Garrow Beats Defending SUNYAC Champ Lim

Oswego State junior Tiarra Garrow defeated defending SUNYAC No. 1 singles champ Dana Lim Friday when Lim was forced to retire due to injury.  Garrow held a 4-1 lead in the first set at the time of Lim's forfeit.  Garrow is now 7-0 as a No. 1 single in her first season with the Lakers.  Garrow's victory was the line bright spot in the Lakers' 8-1 loss to New Paltz.

Ryan Maloney

Garrow Improves to 6-0

The women's tennis team lost yet again (this time to Cortland), but number one singles player Tiarra Garrow won in straight sets to improve to 6-0 on the season.

Unbeaten Garrow Faces Defending SUNYAC Champ Lim Friday

The women's tennis team travels to SUNY New Paltz Friday. That means the Lakers' unbeaten No. 1 single Tiarra Garrow (5-0) will square off with defending SUNYAC No. 1 single champion Dana Lim (5-0).

Garrow was eliminated in the semi-finals of last year's conference tournament by Geneseo's Erika Pumple. Pumple went on to lose to Lim in the finals.

Learn about Garrow's inspiring story in this week's edition of The Oswegonian (click the image on the right to read).

Women's Tennis Loses Again But Garrow Still Perfect

Fredonia topped Oswego State 5-4 in SUNYAC action today.  The host Blue Devils were all square with the Lakers after the first eight matches of the day.  That meant the decision of the match-up was riding squarely on the shoulders of Fredonia sophomore Calee Prindle and Oswego State junior Christine Burkhardt.

Burkhardt took the first set in a tie-breaker to give the Lakers the early advantage.  However, Prindle won the second set in convincing fashion, 6-2.  The third and deciding set proved to be much closer, but Prindle outlasted Burkhardt for the 7-5 victory, handing the Lakers their second-straight one-match loss.

Laker junior Tiarra Garrow (pictured) remained unbeaten (5-0) in No. 1 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Anne Norris.  Oswego State senior Sarahjeane Marhone remained unbeaten (5-0) in No. 5 singles with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over Megan Zarzycki.

Garrow is in search of her second SUNYAC singles title this season.  She won the conference championship as a freshman No. 3 single and was a semi-finalist as a sophomore No. 1 single.  Both feats were accomplished while Garrow was attending SUNY Plattsburgh, this is her first year as a Laker.  Her inspiring story can be found on the back page of this week's Oswegonian.

Ryan Maloney

Fall Sports Updates

We've fallen behind on our updates as classes have begun and our workload has increased. Let's look in on our fall teams to see how they're doing:

FIELD HOCKEY (1-5, 1-0)

The girls dropped three straight games after winning their conference opener on Sept. 6. However, all three losses were out of conference and the Lakers still sit atop of the SUNYAC. They'll resume conference play tomorrow when they visit Morrisville (0-5). The annual battle for the dragon sword against Cortland (3-1) takes place Wednesday at Laker Field. Oswego State has already equaled their conference victory total from the past three seasons combined.

VOLLEYBALL (5-9)
The Lakers are looking to avoid consecutive losing seasons, but are off to a rough start. After dropping three of four at the season-opening Red Dragon Invitational in Oneonta (four of four according to the official site of the event, but Oswego.edu/athletics reported 1-3, we'll take the W), Oswego State split their next eight matches before dropping two straight. Tonight, the Lakers host SUNYAC West pool play and are currently playing Morrisville (4-7).

WOMEN'S TENNIS (1-3)
The team has struggled, but junior Tiarra Garrow is unbeaten in singles action (4-0). Her inspirational story will appear in tomorrow's Oswegonian. The Lakers are 0-2 in SUNYAC play and will look to avoid losing consecutive events tomorrow when they visit Fredonia (2-5).





WOMEN'S SOCCER (2-2)
After winning their season opener for the first time since 2005, the Lakers beat Alvernia to leave the Cortland Invitational with a perfect 2-0 start to the season. Oswego State will open conference play tomorrow at 1 p.m. when they face Oneonta.





MEN'S SOCCER (2-3)
Oswego State came out of the season opening Flower City Invitational with an 0-2 record. However, they rebounded with shutout victories over Nazareth and Alfred before falling to unbeaten Hamilton (4-0.) The Lakers open conference play tomorrow when they visit Oneonta at 1 p.m.




Ryan Maloney

Women's Tennis Winless; Card Transfer Garrow Unbeaten in Singles

The Oswego State women's tennis squad dropped a 7-2 decision to Oneonta Friday at the AJ Heissan Tennis Courts in Oneonta, N.Y. The loss dropped the Lakers to 0-2, as they also lost their season opener Wednesday to St. john Fisher by a score of 6-3.

Through the two losses, there has been one bright spot on the Laker roster. Junior Tiarra Garrow has yet to lose a set in her two singles matches and has dropped just four games. This is Garrow's first season with Oswego State. She is a transfer from SUNYAC rival Plattsburgh where she won the 2006 SUNYAC title at No. 3 singles. She was also a member of the 2007 national champion women's ice hockey team.

How much longer til hockey season?

Oswego State fall sports are struggling this season. Neither the soccer nor field hockey programs have made a dent in the win column. Yesterday saw the entire fall sports program get swept.

Women's soccer lost 3-1 to Hamilton, they are now 0-2. Men's soccer lost 2-0 at Nazareth, they are now 0-3-1. Field hockey got blanked again, 6-0 this time at the hands of William Smith College. They are now 0-4.

Volleyball refused to promote victory at the Victory Promotions Invitational in Potsdam, losing both of their matches to fall to 3-6. Women's tennis lost 7-2 to Oneonta as the men lost 9-0.

Men's and women's cross country had the best showing, finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the Oswego State Inviational. The men's field had 13 teams while them women's had 12.

Several Fall Programs Still Winless

Oswego State men's and women's soccer, field hockey and golf are still 0-for-autumn. Thankfully, volleyball and women's tennis are picking up some of the slack.

The tennis squad downed Wells College 8-1 in their season opener, while volleyball (2-3) beat for their second straight victory. The Lakers lost two of the first three sets, but won the final two sets by scores of 30-26 and 15-13 for the comeback victory. Heidi Armstrong led Oswego State with 20 kills and 19 digs. Amanda McManus recorded 33 assists.

Women's soccer suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of St. John Fisher Saturday. The Lakers led for 55 minutes of the double-overtime contest. Tricia Sullivan put the Lakers on the board in the 26th minute on a rebound after Ashley Pople's direct kick struck the crossbar. Oswego State missed several opportunities to expand their lead in the second half before Fisher's Mary Dougherty lofted a shot over the head of Laker goalkeeper Toby Klein from 30 yards out.

Fisher then took the win in the 101st minute on a Kelly Zeppetella goal.