Women's Hockey Falls in OT

The Oswego State women's ice hockey team lost 2-1 in overtime to Utica College on Friday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego.

Utica's Andrea Maxon scored the game-winner at 2:09 of the overtime period to give the Pioneers the victory.

The Lakers opened the scoring in the first period on Jenna Kirkwood's sixth goal of the year, assisted by Sarah Hannon and Emily Grippin. The lead lasted until the late stages of the second period, when Utica tied the score with 4:48 left in the second on a goal by Lynny Gonzales, assisted by Kelly Bills and Amanda McDonnell.

Utica outshot the Lakers 43-22 in the game, and Oswego State goalie Hilary Hitchman made 41 saves. Utica's Jill Doherty stopped 21 shots.

With the win, Utica improved to 13-8-0 overall and 9-4-0 in the ECAC Women's West. The Lakers fell to 8-11-1 overall and 3-8-0 in the league. The same two teams will meet Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Oswego.

Women's Hockey Wins 3rd Straight

The Oswego State women's ice hockey team won 5-2 at Cortland on Sunday afternoon, completing an ECAC Women's West weekend sweep of the Red Dragons.

Gillian Toneguzzo scored two goals in the game and added an assist for the Lakers, who are now 8-10-1 on the season and have won five of their last six games. Oswego State is 3-7-0 in ECAC Women's West play. Toneguzzo opened the scoring in the first period and Jessica Lister (pictured) scored three minutes later to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead.Cortland scored in the second period, but the Lakers answered with goals from Toneguzzo and Tiffany Duquette to build a three-goal lead.

Sarah Hannon scored in the third period for Oswego State on assists from Emily Grippin and Angie Friesen. Erica Shapey had three assists for the second consecutive game, and Hilary Hitchman made 25 saves. The Lakers return home to the Campus Center Ice Arena for a pair of ECAC Women's West contests against Utica on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m.

Laker ladies lose at Neumann

The Oswego State Lakers women's ice hockey team lost 4-3 to Neumann Saturday night at the Ice Works Arena in Aston, Pa. The Lakers led on three separate occasions despite being outshot 51-24. Neumann also spent less time in the penalty box, committing only two infractions the entire game. Sophomore goalie Hilary Hitchman stopped 47 shots in the losing effort.

Sophomore Mackenzie May (Syracuse) scored her first two goals of the season. The first marker put the Lakers up 2-1 in the sixth minute of the second period. The Knights tied it up just over a minute later off a goal from Kristin Gauthier. May answered back just 26 seconds later on the power play with her second tally to put the Lakers ahead 3-2.

The Knights would tie the game at 3-3 midway through the second period on Janelle Marier's first goal of the season. Robyn Armstrong then scored the game-winner in the seventh minute of the third period. It was the sophomore defenseman's team-leading third goal of the season.

Freshman Emily Grippin recorded her second collegiate goal in the game's 16th minute on the shorthand to give the Lakers their first lead at 1-0. The win snapped the Knights five-game winless streak while stretching Oswego State's to six. Overall, the Lakers are 2-5-1 on the season, 0-5-0 in ECAC West play. They'll play at Neumann once again on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Ryan Maloney