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For Immediate Release: February 19, 2003

Contact: Cathy Wenzka, SUNYAC Publicist

 

OSWEGO CLAIMS SUNYAC ICE HOCKEY REGULAR SEASON TITLE
Play-ins set for this Friday and Saturday

 

FREDONIA, NY – Oswego clinched the 2003 regular season title last night with a 7-0 win over Cortland and secured the No. 1 seed in this year’s State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men’s Ice Hockey Championship. 

            Six teams qualified for this year’s tournament with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds earning automatic byes.  Play-ins will take place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, the semifinals on February 28-March 1 and the finals on March 7-8.  All games will be played at 7 p.m. on the campuses of the higher seeds.  If the teams split, a mini-game format will be played on Saturday night immediately following the game to decide the winner.  If a third game is needed to determine a champion during the finals, it will be played Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. 

            Oswego, with their win last night, overtook Fredonia in the standings to gain the top seed.  Fredonia had been atop the standings all season long, but their 2-3 loss to Buffalo State last night dropped them to 10-4-0 and into second place.  Plattsburgh clinched the third seed in the tournament finishing 9-4-1.  The Cardinals host sixth-seeded Cortland this weekend.  The Red Dragons finished the regular season tied with Brockport with a 3-9-2 conference record, but claimed the final spot in the tournament based on tie-breaking procedures.  In the other play-in game this weekend, fourth-seeded Potsdam hosts fifth-seeded Geneseo.  During the regular season, the two teams played to a 1-1 tie in November and in their second meeting, Potsdam defeated Geneseo 2-1. 

 

FINAL 2002-03 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

                                                SUNYAC                                            OVERALL

School                W    L     T     GF      GA        Pts.              W    L       T     GF        GA

#1 Oswego         10    3      1      75       31          21                19    5       1      136       60

#2 Fredonia        10    4      0      43       25          20                15    11     0      78         57

#3 Plattsburgh     9      4      1      77       35          19                15    7       3      122       69

#4 Potsdam         7      6      1      45       45          15                12    11     2      83         81

#5 Geneseo         7      6      1      37       39          15                9      11     3      74         76

#6 Cortland         3      9      2      40       69          8                  5      16     4      76         124

Brockport           3      9      2      29       66          8                  9      14     2      72         103

Buffalo St.           3      11    0      43       79          6                  6      18     1      78         123

 

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