OSWEGO, N.Y. – Oswego Men's Soccer team hosted their final regular season game of the season this Saturday when the New Paltz Hawks came to town. The Lakers carried a 1-0 lead for most of the match and scored a second goal late to secure their home win.

THE BASICS 
 
Final Score:  
Oswego 2 (8-4-4, 3-4-2 SUNYAC) 
New Paltz 0 (9-7-1, 5-3-1 SUNYAC) 

Location: Laker Turf Stadium, SUNY Oswego  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

The Lakers and the Hawks traded fouls back and forth early in what proved to be a physical match. The Lakers had a few good looks early but their best chance came after Chris Smith chased down a long pass past the Hawks defenders and buried the ball into the pack of the net. That goal was scored in the 27^th minute of play and held as a lead until halftime.

In the second half, the physical play continued with the Hawks testing the Lakers goalkeeper Kyle Rose forcing him to make 5 saves on the day all coming in the second half. In the 84^th minute, Kyle Gehnrich delivered a pass to Tajay Ellis on a breakaway for the second Lakers goal of the game giving Oswego a larger cushion with less than ten minutes remaining. The Lakers defense kept the Hawks at bay for the remainder of the half and secured the home conference win.

Stay tuned to oswegolakers.com and @oswegoathletics to see who the Lakers draw in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament.