OSWEGO — Laker Stadium will host a SUNYAC match up this Friday between the Lakers and Potsdam Bears. The 3 p.m. kickoff will be the start to a 4-game home stand that the team will finish the regular season on. Currently, Women’s Soccer sits in last place of the SUNYAC conference with an 0-5 record. These final games will all be conference games in which the Lakers may be able to turn their season around. They showed strength their last game out with an overtime lost to New Paltz. The Lakers had the advantage in shots (8-6) along with corner kicks attempts (3-2) over the Hawks. Oswego soccer fans can catch the match up at Laker Stadium this Friday at 3 p.m. along with online, right here at WTOP10.com.
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Men’s Soccer shutout by Hamilton College
The Oswego State Men’s Soccer team lost to the Hamilton Continentals 2-0. Kyle Hanner and Kieran Gilroy both had three shots on goal each and the Lakers defense held it’s own for most of the game. The Lakers and Continentals had exchanged many shots with Oswego having six and Hamilton with five in the first half. Gilroy was the leader for the Lakers in the first half as he had three shots on goal but was unable to score a goal.
As the game went into the second half, the Lakers defense once held its own for a while. Hamilton was able to take advantage of Oswego as the Continentals had out-shot the Lakers 12-6 in the second half which proved to be the difference maker in the game. The Continentals would break the scoring drought as they scored their first goal of the game in the 63:22 mark of the game. Three minutes later, the Continentals would score their second goal of the game. Kyle Tanner and Kieran Gilroy led the team in shots with three a piece. Oswego Goalkeeper Matt D’Arpino had three saves in the game while also allowing the two goals.
The Lakers are now 1-2 on the season. They will travel south to Ithaca to take on the Blue Bombers on Sunday, September 11th at the Carp Wood Field.
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Oswego State Baseball Hosts Fredonia for SUNYAC West Doubleheader
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Lakers Baseball team rolls into Saturday to start the month of May with a doubleheader series against the Fredonia Blue Devils. These two teams are on different ends of the spectrum when it comes to success and failure as Oswego is coming in on a 14 game winning streak after sweeping the University of Rochester successfully at the beginning of this week with scores of 23-7 and 9-4. As for the Blue Devils, the group has struggled this season by not winning a single game in the SUNYAC. The last time the Blue Devils squad won a SUNYAC matchup was April 21st of 2019. Their only wins this season come in the non conference doubleheader with two of their three being in their most recent contest vs Alfred State.
Things look pretty optimistic for the Oswego State Lakers as they have not lost to Fredonia on their home field since the 2011 season. Fredonia has lost 10 of the previous 11 meetings and their last win came in 2018 on a neutral site at Lake Myrtle Park with the Blue Devils edging the Lakers 6-5. However this season has been all Oswego, winning all four of their meetings and the Lakers outscoring the Devils 50-19 in those four matchups.
As Fredonia looks to find their first SUNYAC win in over a year as well as continue their 2 game winning streak, the Lakers will plan to push their streak to 15 games and potentially 16 with a sweep. In the last matchup on April 20th, Oswego State jumped out early with a 5-0 lead after the first inning and would gradually increase their lead as the game went on with a 10-5 victory. All eyes will be on Oswego’s offense who are currently averaging almost 12 runs per game as well as Ryan Weiss who had two home runs, one of them being a grand slam in their last double header against Rochester. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. for the first game and 3 p.m. for the second at the Laker Baseball Field.
Image Provided by William Rogers, WTOP 10 Photography Department
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Men’s Hockey Trends Down in Recent USCHO Poll
OSWEGO, NY — On Monday, January 6th, United States College Hockey Online released the first national rankings of the new year for Men’s Hockey Division III. Oswego State continues to move down the list as the Lakers sit ranked 15th receiving 35 points after slotting in 10th previously. The 7-5-0 team is currently on a two game losing streak after dropping games to Saint Mary’s and #9 University of New England. The Saint Mary’s University Cardinals received votes for the first time this season after upsetting both Oswego State and Williams College, who moved up one spot to #13 this poll.
Upcoming opponent Utica College moved inside the top 10 as they are currently ranked 7th with an overall record of 9-2-2. The Pioneers travel into Oswego this Friday after recently traveling to Michigan to play #12 Adrian College. Utica came away with two overtime wins that weekend and a bump in the rankings.
Elmira College and SUNY Canton both receive votes once again as both teams travel into Oswego in the month of January. The 7-3-1 Elmira Soaring Eagles (6) recently came off a win against familiar opponent Plattsburgh 4-1. The Canton Roos (16) are 6-3-1 and also defeated the Cardinals 4-3 earlier in the season. Elmira faces off with Oswego this Saturday while Canton won’t play the Lakers till later in the month.
Geneseo moves up one ranking into the second spot after securing two wins this past weekend. The Knights also find themselves in second in the SUNYAC standings right behind the Lakers with a 5-1-1 conference record. The two teams meet up again on February 7th in the Marano Campus Center for a rematch as Geneseo took the first meeting 9-1 back in November.
The Lakers still have 13 regular season games left before the start of the SUNYACs. This second half of the season features multiple nationally ranked opponents along with multiple conference match ups that are important for Oswego to stay in first in the SUNYAC standings.
