Sports

Hayden Ward cashed in on an old-fashioned three-point play with 10 seconds remaining as the Oswego State men’s basketball team battled past State University of New York Athletic Conference foe Brockport with an 81-80 win on Tuesday night.

Oswego High School winter sports are starting to pick up the action with numerous teams taking to the court, mat and ice.

Oswego State junior forward Olivia Boersen (Stratford, Ontario) has been named ECAC West Women’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week for the week ending December 2, 2012.

Tori Trovato (Fr., Fulton, N.Y.) earned her first collegiate shutout as the Oswego State women’s ice hockey team (6-4-1, 6-2-0 ECAC West) won 4-0 over Chatham (1-7-0, 0-6-0 ECAC West) Sunday afternoon to complete the series sweep.

Four Oswego State wrestlers registered second-place finishes at the RIT Invitational to help the Lakers place third out of 11 teams with 122 points. Omar Santiago, Michael Gentilcore, Andrew Cole, and Kyle Sheridan each posted runner-up results, as Wesleyan won the team title with 152 points.

The top-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (8-1-0, 7-1-0 SUNYAC) had a late third-period surge, but fell short of completing the comeback as it suffered a 2-1 loss to seventh-ranked Plattsburgh (7-2-1, 6-1-1) on Saturday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena.

Hayden Ward registered his second double-double in as many days with a career-high 29 points and 11 rebounds, powering the Oswego State men’s basketball team (4-1, 1-1 SUNYAC) to a 69-54 victory over Potsdam (1-4, 0-2 SUNYAC) on Saturday.

Meagan Stover (Sr., Lake George, N.Y.) and Lauren Nunziato (Jr., West Sand Lake, N.Y.) both tallied 16 points as the Oswego State women’s basketball team (5-0, 2-0 SUNYAC) pulled away early in a 76-44 win over Potsdam (1-6, 0-2 SUNYAC) on Saturday afternoon.

Six different skaters scored for the Oswego State women’s ice hockey team (5-4-1, 5-2-0 ECAC West) in a 6-1 win over Chatham (1-6-0, 0-5-0 ECAC West) Saturday afternoon at the Campus Center Ice Arena.