The Oswego State men's ice hockey team defeated Fredonia 4-1 on Saturday at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego in a SUNY Athletic Conference semifinal game.

The Lakers will now advance to the SUNYAC championship game next Saturday at top-seeded Plattsburgh at 7 p.m.

Oswego State scored two goals late in the first period to take control of the game. Peter Magagna opened the scoring with a deflection of a centering pass from Ryan Ellis with 1:41 left in the period. Brendan McLaughlin doubled the lead with a goal with 34 seconds left in the period on an assist from Magagna.

After a scoreless second period, the Lakers scored with an extra attacker during a delayed penalty call against Fredonia as Derrell Levy's wraparound was saved, but Tony DiNunzio scored on the rebound to make it a 3-0 game.

Fredonia got its only goal of the game when Bryan Goudy scored a power-play goal on a rebound with 11:43 left, and assists went to Colin Sarfeh and Neal Sheehan.

The Lakers added an insurance goal with a power-play goal of their own on a pretty play started behind the net by Matt Whitehead, to DiNunzio who centered a pass that C.J. Thompson deflected in for his 10th goal of the year.

Oswego State goalie Ryan Scott made 19 saves for the Lakers with Kevin Amborski stopping 40 shots for the Blue Devils.

The Lakers are now 18-5-2 on the season and Fredonia's season ended with a 15-9-3 record.