OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State Women's Lacrosse team was victorious in a close one against New Paltz. Sophomore Shae McConnell and junior Madison Davis both scored a hat trick. Oswego's defense was able to fight off a fourth quarter comeback attempt by New Paltz. The Lakers held on to win 9-8.
THE BASICS
Final Score: Oswego 9, New Paltz 8
Location: Laker Turf Stadium, Oswego, N.Y.
Records: Oswego 4-8 (SUNYAC 2-2), New Paltz 3-7 (SUNYAC 1-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Q1
- Logan Castiglione opened up the scoring for Oswego from a successful clear attempt as 9:55 remained in the quarter.
- Julia Quirk doubled Oswego's lead to 2-0 after scoring a free position goal two minutes later
- The Laker defense held New Paltz scoreless in the quarter.
Q2
- Sela Wiley set up a Madison Davis goal to extend the Lakers lead to 3-0, Davis picked up her 11th goal of the season.
- New Paltz got on the board off of a clear attempt with 10:28 left on the clock.
- Castiglione assisted Davis for her second goal of the game, Lakers lead 4-1.
- 7:24 was on the clock when New Paltz picked up a ground ball and scored.
- New Paltz scored again three minutes later to bring themselves within one, this put the Lakers up 4-3.
- New Paltz tied the game up with 2:50 left on the clock.
- Oswego reclaimed the lead after Shae McConnell scored a goal, this put the Lakers up 5-4.
Stats at Halftime
S.O.G: OSW 9, NPZ 8
GB: OSW 12, NPZ 13
SAVES: OSW 4, NPZ 4
CLEARS: OSW 10-11, NPZ 10-10
TO: OSW 5, NPZ 7
Q3
- The Lakers opened up scoring in the half with another goal from McConnell.
- New Paltz scored with 3:12 remaining to come within one goal, the Lakers were up 6-5 at this point.
Q4
- Oswego scooped up a ground ball leading to a Quirk's 20th goal of the season with 14:18 remaining in the game.
- New Paltz scored a minute later to make the score 7-5 in favor of Oswego.
- McConnell completed her hat trick giving her 15 goals on the season, 11:39 remained.
- New Paltz scored two goals within two minutes to make the score 9-8 in favor of Oswego.
- The last six minutes were scoreless for both teams.
Final Stats
Castiglione had four assists in the contest
Quirk added two goals in the winning effort
Oswego only had eight turnovers as a team
Sarah Kamide had 10 saves
WHAT'S NEXT
The Lakers take on Buffalo State at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Buffalo N.Y.
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