Oswego Women's Hockey Falls Short Against Plattsburgh

This past weekend, the Oswego State Women's Hockey Team made their annual visit to the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsuburgh for a weekend series against the #1 ranked Plattsburgh State Cardinals. Oswego going into the weekend was hoping to come away with points from the north country trip. Sadly that wasn't the case as Plattsburgh not only won both games, but shut Oswego out over both games.

First up was an afternoon matchup on Saturday, a day in which Plattsburgh's offense opened up to the tune of an 8-0 victory on home ice. Shannon Stewart and Allison Era scored for Plattsburgh in the opening period to give the Cards a 2-0 lead.In the middle period, the Plattsburgh offense exploded for five goals, including a hat trick in the period from Shannon Stewart. Chelsea VanGlahn and Giovanna Senese also scored goals for Plattsburgh in the 2nd period. The scoring for Plattsburgh was capped off in the 3rd period by Teal Gove.

In the contest Plattsburgh outshot Oswego 42-18 and both teams went 0 for 3 on the powerplay. Sydney Aveson got the win for Plattsburgh, improving her record on the year to 9-0-1, making 18 saves in the victory. Bridget Smith started the game for Oswego but was pulled about halfway through the game and replaced by Tori Trovato. Smith took the loss, dropping her overall record on the season to 6-4-1, and she made 14 saves but gave up five goals. Trovato made 20 stops and allowed 3 goals in the 31:24 of ice time she saw in the game.

Things didn't get much better for Oswego State on Sunday as again they fell to the Cardinals in Plattsburgh, this time by a 2-0 score. Morgan MacInnis scored what would turn out to be the game winner at the 3:39 mark of the 2nd period. Plattsburgh would put the game away thanks to a powerplay goal from Shannon Stewart at the 14:18 mark of the 3rd period. For Stewart, she finished the weekend series with five goals and two assist for a total of seven points.

Plattsburgh outshot Oswego 40-18 in the Sunday 2-0 win. Sydney Aveson once again picked up the win for Plattsburgh, making 18 saves in the shutout and improving her record to 10-0-1 on the year. Bridget Smith took the loss for Oswego, making 38 saves, and seeing her record drop to 6-5-1 on the year. Plattsburgh went 1 for 3 on the Powerplay while Oswego was 0 for 3 with the man advantage.

This past weekends losses have dropped Oswego below the 500 mark for the first time since the opening weekends of the season. The Lakers have hit their first three game loosing skid of the season, and haven't lost three in a row since February of last year. Oswego now stands at 7-8-1 overall and 6-4-0 in ECAC West play. Oswego returns home for the first time in 2013 this weekend to play host to the Buffalo State Bengals. The first game of the series is Friday Night at 7PM and the weekend wraps up Saturday afternoon at 3PM!

(Photo provided by Oswego State Sports Information Department)