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For the first 12 minutes of the game, the 16th-ranked Oswego State men’s basketball team’s perfect conference mark was in serious jeopardy against Geneseo, but the offense came alive just before half and the Lakers battled their way to a 67-56 win.

The Oswego State women’s basketball team established a 15-point lead late in the first half, but Geneseo charged back in the second half to hand the Lakers a 67-52 loss Tuesday night.

Oswego State junior men’s basketball forward Hayden Ward and senior men’s indoor track athlete Dylan Hardwick have been named the SUNYAC Athletes of the Week in their respective sports for the week ending February 12, 2012.

The Oswego State men’s basketball team continued its ascent up the Top 25 D3hoops.com poll after pushing its winning streak to 10 games by moving to No. 16.

After 11 straight polls as the No. 2 program in Division III, the Oswego State men’s ice hockey team took over the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com Division III Poll with 10 first-place votes and 290 points in the voting.

The Oswego State Athletics Department and the Laker basketball teams will be hosting a Play 4Kay event on Friday at Max Ziel Gymnasium in conjunction with the national initiative by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

The Oswego State wrestling team snapped a five-match losing streak by splitting close dual meets with Williams College and Southern Maine at Williams on Sunday.