Oswego tops Fredonia to Advance to SUNYAC Championship

The Oswego State Lakers hosted the Fredonia Blue Devils in the quarter finals of the SUNYAC Tournament at the Campus Center Ice Arena yesterday.  Fredonia advanced to the quarterfinals after topping Geneseo 4-1 in the semi-final play-in round.  The winner of this game would advance to the SUNYAC Tournament championship game next Saturday.

Fredonia got the scoring started at 7:09 in the first period on an unassisted penalty shot goal by Bryan Ross.  Oswego struck back late in the first on a power play goal by Jon Whitelaw with assists from Chris Ayotte and Zack Josepher at 18:01 to even the score at one.  Oswego scored again only seconds later on a goal by Josepher with an assist from Ayotte at 18:13 in the first.

The Lakers got the scoring started quickly early in the second period on a power play goal by Paul Rodrigues with assists from Josepher and Whitelaw at 1:02 in the second.  Oswego sealed the deal only a few minutes later on a goal by Chris Brown with an assist from Jesse McConney at 3:15 in the second to move the score to 4-1.

The Lakers would tally four more times in the game, with two goals from Ian Boots and one from Hank Van Boxmeer, and an additional goal from P-Rod.  Tyler Leimbrock and Chris Muise would add two assists for the Lakers and Luke Moodie would tally one, with McConney adding another assist.

Fredonia tallied twice more in the lost-cause losing effort.  They received goals from Brett Mueller and Stepehn Castriota and assists from Mike Monfredo and Brad Nunn as well as an additional assist from Ross.

Andrew Hare went 17/20 in save opportunities to get the win for the Lakers.  Mark Friesen suffered the loss for Fredonia and went 42/50 for the Blue Devils.  Jeff Holloway also saw a little over three minutes in net for the Blue Devils and made one save.

Oswego will host Plattsburgh next week in the SUNYAC Championship game at the Campus Center Ice Arena.  Plattsburgh received a bye into the quarterfinals and advanced to the Championship game by beating Buff State 4-3 in triple overtime.  Oswego went 1-0-1 against Plattsburgh in the regular season, beating them 3-0 at the Campus Center last week.

SUNYAC Semifinal: Fredonia at Oswego

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Oswego Sweeps home Weekend

The Lakers swept two wins at home this weekend at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego, New York.  The scoring got off started quick on Friday night against the Fredonia Blue Devils.  Luke Moodie got the scoring started a 4:47 in the first period on assists from Paul Rodrigues and Jon Whitelaw.  The Lakers tallied another goal a minute later from Chris Brown on assists from David Titanic and Chris Carr.  Whitelaw tallied another goal a couple of minutes later on an assist from Moodie, and that was about all that the Lakers needed.  Still, they scored another goal mere seconds later on a shot by Chris Ayotte with assists from Matt Singleton and Kyle Badham.  The Lakers added a fifth goal near the end of the period on a shot by Whitelaw with an assist by P-Rod to stretch their lead to 5-0.

The Lakers got the scoring started again in the second period on a goal by Chris Muise with an assist from Tyler Leimbrock.  Fredonia got on the board after that with a power play goal from Mike Monfredo and assists from Brad Nunn and Ben Waldman.  In the second half of the period Singleton scored a goal on assists from Hank Van Boxmeer and Ayotte.  The Lakers added a power play goal after that from Ian Boots on assists from Van Boxmeer and Muise.  And they added another power play goal a couple of minutes later on a shot by Muise with assists from Boots and Leimbrock to stretch their lead to 9-1.

The Lakers got the scoring started in the third period on an unassisted goal by Taylor Farris five minutes into the period.  Fredonia added a goal at 11:48 by Mike Muhs on assists by Bryan Ross and Matt Hehr, but it was too little, too late as the Lakers won this one 10-2.  Andrew Hare made 25 saves for the Lakers while Mark Friesen made three saves for Fredonia.

The Lakers hosted the Buff State Bengals on Saturday to complete the home weekend against their SUNYAC opponents.  The first period was a defensive match up as neither team scored.  Buff State got the scoring started at 6:46 in the second period on a shot by Justin Knee with an assist from Eric Bajc.  Leimbrock tallied the first goal for the Lakers at 13:08 in the second on an assist from Muise.  The Lakers scored again 30 seconds later on a power play goal by Whitelaw with assists from Moodie and P-Rod to take a 2-1 lead, and that was all the Lakers would need.

Whitelaw added a second goal on a power play at 11:25 in the third with assists from Ayotte and Hare.  Fredonia attempted to execute a Bob Embry special late in the third but got burned as Whitelaw completed the hat trick on assists from Moodie and P-Rod to seal the victory at 4-1 for the Lakers.  Hare made 28 saves for the Lakers while Kevin Carr made 37 for the Bengals.

Oswego will set their sights on the last series of the regular season, and it will not be an easy one.  Whiteout weekend is next weekend, with the Plattsburgh Cardinals coming to town on Friday and the Potsdam Bears arriving on Saturday for seniors night.

Fredonia Highlights: Courtesy WNYO Sports

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