Sports

The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team (7-8, 4-4 SUNYAC) was eliminated from playoff contention Saturday afternoon, losing a tight battle with Oneonta (9-8, 4-4 SUNYAC) at a sunny South Athletic Field.

Seniors Casey Balzer (Nassau, N.Y.) and Connor Brown (Syracuse, N.Y.) combined to score five goals in the opening six minutes, as the Oswego State men’s lacrosse team (8-7) closed out the season with a 23-2 rout over SUNY Canton (5-6) Saturday on Senior Day.

The Oswego State softball defeated Brockport 9-4, in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader to seal a spot in the SUNYAC Tournament for the second consecutive season. The Lakers erased a three-run deficit in the second game, but the Golden Eagles scored a walk-off run in the seventh to earn the split with a 4-3 win.

Damian Archie triumphed in the 5,000-meter run, as one of several Lakers on the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams to post State University of New York Athletic Conference qualifying results at the St. John Fisher Invitational on Saturday.

Cam’s Pizzeria, a long-time supporter of Oswego Speedway, will continue as the primary sponsor of the Speedway’s flag stand while also presenting fresh pizzas to each of the race night heat race winners this season.  However, now the Speedway’s race fans will also get to enjoy the great taste of a Cam’s NY style pizza during a night of action.

Riding a three-game conference winning streak, the Oswego State baseball team (19-13, 10-6 SUNYAC) came back from an early deficit to pick up a huge win over Plattsburgh (11-21, 4-12), 7-5. With the victory, the Lakers clinched the third-seed in the SUNYAC Tournament, and will face New Paltz in the first game of the SUNYAC Tournament.

After losing 4-2, the Oswego State softball team (15-15, 8-8 SUNYAC) rebounded with a 10-3 win against Geneseo to stay in the thick of the SUNYAC playoff race on Friday afternoon. The Lakers sit in sixth place for the final tournament spot with a two-game lead over Buffalo State with two games remaining for both programs.

After a three year hiatus, four-time Oswego Speedway Pathfinder Bank SBS champion Russ Brown will make his full-time return to the ‘Steel Palace’ in 2013, once again teamed with car builder Ray Hedger. Brown will pilot the same No. 13 Hedger chassis that he drove to a fifth place finish in last year’s Bud Light SBS Classic.

Gater Racing News and North Country Home Builders present the first round of the Shea Concrete ‘Steel Palace’ ISMA SuperSeries on May 4.  The night’s events will be highlighted with an ultra-fast ISMA Supermodified 50-lap main event and the opening round of the Pathfinder Bank SBS ‘Road to the Championship’.