrett Clegg would put the Lakers ahead four minutes into the second period. The game winner was assisted by sophomores AJ Ryan and Tyler Flack. Green would get the win in between the pipes and have twenty-two saves in the contest.
What’s Ahead
The Lakers would still get three votes in this weeks USCHO poll, released on Monday, January 3rd. The Augsburg University Auggies would remain in fourth after going undefeated in the tournament. Oswego State now turns their sights on Utica College, the third best team in the nation. The non-conference match up is set to take place in Utica on Sunday. Puck drop is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Utica Auditorium. WTOP 10 will continue to provide coverage of the Oswego State men’s hockey team as the group continues their 2021-22 season.
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