The Golden Knights fell to 5-1-1 on the season, whereas the Lakers noticed their document enhance to 4-2-1. Clarkson will start Liberty League play subsequent Wednesday when the group travels to Skidmore Faculty.
The primary half of Saturday’s contest was comparatively quiet, because the handful of scoring alternatives both went huge or have been cleared by the Lakers’ protection. The most effective probability got here with about 10 minutes to go, when Angelina Fahrenkrug took a tough shot from exterior the field that went simply huge of the left put up. On the opposite aspect of the sector, Oswego’s fundamental possibilities have been cleared earlier than a shot might be taken, as Molly DiCaprio would depart her spot close to the objective and finish the offensive push earlier than it may develop.
Late within the half, nevertheless, Oswego scored on considerably of a damaged play, because the move from the nook missed its mark in entrance on the six, however made its method to the foot of Jackie Marquardt close to about 12 yards out on the opposite aspect of the field, and he or she was capable of chip her shot into the proper nook for a 1-0 Oswego lead at 40:21.
The Lakers tacked on one other objective just some moments later, seemingly out of nowhere. Marquardt gained management of a unfastened ball close to her personal third within the Oswego defensive finish and despatched a move over midfield to Sara Marinaro. She was capable of break up Clarkson’s defenders and outrun three gamers in pursuit, maneuvering round DiCaprio on the final second to chip in Oswego’s second objective at 42:10.
On the break, Clarkson was outshooting Oswego 6-2, however the Lakers made probably the most of their two possibilities whereas not one of the Golden Knights’ pictures have been on the body within the first 45 minutes.
Within the second half, the Knights continued to carry the benefit in pictures, nevertheless it took a while for the group to lastly break by way of, lastly coming on the midpoint of the half. After a foul was dedicated on the sideline, Julia Tylar took the free kick from roughly 35 yards out, sending the ball into the field. Oswego goalkeeper Perri Anderson punched the ball away, nevertheless it went virtually straight right down to the foot of Sarah Kohls, who was capable of hit a medium-paced groundball in from roughly eight-yards out to place the Knights on the scoreboard at 67:26.
Clarkson sought the equalizer within the ultimate moments and had a couple of possibilities. With lower than seven minutes to go, Chloe Hodge’s shot from roughly 10 yards out went excessive over the crossbar, and across the 4:20 mark, a nook kick alternative was cleared away with no reliable shot on objective try. A minute later, Julia Tylar took a free kick from virtually the an identical spot of the beginning of Clarkson’s final objective, however the ball into the field was cleared away harmlessly. The ball additionally spent a lot of the ultimate two minutes within the Oswego defensive finish, however Clarkson was unable to get any pictures off in that point.
The Knights completed with an 18-7 edge in pictures, however only a 5-4 lead in pictures on objective, whereas additionally holding a 3-2 benefit in corners. Molly DiCaprio completed with two saves for the Knights, whereas Anderson stopped 4 pictures for the Lakers.
