Oswego Women's Hockey Split With Stevenson

This past weekend, the Oswego State Women's Hockey team hosted their annual Pink at the Rink weekend, where the team wore pink hockey jersey's to raise money for breast cancer awareness. Opposing the team that weekend was the Stevenson Mustangs, the first time these two programs have ever played each other. First up was the a Saturday matinee between the two clubs, and it was Oswego skating away with a 5-1 victory. The opening period, the two clubs traded goals. Oswego got on the board firs at the 4:25 mark when Melissa Seamont buried her 8th of the season, with Jayme McCreary picking up her first collegiate point. Emma Smetaniuk picked up the 2nd helper on the goal. Stevenson evened the scored at the 16:14 mark when Rachel Martell scored her 2nd of the year. So after one period the score was tied at one, and shots were close at 7-5 in favor of Oswego. But that's about as close as things would get on the afternoon.

Oswego took control of the game early in the 2nd period. It took only 46 seconds for Oswego to retake the lead, thanks to Olivia Boersen's 6th of the year. The Lakers would extend the lead to 3-1 thanks to Emma Smetaniuk's 4th of the year at the 13:34 mark. Oswego controlled the play in the middle frame, outshooting Stevenson 19-6 in the period. So to the 3rd period we went with Oswego up by a pair. Olivia Boersen scored her 2nd of the game and 7th of the year to give Oswego a 4-1 lead at the 9:28 mark of the 3rd. Then to put the final touches on the scoring for the day, Lizzy Marks scored her 3rd of the year, this one a powerplay goal, at the 13:57 mark to put the game away and seal a 5-1 win. Oswego again dominated play in the 3rd period, outshooting Stevenson 15-7.

Mackenzie Bruch took the loss in net for Stevenson, dropping her overall record to 2-5-1, as she made 36 saves in the loss. Bridget Smith picked up the victory for Oswego, improving her record to 9-5-1, as she made 17 saves in the win. Stevenson went 1 for 3 on the powerplay, while Oswego went 1 for 6 with the man advantage. Emma Smetaniuk (goal two assists), Melissa Seamont (goal assist) and Olivia Boersen (two goals) had the big days offensively for Oswego.

So with the Lakers dominating things in Saturday's tilt, they looked to do the same in Sunday's game. Oswego had controlled play for the first two periods but it wasn't quite enough as Stevenson walked away with a 1-0 victory. The only goal scored in the hockey game came at the 2:43 mark of the 2nd period when Megan Donahue connected for her 3rd of the season. Oswego had controlled play for the most part during the opening two periods. Shots went 10-7 in the first and 16-3 in the 2nd, both in favor of Oswego, but Stevenson outworked the Lakers in the 3rd and out shot them 12-3.

Both goaltenders, Sarah Modzelewski for Stevenson and Tori Trovato, played great but Stevenson was the only team to find the back of the net. The 1-0 win for the Mustangs was the first time in program history they had been able to shut out an opponent. Oswgo had plenty of scoring chances in the hockey game, but none of really outstanding quality. When they did have their great chances, Modzelewski stood on her head for the win.

Melissa Seamont still leads the team with 8 goals and 14 assists for 22 points. Right behind her with 7 goals each are Mady Paul and Olivia Boersen. Nobody else has reached double digits in assist yet this season, and the closest is Olivia Boersen with 8. Aside from Seamont the only other Lakers to have double digits in points are Boersen (15 points), Megan Hagg (11 points), and Mady Paul (10 points). Melissa Seamont is now in possession of the school record for assists in a single season with 14 (and still counting) and is now just two points away from the school record for most points in a single season (the record is 24 by Mackenzie Lee set in 2010-11). Now Seamont is in sole possession of 4th place on the school all time scoring list with 44 points, and she still has her senior year to go, so congratulations to Melissa Seamont on those accomplishments.

Oswego State has this weekend off. Their next scheduled games are February 8th at 7PM and February 9th at 3PM as it will be senior weekend for the women as they take on the Elmira Soaring Eagles!

(Photo provided by the Oswego State Sports Information Department)