Sports

The Oswego girls’ varsity lacrosse team is undefeated thus far while the girls’ golf team continues to excel. Meanwhile, the softball team has proven extremely competitive while in track and field there are several athletes chalking up solid individual efforts.

The reigning SUNYAC Pitcher of the Week did his best to win the award again as Oswego State (15-18, 6-8 SUNYAC) and Plattsburgh (17-15, 8-9) split a doubleheader at Laker Baseball Field on Friday.

The Oswego State softball team (10-17) posted a six-run fifth inning in game one to win, 9-1, but was unable to come up with the sweep of Nazareth (8-22) after dropping the second game, 4-2, Thursday afternoon.

Cody Hoose’s point-blank shot was denied with less than five seconds remaining on the clock to keep the contest from extra frames, as the Oswego State men’s lacrosse team (8-4) lost to St. John Fisher (9-3), 6-5, Wednesday.

The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 21-20 loss at New Paltz in a seesaw battle on Tuesday afternoon. With the score tied, the Hawks scored two of the final three goals with under ten minutes to play in regulation.

The bats failed to come alive for the Oswego State softball team that dropped a pair of games, 16-2 in five innings and 7-0, to non-conference Union on Tuesday. The Lakers registered four hits in each contest, but Union pounded out a combined 23 hits for the sweep.

Thirteenth-ranked Cortland needed a six-run seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie in order to complete a sweep of Oswego State on Tuesday. Cortland took game one, 13-2, and then used the late rally to claim game two, 13-5.

Spring sports contests are hearing up for OHS