Women's Hoops Falls to #22 Cortland

The Oswego State women's basketball team lost 60-46 at nationally-ranked Cortland on Saturday night in a SUNY Athletic Conference game.

Cortland improved to 15-2 and 9-1 in the SUNYAC, and the Red Dragons are currently ranked 22nd nationally by d3hoops.com. Oswego State is 9-9 overall and 4-6 in the conference.

The Lakers managed just 24.6 percent shooting from the field, and Heather Merino was Oswego State's leading scorer with 14 points. Rachel Kohrs added eight points, and Sarah Lombard had 10 rebounds. Cortland was paced by Jessica Laing with 24 points. Sara Cavanaugh scored 13 and Kristin Ciccone scored 11.

The Lakers will host Geneseo on Friday at 6 p.m. and Brockport on Saturday at 2 p.m.

First-half dominance leads to Oswego State victory

The Oswego State women's basketball team defeated Rensselaer 66-52 Tuesday night at Max Ziel Gymnasium in Oswego. Laker senior Sarah Lombard led all scorers with 18 points. She made her first seven field goal attempts of the game. Lombard missed her last field goal attempt, ending her streak of 13 consecutive field goals made to start the season.Oswego State's defense forced 29 Red Hawks turnovers. Senior Alaina Hannahs and junior Heather Merino led the Lakers with four steals each. Hannahs also had seven assists and eight rebounds. Laker guard Sam Driscoll fell just short of a double-double, pouring in 10 points while pulling down seven rebounds.

The Lakers held Rensselaer to just 18 points in the first half, and led 36-18 at the break. Rensselaer outscored Oswego State in the second half 34-30. Tory Lyons led the Red Hawks with 16 points in the game and also had eight rebounds. Elizabeth Barker had nine points and nine boards for RPI.

Oswego State improved its record to 3-0 on the season while RPI fell to 1-2. The Lakers return to action Nov. 30 when they host Potsdam in their SUNYAC opener.