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.

(Photo provided by Oswego State Athletics)