Tuesday Night Not Such A Delight. Oswego Women Fall to Hamilton

The Oswego State women's Hockey Team took to the ice last night for a rare Tuesday night game against visiting Hamilton. Normally most hockey games take place over the weekend, but for this one game it was played on a Tuesday night. The following recap comes to us courtesy of the Oswego State Sports Information Department:

Emma Smentaniuk (Jr., Frankfort, Ontario) scored the lone goal for the Oswego State women's ice hockey team (4-4-1), which lost to non-conference Hamilton (3-1-0), 3-1, on Tuesday night.

The Continentals scored seven minutes and 21 seconds into the game on a rebound goal by Abby Runyon that was lifted over Bridget Smith's (So., Hamburg, N.Y.) right shoulder under the crossbar with assists going to Stephanie Lang and Gigi Fraser.

In the second period, the Lakers got the goal back, but the tie was short-lived. Smetaniuk scored on a pass from Olivia Boersen (Jr., Stratford, Ont.) to even the game three minutes into the period. Less than 30 seconds later, Hamilton regained the lead for good on a goal by Lang with an assist coming from Fraser. The Continentals added to their lead ten minutes later when Megan Fitzgerald scored on a power play with assists from Hannah Bartlett and Fraser.

The Lakers tried to score in the final period, as Hamilton was called for holding with a minute left in the game prompting the home team to call timeout. Oswego State then pulled Smith after the timeout to gain a two-skater advantage, but it was unable to capitalize on the chance. The Lakers finished the game 0-for-2 on the power play with both opportunities coming in the third period, while the Continentals were 1-for-3 with an extra skater.

Bridget Smith made 29 stops in the loss. Becca Hazlett made nine saves for the visiting team.

The Lakers take on Chatham on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Ice Arena.

So with the tough loss last night, the team drops its overall record to 4-4-1 on the year and 4-2-0 in conference. Melissa Seamont still leads the team in scoring with nine points on three goals and six assists. Olivia Boersen and Emma Smetaniuk are tied with Seamont for the team lead in goals with three each. Bridget Smith has been getting a bulk of the workload in the nets for Oswego, starting seven of the nine games the team has played so far this year. Her record currently stands at 4-2-1 with one shutout, a .937 SV % and a GAA of 1.54. As for the other two netminders, Catherine Cote and Tori Trovato, have each started one game this year, and both suffering losses. The Lakers will be looking to turn their luck around this upcoming weekend with a two game home series against Chatham University. Game one of the series is Saturday afternoon at 3pm, while game two takes place Sunday Afternoon, also a 3pm start.

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Oswego State Women Complete Weekend Sweep in Neuman

After Oswego State was able to end Neumann's season last year in the playoffs, the Lakers continued to exact revenge on the Knights, this time by sweeping a weekend series in Neumann. The action was fast and furious and included an overtime goal and two more first career goals to boot. All the fun got started Saturday on the strength of a 4-2 win. The first period went by quiet with nobody being able to hit the back of the net. Oswego would score the only goal of the 2nd period as Melissa Seamont was able to connect for her 3rd goal of the year, a powerplay goal, at 2:51 of the middle frame. It was the only goal of the period and Oswego had a 1-0 lead going into the final period. Neumann would get even at the 3:03 mark of the 3rd period on a Megan Russelo goal. Oswego would retake the lead at 5:54 of the 3rd on a powerplay goal from captain Olivia Boersen. Megan Russelo would score her 2nd goal of the game a little over a minute later to once again tie the score. Oswego would take the lead, for good, at the 8:40 mark thanks to the first career goal for freshman Bailee Goodon, this once again coming on the powerplay. Oswego would put the game away at the 13:04 mark of the 3rd period thanks to the first career goal for senior defenseman Breanne Reith. The Lakers would shut the door from there and walk away with the 4-2 win.

Shannon Donnelly took her first loss of the year stopping 16 of the 20 Oswego shots. Meanwhile, Bridget Smith got the win for Oswego, stopping 19 of 21 Neumann shots. Neumann went 0 for 4 with the man advantage while Oswego went 3 for 6 on the powerplay.

That was the fun and excitement from Saturday night. Sunday afternoon the two teams met again to close out the weekend, and this was a much tighter checking game. Just as the day before, there was no scoring in the opening period. Neumann started the scoring in the 2nd period, at the 5:40 mark on a Shanelle Doucette goal. Oswego would respond in the 3rd period at the 13:16 mark when Megan Hagg scored to tie the game. Nobody else would be able to find the back of the net in regulation so the game worked its way into overtime. That's when Oswego would find a new overtime hero. At the 4:53 mark of overtime, Leslie Jarvis scored her first career goal, a game winner and a powerplay goal to boot, to send Oswego home with a 2-1 victory!

The goaltending matchup was the same as the night before, as Shannon Donnelly stopped 30 of 32 Oswego shots in the loss, while Bridget Smith picked up the win stopping 22 of 23 Neumann shots. Oswego went 1 for 5 on the powerplay, while Neumann came up empty in it's four powerplay chances.

Now there are two big stories coming out of the weekend. First is the fact that Oswego was able to pick up some revenge on Neumann for the Knights knocking Oswego out of the Playoffs in Neumann two years ago. Also the two wins were good enough to launch  Oswego into 2nd place in ECAC West play right behind 1st place Elmira. The other big story of note is the first career goals for three players, Freshman Bailee Goodon, Junior Leslie Jarvis, and Senior Breanne Reith. Goodon is a freshman and its still a big accomplishment none the less. Reith's goal was four years in the making but she finally got it, and Jarvis its a double whammy because its not only her first goal in three years of play but it also turned out to be an overtime game winner. So congratulations all around are indeed in order!

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Oswego Men Sweep Weekend Series as Rodrigues Joins Century Club

Another weekend of Oswego State Hockey is in the books, and once again the weekend was a success. The two teams from western New York in Buffalo State and Fredonia made their trips to the Campus Center, and both clubs left with their pride wounded. First up was the Bengals of Buffalo State last Friday night. This game would be a success for both the team and for one player in particular as Paul Rodrigues became the 50th member of the 100 point club in school history.

Buffalo State actually got an early jump on Oswego, pulling out to a 2-0 lead early on. The Bengals pulled out to the lead thanks to powerplay goals from Matt Bessing at 8:49 and Brett Hope at 15:12. David Titanic pulled Oswego to within one at the 18:18 mark but the Lakers weren't able to get anything more, so after one period, Buff State had a 2-1 lead. Buffalo state would regain the two goal lead thanks to another powerplay goal, this time from Trevor McKinney ten seconds into the period. Oswego would storm right back, thanks to a goal from Zach Josepher at the 16:34 mark of the 2nd period. Then the Lakers would pull even thanks to a powerplay goal from Chris Ayotte with 33 seconds left in the period. So after 40 minutes of play the teams were even at 3. Once the 3rd period started, it wouldn't take long for history to be made. At the 3:29 of the period Paul Rodrigues would score his 6th of the season to give him an even 100 points for his career. He became the 50 player in school history to score 100 or more points in their Oswego career. The Oswego lead would be stretched to two goals thanks to Luke Moodie's 6th of the year. Buffalo State would cut it close thanks to a late powerplay goal from Matt Bessing but Oswego would hang on for the 5-4 victory.

Kevin Carr took the loss for Buffalo State, stopping 37 of 42 Oswego State shots. As for Andrew Hare, he got the win, stopping 19 of 23 Buffalo State shots. Oswego spent way too much time in the penalty box, which is something that hasn't happened at all this season, and seemed to have gone down over the course of the last few seasons. Buffalo State went four for nine on their powerplays while Oswego went one for seven with the man advantage. So that was action from Friday night. Saturday was a new day and a new opponent in the form of the Fredonia Blue Devils.

Oswego's offense exploded on Saturday to the tune of a 7-1 victory. Chris Muise got the scoring for the Lakers with a powerplay goal 1:40 into the game. Luke Moddie followed it up with another powerplay goal for his 7th of the season at the 8:26 mark of the 1st. Then with less than a minute left in the period, Paul Rodrigues would stretch the lead to 3-0, which is how the opening period would end. To the 2nd period we go and Fredonia scores their only goal of the game when Declan Gunovski scores 1:29 into the period off a freak play, where Zach Josepher accidentally scored on his own goalie. Oswego would respond as a little over eight minutes later, Chris Ayotte buried his 5th of the year, Exactly one minute after Ayotte's goal, Luke Moodie connects for his 2nd of the game and 8th of the year to give the Lakers a 5-1 lead. Once we got to the 3rd period Oswego put the game away with two more markers. First it was Chris Ayotte with his 2nd goal of the game, this time on the powerplay, 1:59 into the period. Finally at the 7:52 mark Luke Moodie put the game away with his 3rd of the night to cap off the hat trick and seal the 7-1 win.

Mark Friesen started the game for Fredonia but was pulled after the opening period making only three saves and being saddled with the loss. His replacement was Jeff Holloway made 24 stops in relief. As for Oswego Andrew Hare once again picked up the victory making 27 saves. Fredonia went 0 for 7 with the man advantage while Oswego went 3 for 7 on the powerplay.

Luke Moodie's Hat Trick on Saturday night was the 2nd Oswego hat trick this year, as the other belonged to Paul Rodrigues who had four goals against Elmira on October 27th. Moodie and Rodrigues still tie for the leading scorers in all of Division III hockey with 19 points each heading into the thanksgiving break. Moodie leads the nation in goals scored with nine and Rodrigues leads the country in assists with 12, and all this is going on with linemate and team Captain Jon Whitelaw out with an ankle injury. Oswego now has the top team offenses in the nation, averaging 6.43 goals per game just ahead of Adrian college. As for team defense Oswego is ranked #8 in the nation at 1.57 goals per game. Oswego has the #5 powerplay in the country as it is 15 for 42 which is 35.71%, while the penalty kill is tied for 28th in the nation at 32 for 38 which is a 84.2% success rate.

Now with Paul Rodrigues goal on Friday night it put him over the 100 point mark for his career, making it an even 50 in the 100 point club in school history. The big reason this is so important is because it not only makes it an even 50 in the century club but it is only the 2nd time in school history that one entire offensive line has had all its members in the 100 point club. This case is Paul Rodrigues, Jon Whitelaw, and Luke Moodie. The other line is Peter Magana, Brendan McLaughlin, and Ryan Ellis. So congratulations are indeed in order for Paul Rodrigues joining the 100 point club!

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Magical Season Complete R.A. Dickey Wins NL Cy Young Award

Most bsaseball fans and writers could have seen this coming. Robert Allen (R.A) Dickey of the New York Mets is the National League Cy Young award winner for 2012. The following story is provided by ESPN.COM.

Two years after R.A. Dickey was the first player cut by the New York Mets in spring training, he now has a Cy Young Award on his résumé.

Dickey won the National League Cy Young on Wednesday, becoming the first knuckleballer to receive the honor. Dickey, who went 20-6, received 27-of-32 first-place votes and 209 overall points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw finished second with two first-place votes and 96 points, followed by Washington Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez, who received one first-place vote and 93 points.

"Clayton and Gio were both just supernatural in the way that they perform," Dickey told MLB Network. "I've had to hit against them both, and it is ridiculous trying to pick up the ball on those guys. They gave everybody fits. Just being mentioned in the same breath as those guys is an honor.

"But for me, this is an honor to be shared. It's a great honor, and I am not a self-made man by any stretch of the imagination. There have been countless people who have poured into me in a way that has changed my life -- not only on the field, but off."

Dickey congratulated AL Cy Young winner David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays on Twitter: "What a great night. Congrats to David price. A good friend and fantastic competitor."

The 38-year-old Dickey became the third Met to win the award. Tom Seaver received the honor three times (1969, '73, '75), and Dwight Gooden won in 1985.

The award caps an eventful year for Dickey, who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in January, published a memoir during spring training that included details of sexual abuse he allegedly suffered as a child, tossed a franchise-record 32 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings during the first half and made his first All-Star team. 

"We live in a culture now that's got a very progressive mentality, which is fantastic as far as the association of the knuckleball goes," Dickey said. "And that's a compliment to the vision and the imagination of the writers who voted. They didn't see the knuckleball as a trick pitch. They didn't see it as some kind of illegitimate weapon that you can use that isn't worthy. They saw it as a legitimate weapon. It has one purpose, and that's to get big-league hitters out consistently.

"It brings a real degree of legitimacy to the knuckleball fraternity. I'm glad to represent them, and I'm certainly grateful for all of those guys."

Dickey's three shutouts in 2012 were the most by a Met since David Cone's five in 1992. He led the National League in quality starts (27), strikeouts (230) and innings pitched (233 2/3) while finishing second in ERA at 2.73 to Kershaw's 2.53.

Dickey's 20-win season marked the first by a Met since Frank Viola in 1990, and the sixth in team history. 

After his final start of the season, Dickey revealed he had been pitching through discomfort since April, when he tore an abdominal muscle during a cool night in Philadelphia. He underwent surgery on Oct. 18 to fix the injury, which is not expected to affect him in 2013.

"The training staff -- Ray Ramirez, Brian Chicklo -- those guys really helped me manage it, whether it was the pain or the symptoms," Dickey said. "And it was never anything that I felt like was going to cost me a start or something that I felt like I couldn't keep going from."

Dickey joined the Mets prior to the 2010 season yet did not make the team out of spring training. But he was promoted to the majors in May of that season and has not looked back, posting a 2.95 ERA in 94 career games with the Mets.

"I was the first player cut out of camp (in 2010)," Dickey told MLB Network. "But I was able to get a shot with those guys and I was able to seize an opportunity."

Days after the World Series, the Mets exercised a $5 million team option on Dickey for next season. General manager Sandy Alderson is attempting to sign Dickey to an extension but hasn't ruled out trading him if the sides cannot agree.

"I feel good about being a Met," Dickey said. "I can certainly say that I believe the Mets are going to be a lot better, and I want to be part of the solution. Hopefully we're be able to work something out where I can stay here, and I wouldn't mind finishing my career here.

"I want to be loyal to an organization that has given me a real opportunity. That being said, you never want to be taken advantage of either. I've been on that side of the coin as well as a player. So hopefully we're going to be able to reach some mutually beneficial agreement."

The Mets similarly are attempting to sign third baseman David Wright to an extension after picking up his $16 million team option earlier this month for 2013.

The last reigning Cy Young winner to be traded during the same offseason he won the award was Roger Clemens, who was dealt from the Toronto Blue Jays to New York Yankees on Feb. 18, 1999. The last reigning NL winner to be immediately traded was Pedro Martinez, who was dealt from the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox on Nov. 18, 1997.

Dickey's 2012 feats include becoming the first pitcher in modern baseball history (since 1900) to record consecutive one-hit shutouts while striking out at least 10 in each start -- on June 13 at Tampa Bay and June 18 vs. Baltimore.

The Mets went 74-88 this past season. Since 2008, half of the 10 Cy Young winners have played for teams that failed to post a winning record -- Dickey as well as Tim Lincecum (San Francisco Giants, 2008) in the NL and Felix Hernandez (Seattle Mariners, 2010), Zack Greinke (Kansas City Royals, 2009) and Cliff Lee (Cleveland Indians, 2008) in the American League.


The fact that Dickey is the first knuckelballer to win the award speaks volumes for not only him as a pitcher, but for that type of pitcher as well. It shows that one pitch can really dominate a game and have an impact on a game and a team. There is one question that is going to be on everybody's mind this offseason. What will the Mets do with R.A. Dickey? Rumor has been floating around that Sandy Alderson, the GM of the Mets, would consider trading Dickey if the price was right. That to me is such a stupid move. He is the first 20 game winner for the Mets since 1990 and he just won the NL Cy Young and you want to get rid of him? That is just plain stupid man I'm sorry but it is. Sign him to an extension and keep him where he belongs here in New York.

Once again congratulations to the 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey!

Oswego Dominates Morrisville as Moodie Joins Century Club

The Oswego state men's hockey team wrapped up a three game road trip with a stop at the Iceplex in Morrisville, a place in which some history has been made over the past few seasons. This years stop was no exception. Oswego walked into this contest unbeaten on the regular season at 6-0-0 and 5-0-0 in conference. Meanwhile Morrisville has gone winless at 0-6-0 and 0-5-0 in conference. Both teams would stay that way as Oswego would skate away with a 5-1 victory.

Matt Singelton got Oswego on the board first, scoring a powerplay goal at 5:44 of the opening period. To everybody surprise the lead would be taken away at the 10:19 mark of the opening period by James Jarvis. So after the opening period both teams skated off tied at 1. Andrew Hare played great in the opening period including stoning a couple of Mustang shooters on breakaways. The Lakers offense came alive in the 2nd period to the tune of three goals. First it was Chris Ayotte at the 4:01 mark, then a powerplay goal from Zach Josepher at the 9:54 mark, and finally to cap it off Luke Moodie scored point number one hundred with a goal at the 15:13 mark. Scoring in the game would be capped off by Oswego in the 3rd period on a Chris Brown powerplay goal at the 11:46 mark of the period. Andrew Hare picked up the in making 27 saves on 28 Mustang shots. Christopher Azzano took the loss for Morrisville, allowing four goals and making 22 saves. His replacement Jakob Rasmussen allowed one goal and made 20 saves. Oswego's powerplay went 4 for 8 while Morrisville's went 0 for 4.

There was good news and bad news to come out of this hockey game. First the bad news. Senior captain Jon Whitelaw went down with an apparent leg injury early in the 2nd period and he was unable to return to play. Reports are is that the injury is a high ankle sprain for the senior captain and he might be out for some time. Nothing has been confirmed yet on the injury and it is only rumored it is the ankle sprain. More information will be passed on about this as it becomes available.

That was the bad news coming out of Friday night. Now for the good news. With the powerplay goal he scored in the 2nd period Luke Moodie becomes the 49th member of the 100 point club in school history.  Moodie right now leads the team in scoring with five goals and seven assists for 12 points. For his career he has 46 goals 54 assists and 100 career points. Next up on the list to join the club is Paul Rodrigues who currently sits at 99 career points. Rodrigues should become the 50th member of the club by the time thanksgiving rolls around. Congratulations are indeed in order for Luke Moodie!

Now the team has played its first five games and are unbeaten at 5-0-0 and Number One in the nation in the last coaches polls. Paul Rodrigues and Luke Moodie are tied for the team lead in points with 12 goals with five and assists with seven. The 12 points for both guys are good for tops in the entire nation in scoring As for goal scoring both guys are tied for 6th in the country and are tied for third in the nation with the seven assists. As a team Oswego has some great numbers compared to the rest of the country. Oswego has the 2nd best team offense in the nation at 6.60 Goals/Game (only Adrian is better at 7 Goals per game), the team defense is tied 4th best in the nation with Utica at 1.20 Goals per Game, the powerplay is 4th in the nation at 11 of 28 for 39.29% and the penalty kill is 8th best in the nation at 20 of 22 for a 90.9% rate.

Next up for Oswego is the start of a five game homestand. It starts this Friday November 16th against the Buffalo State Bengals and continues Saturday November 17th against the Fredonia Blue Devils. Both games start at 7pm!

(Photo Provided by Jared Crast)

Oswego Women's Hockey Trade Shutouts with Potsdamn

The Oswego State Women's Hockey team wrapped up a three game homestand by trading shutouts with the Potsdam Bears, who were in for the weekend. Oswego took the opener of the series this past Friday night with a 4-0 win. Nobody was able to find the back of the net in the opening period. In the middle frame Oswego finally cracked through first thanks to a Lizzy Marks goal at the 9:46 mark of the 2nd. Oswego exploded with three goals in the third period, first from Emma Smetaniuk, a powerplay goal at 4:54, then at 9:02 Mady Paul cashed in her 2nd of the year, and finally to cap off the scoring, a powerplay goal from Chelsea Hunt at the 11 minute mark. The defense held tight and Oswego skated away with a 4-0 victory. Bridget Smith made 22 saves for the shutout win, her 2nd win of the season and her 4th career shutout. Jen Conophy stopped 18 of the 22 Lakers shots she faced. Oswego was able to convert on two of their six powerplay chances while Potsdam went zero for five on their powerplay.

So with the win Friday night in their back pocket, Oswego looked to sweep the series on Saturday. Sadly that wasn't the case as this time it was Potsdam coming away with a shutout in the form of a 2-0 win. Jenn Crawford scored both goals for the Bears. Her first came on the powerplay five minutes into the hockey game, while her second was a short handed empty netter with 35 seconds left on the clock. Bridget Smith took the loss and made 16 saves. Meanwhile Dawna Salvarinas got the shutout win for Potsdam making 19 saves. Oswego went 0 for 9 on the powerplay while Potsdam went 1 for 5.

Oswego currently sits at 2-3-1 after six games and 2-2-0 in ECAC West play which puts them at fifth place in the conference. Melissa Seamont leads the club in scoring with six points and four assists to go along with two goals. Seamont is tied with Mady Paul, Olivia Boersen, Emma Smetaniuk, and Lizzy Marks for the team lead in goals with two each. As a team the powerplay is 3 for 38 which is at 7.89% good for 33rd in the nation. Killing penalties has been a stronger suit for Oswego as they are 28 of 32 at 87.5% the 16th best in the nation. Team is 30th overall in the nation in total offense and tied for 12 in the nation for team defense.

Next up for Oswego State is a weekend series at Neuman to take on the Knights at the Ice Works Skating Complex. First games is Saturday November 17th at 7pm and then they play again Sunday November 18th at 3pm!

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New York Jets First Half Report Card

So now that the first half of the season has come and gone for the New York Jets, we feel now is the right time to look back at the first eight games of the season and give a report card on how the Jets have done to this point in the year. The Jets currently sit at 3-5, putting them in 3rd place in the AFC East ahead of the Buffalo Bills but trailing the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. Everything started off good with a 48-28 victory in week one over the Buffalo Bills. That was followed up with a 27-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in week two. Week Three saw the team go back over 500 with a 23-20 overtime win over the Miami Dolphins. They followed that up with a disaster in week four with a 34-0 shutout loss to the San Fransisco 49ers at home. Week five saw the same result, a loss, this time on Monday Night Football to the Houston Texans by the score of 23-17. Week six was an improvement with a 35-9 win over the Indianapolis Colts. That was followed up with a tough 2926 overtime loss to the New England Patriots in week seven. Finally in week eight it was a pounding loss to the Miami Dolphins 30-9. As of now the Jets sit at 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the AFC East.

So there is a quick recap of what went down first half of the year. Here are some raw stats to throw out there on the first half of the year. The Jets are 27th in the NFL in total offense, 25th in the league in passing, and 14th in the league in rushing. As for the Defense, the Jets rank 16th in the league in total defense, 6th in the league in passing defense, and 29th in rushing defense. Mark Sanchez leads in passing yards with 1,736 on 144 completions. Sanchez has a 52.9% completion percentage. As for Tim Tebow, he is two of three for 32 yards. Shonn Greene leads the rushing game with 509 yards on 139 carries, followed by Bilal Powell at 139 yards on 34 carries. Finally with the receiving game, Jeremy Kerley leads the team with 30 catches and 478 yards, followed by the injured Santonio Holmes who before he got hurt had 20 catches for 278 yards.

Now at long last here are the grades I have for the Jets so far this season.

Offense: C
-Mark Sanchez has been underperforming at times this year, but really its a double sided coin here with Sanchez. Granted he doesn't have the greatest receivers to work with and his offensive line isn't as good as it once had been. So Sanchez hasn't gotten as much time as you would like your quarterback to get. But yet there is a flip side to the argument. Mark Sanchez has not been able to adjust his game to the changes around him. A good quarterback to me should be able to adjust and make better decisions with the ball then he has this year. And Sanchez has struggled in adjusting this year and its hurting the Jets offense. As far as Tim Tebow is concerned, he has been doing what has been asked of him this year. I know people are calling for him to be the started but I still say lets not totally jump the gun here yet. I wanna see how Sanchez responds after the bye week. If he is still having problems then I would throw in Tim Tebow as my starting quarterbacj. But not just yet. Overall quarterbacks have been below par this year to this point. I give the Quarterbacks a C.

-As for the running game, its not as great as past years but still hanging around in the middle of the pack. I'd give the rushing game a B-. Shonne Greene has done an ok job of running the football, but is taking on more of a workload then he has in the past few seasons and it took him a while to adjust to the job of starting running back. He seemed to have settled into the job now but only time will tell really.

-Finally the receiving game I would give a C-. In the past few seasons Jets fans have enjoyed success in the rushing and receiving games from Gang Green. the numbers for receivers the last few season had been good. This year however the team is going with a bunch of rookies and its starting to show some form of weakness.

Defense: B-
-The Jets defense is still its strongest point. The rushing defense is horrible, which is a shock because Rex Ryan led defenses are usually among the best rushing defenses in the league. The passing defense has been outstanding, sitting in the top ten in the league. Sadly the rushing defense is bringing the defense as a whole down. Also the loss of Derelle Revis for the year with the knee injury isn't helping the cause much.

Special Teams: B
-Special teams for the Jets has been pretty solid this year. Nick Folk has been great kicking the ball this year, and the Jets return game is about average with the rest of the league.

Coaching: F
-I'm almost sorry to have to be saying this but coaching for the Jets this year has been well below standard. Rex isn't having as much of an affect on his players as I have seen in the past few years and its really hurting the team. Sorry but from what I can see the coaching staff isn't up so snuff this year.

So there you go. The grades for the Jets through the first half of the year. We will end this discussion with a look ahead for Gang Green the rest of the way.

November 11 4:05 p.m. EST at Seattle Seahawks
November 18 1:00 p.m. EST at St. Louis Rams
November 22 8:20 p.m. EST New England Patriots
December 2 1:00 p.m. EST Arizona Cardinals
December 9 1:00 p.m. EST at Jacksonville Jaguars
December 17 8:30 p.m. EST at Tennessee Titans
December 23 8:20 p.m. EST San Diego Chargers
December 30 1:00 p.m. EST at Buffalo Bills

Lets go Jets!

Oswego State Women Earn First Win with Split of Utica

Four games into the 2012-13 season, the Oswego State Women's Hockey team finally have their first win of the season after splitting a two game weekend series against Utica. The action started last Friday night at the Aud in Utica. Unfortunately for Oswego, they weren't able to muster up enough offense and were defeated by the Pioneers by a 3-1 score. Oswego got on the board first at the 10:34 mark of the 2nd period when captain Olivia Boersen scored her first of the year. The lead din't last however as Utica scored twice before the end of the period. Morgan Reed and Megan McMahon found the back of the net to give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead after two periods of play. One one goal was scored in the third period, and it came at the 18:39 mark off the stick of Utica's Carmen Johnson. Jennifer Hamel stopped 23 of the 24 shots she faced, while Catherine Cote stopped 25 of 28 shots she faced. So after Friday night the Lakers are still looking for thier first win of the season.

Saturday night the scene shifted to the Campus Center in Oswego as the same two teams played again. This time the result was totally different as Oswego was able to hang on to a 5-3 victory for its first win of the season. The Laker offense exploded with three first period goals to get the ball rolling. Melissa Seamont got things going 1:11 into the game, followed by Emma Smetaniuk at 8:28 and finally Olivia Boersen aty 15:12 to give Oswego a 3-0 lead after one. No scoring could be done by either team in the middle frame so Oswego held that 3-0 lead after two periods of play. Finally in the 3rd period, Utica cracked the scoresheet as Megan Myers put Utica on the board at the 4:29 mark. Oswego would regain a three goal lead when at the 15:28 mark Mady Paul scored shorthanded. Megan Meyers and Brittany Dellechiaie would connect for Utica to cut the Oswego lead down to 4-3 with about three minutes remaining in regulation. Oswego put the game away when Melissa Seamont hit an empty netter with 48 seconds left to seal the 5-3 victory.

Jennifer Hamel made 13 saves in the loss while her counterpart Bridget Smith stopped 29 shots in the victory. Aside from this being Oswego's first win of the season, there was another fact that struck me as a little concerning for the team. Oswego State took ten penalties totaling 31 minutes in the hockey game. The one penalty that did the most damage to the team was captain Olivia Boersen getting hit with a five minute major for hitting from behind and a 10 minute game disqualification. All of this took place 38 seconds into the 3rd period. No word yet as to whether Boersen will be playing on Friday night or not due to the penalty trouble. A big statement was made by the Oswego penalty killers, only allowing one powerplay goal for Utica during their eight powerplays.

After the smoke cleared this weekend, Melissa Seamont is the Lakers leading scorer with four points on two goals and two assists. Right behind her is Olivia Boersen, Mady Paul and Megan Hagg with two points each.  Goaltending duties have been split up pretty evenly between Catherine Cote, Bridget Smith and Tori Trovato. Next up for Oswego on the Ice is a weekend home series against the Potsdam Bears. Friday night November 9th puck drops at 7pm and Saturday November 10th puck drops at 3pm, with both games taking place at the Campus center in Oswego!

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Oswego Men's Hockey Dominate Earn 800th Win

Another weekend in the books, and two more wins chalked up for the Oswego State Men's Hockey team. For the first time this year the team has taken its act on the road, thee first trip going to Brockport and Geneseo. Brockport was up first on Friday night and it was a tough hard fought game, but Oswego was able to skate away with a 2-0 victory. Scoring Friday night was provided by Zach Josepher, who scored on the powerplay at 7:17 of the 2nd period, and Luke Moodie, who scored even strength at 10:25 of the 3rd period. Andrew Hare pitched the shutout for Oswego making 20 saves, meanwhile his counterpart Jared Lockhurst stopped 39 of the 41 shots he faced. It was the 2nd shutout of the Year for Andrew Hare and the 7th he's pitched in his college career. Friday night was the more tight checking of the weekend. Saturday night in Geneseo was a more wide open offensive game and another dominating performance for Oswego.

Saturday the Lakers took their talents to Geneseo for a game against the Ice Knights. It was supposed to be a battle of the two best teams in SUNYAC to this point in the season. But that wasn't entirely the case as Oswego dominated play from the opening faceoff, and were able to skate away with a 10-1 victory. Yes you did read that correct Oswego beat Geneseo on Saturday 10-1. Oswego exploded with four goals in the opening period. David Titanic and Tim Carr scored at even strength, while Jon Whitelaw and Zach Josepher connected on the powerplay. Andrew Hare's shutout streak was finally snapped at the 18:29 mark of the 1st on a powerplay goal by Brandon Angotti. Hare's shutout streak was over 138 minutes when that late goal was scored. So Oswego had a commanding 4-1 lead at the end of the first period. Oswego just kept pouring on the offense scoring three times in the 2nd and 3rd periods. Scoring in the 2nd period were Paul Rodrigues, Tyler Leimbrock, and RJ Barra scoring his first career collegiate goal. For the 2nd year in a row an Oswego player has scored his first career goal in Geneseo (Jared Anderson did it last year in his senior year). Capping off the scoring for Oswego in the 3rd period were Chris Carr, Chris Brown and Chris Ayotte. Andrew Hare stopped 26 of the 27 Geneseo shots he faced, and has allowed one goal in his last three games. Adrian Rubeniuk Bryan Haude and Nick Horrigan all saw action in net for Geneseo.

So with that win in Geneseo, Oswego now has a total of 800 wins in the history of the program, an incredible feat for any hockey team to achieve. And now there are two more major milestones that are in reach. In school history, 48 guys have cracked the 100 point plateau, and they could have two new members to make it a sweet 50 by the end of next weekend. Paul Rodrigues and Luke Moodie both sit at 98 career points after this weekend. Moodie has 10 points this season and Rodrigues has 11. Both guys could hit the magic number next Friday night in Morrisville against the Mustangs in Oswego's only game of the weekend. All eyes will be on them to see if they join the eliete club in school history.

Oswego has only one game scheduled for next weekend, and it takes place Friday night November 9th at the IcePlex in Morrisville as the Lakers take on the Morrisville Mustangs at 7pm. Coverage can be found on WNYO Radio starting with a 6pm pregame show leading up to puckdrop at 7.

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