The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Sports

Campus Recreation Report: Soccer, volleyball competition heats up

The indoor soccer league is headed into the playoffs and the volleyball league is in the midst of intense gameplay.

The indoor soccer league’s regular season closed out with several tight games, a few barnburners and a draw. Petr Cech Yourself rallied for eight goals against ABCDE FC with a shutout. Timmy Mascia had five goals to cement the victory. ABCDE FC would win their next game against Abusement Park, 3-2, as Brian Gordinier scored all three goals for his team.

Average Joes tied Edgar’s Team in the men’s recreational league. Swetman Foot Fairies took a close one from Give It To The Italians, 5-3. Psycedelic Salamanders snuck past Kappa Sigma by just a goal in the 5-4 contest, Max Papele and Austin Zsedely both had two goals for their teams. Petr Cech Yourself drops the ball to We Don’t Messi Round 3-5, and Oswego’s Finest rolled by Where’s The Lamb Sauce?? 9-1.

In the Co-Rec  volleyball league, United Nations showed dominance over Two Bump Chumps, taking all three games. Sets on the Beach beat Nothing But Net 2-1, coming back in the second and third sets in a close matchup. Kiss My Ace earned three wins against Spike Lee. 1setwonders beat the Gallaghers 3-0 thanks to some great sets and spikes from Peter Mancarella and Seth Stopler.

Spike Lee also squared off against 1setwonders, but were not able to do much against them. Shannon Kleespies and Hannah Scott-McGrail were dominant while serving and DJ Manou took a dive that had him slide down half the court. I’d Hit That beat ACEHOLES, 2-1, winning the first two games between them, but ACEHOLES would come back in the last match 25-17. Spike Up Your Life could not get anything going against 3 East Mafia and were unable to get a win on the night. The Volleyllamas took two games against Gayle’s Book Club.

In Co-Rec competitive volleyball, Abusement Park got one win against Gab Likes to Get Bumped, but Gab Likes to Get Bumped ran away in the second game. The third game took one extra serve, as Gab Likes to Get Bumped walked away from the court with a 26-24 win. Gab Likes to Get Bumped also took three wins over Sets Tips Digs. Funnelle Staff beat Sets Tips Digs, 2-1, in some back-and-forth play. That’s What She Set took three games against Funnelle Staff.

The men’s recreational volleyball league also had a few games this past week, as Car Ramrod won against Practice Safe Sets 3-0. OFC Phlat Top Gang ran away with their game, 25-12, and had two wins on the night. In their next game against Practice Safe Sets, OFC Phlat Top Gang was able to take all three games. Mike Rotolo and Noah Jones had some great spikes. Hot Sets went three for three against Gayle’s Book Club. Varsity Barkers beat The Gallaghers, 2-1.

Sets on the Beach matched up against Bumpin’ Uglies in an exciting finish. Two of three games went to extra serves as the first game was won by Sets on the Beach 26-24, Bumpin’ Uglies rallied in the second game, winning 29-27. The last game was won by three, as Sets on the Beach took it 25-22. I’d Hit That won all three games against United Nations. ZBT took two wins against Car Ramrod, rallying back after losing the first game.