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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Red Dragons Spoil Laker’s Senior Night
OSWEGO, N.Y – The Lakers suffered a tough loss at home during Senior Day as they fell to the Oneonta Red Dragons 1-0. This was the first time the Lakers lost at home this season.
The first half of the game was a defensive battle between the two teams. The first shot of the game would come from Emily Applegate but her shot was blocked by Oneonta’s defense. Immediately after Applegate’s shot was blocked, Lugina Serrao attempted a shot but her shot was blocked as well. Amber McDermott then attempted to shoot the missed shot by Serrao but she would miss. The Lakers recorded four shots during the first half but none were shots on goal.
In the second half, both teams started off slow. There would be 21 throw-ins in just the first 15 minutes of the second half. The Red Dragons would get their first shot in the second half at the 77-minute mark. Oswego would get their first chance to score around the 82-minute mark as Amber McDermott’s shot would be missed high into the air. Oneonta would score the only goal of the game as Gianna Gritzmacher would score the goal for Red Dragons as she was assisted by Tara Nicholson. Both Oneonta and Oswego would record a total of 5 saves during the game. Goalie Perri Anderson would record only one save during the game.
The Lakers face the Fredonia Blue Devils on October 19th at 3 PM at University Stadium. The Lakers are looking to get back in the win column as they have two games remaining this season both of them being SUNYAC matchups.
PHOTO CREDITS PROVIDED BY MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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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.
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Women’s Hockey moves on in NEWHL Playoffs
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey battled the Morrisville Mustangs Tuesday afternoon in the Marano Campus Center in the first round of the NEWHL playoffs. The Lakers defeated the Mustangs 1-0 and will advance to play Plattsburgh in the finals. Senior Eryn Stewart scored the lone goal for the Lakers as the forward tipped a shot from Philomena Teggart on the power play in the second period. Oswego held on for the remainder of the contest as goaltender Rachel Farmer recorded the shutout as the netminder saved 22 shots.
Oswego now looks ahead to Plattsburgh as the group will go on the road on Saturday to North Country. Plattsburgh, the number one team in the nation, defeated Cortland 3-0 this past weekend. The Lakers are definitely looking for an upset as the two teams will face off at 3 p.m. in the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena.
