The season started with a bang, with Oswego hosting its own tournament. The Oswego Hockey Classic was a big success and saw Oswego come away with their first two wins of the season. The season started with a 5-0 win over New England College, as Olivia Boersen scored twice and we saw the first career goals for Bridget Hamlin, Erika Truschke and Ashley Lyman. Catherine Cote got the first win and shutout of the season. In fact, Lyman (1G 2A), Truschke (1G 1A) and Boersen (2G) had the big days offensively. Oswego followed it up with a dramatic 3-2 overtime win over Castelton College in the finals of the classic. Leslie Jarvis and Mady Paul scored the goals in regulation and Megan Hagg proved to be the hero in Overtime, giving Oswego the victory.
Oswego then took the act on the road for the first time this season, with a pair of games in Potsdam against the Bears. This road trip turned out to be a rough one for the Lakers, coming away with a loss and a tie. The first game saw Kendall Appelbaum (1st career goal) and Bridget Hamlin provide the offense, but it wasn't enough as Oswego suffered their first loss of the year 3-2. The team responded better the next day, coming away with a 1-1 tie, with Bridget Hamlin scoring the only goal of the game for Oswego.
Oswego would rebound from this in their next homestand, when the Neuman Knights came to the shores of Lake Ontario. Oswego took the first game again in dramatic fashion, with a 2-1 overtime victory. Megan Hagg scored the tying goal late in regulation, then helped set up the winner scored by Emma Smetaniuk in overtime. Melissa Seamont got the other assist on the goal, with it giving her the program record for career assists with 32. Oswego followed that up with a 3-0 shutout of Neuman, where Melissa Seamont scored twice, and Alexa Aramburu scored her first career goal. The two goals by Seamont increased her career point total to 51, which put her as the new career leader in points for Oswego State. Catherine Cote got the shutout, her 2nd of the year. Next up for the Lakers was a road trip to Chatam University to play the Cougars down in Pittsburgh. Oswego kept their fine play going, not only winning both games against the Cougars, but they won them by a combined score of 7-0. First up was a 4-0 win which saw Catherine Cote get the shutout for the 2nd straight game, and saw Melissa Seamont score twice to go along with goals from Olivia Boersen and Megan Hagg. The Next night saw Tori Trovato get her first start, win and shutout of the season. Providing the scoring in this one would be Leslie Jarvis, Emma Smetaniuk and Alexa Aramburu.
Oswego's luck would run out right before thanksgiving, in a road game in Hamilton. Oswego couldn't hold a lead and fell 2-1, a game in which Olivia Boersen score the lone Lakers goal. Oswego would bounce back quite nicely to close out the first half of the season. It was a weekend series at home against SUNY Canton, and Oswego found their scoring touch once again. First up was a 3-1 win by the Lakers, which saw Ashley Lyman, Bridget Hamlin and Melissa Seamont provide the scoring punch in the win. The final game in the first half of the year saw the Oswego offense explode for six goals in a 6-1 win. Oswego got goals from Bailee Goodon (who scored twice), Kendall Applebaum (who also scored twice), Bridget Hamlin and Ashley Lyman. With that win, Oswego closed out the 1st half of the season with an 8-2-1 record, the best start in program history!
Scoring has been pretty balanced for this hockey team this year. Melissa Seamont and Bridget Hamlin are tied for the team lead in goals with 5 each, Megan Hagg leads the team in assists with 5, and Melissa Seamont Megan Hagg and Olivia Boersen are each tied with 8 points to lead the team in scoring. Melissa Seamont now has 32 assists and 54 points in her career, and we still have half a season left to go. Both of those numbers are now school records. The previous record for career assists had been 31, held by Jillian Bergeron, and the previous record for career points had been 50 held by Kelly Collins. The goaltending has been split up pretty well among the netminders. Catherine Cote has taken the bulk of the load in net, going 5-2-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .940 SV% and 3 shutouts. Bridget Smith has seen time in three games this year, going 2-0-1 with a 1.28 GAA and a .938 SV %. Tori Trovanto has one start, winning it and getting a shutout.
The 2nd half of the season will be an interesting one for Oswego. They will have to take on the likes of St. Norbert (road), Buffalo State (road), Elmira (home), Stevenson (home), Cortland (home), Utica (one home one road) and finally Plattsburgh senior weekend.
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