Bobby Tait stands at 6 feet, 5 inches and weighs 216 pounds, but his physical frame isn’t enough to crack the Orange’s starting defense. When a defender gets sent to the penalty box, though, SU needs size, speed and a high lacrosse IQ to make up for its man disadvantage. Read more »
Riley Donahue comes from a family of successful lacrosse players. In her first year at Syracuse, she's trying to make her own imprint. Read more »
Syracuse head coach John Desko said Hayes McGinley needs to go through “university process” before the team can consider reinstating him. Read more »
Jordan Evans' left knee buckled while running on the turf field just a week before Syracuse's season-opener, and he thought his season was over. Doctors revealed his knee injury was minor, and the sophomore midfielder is finally playing with confidence. Read more »
Thanks to Erica Bodt’s goal with seven minutes to play, the No. 9 Orange beat the No. 19 Great Danes 14-12 on Sunday in the Carrier Dome on Senior Day in front of 997. Despite blowing a four-goal lead in the second half, Syracuse came away with the two-goal win. Read more »
Loren Ziegler hadn't scored five goals in her first three years total at SU. On Sunday, in her last regular season home game, her five marked a career-high. Read more »
Syracuse closed out Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season play with a 16-8 win, snapping a two-game losing streak. The seven-goal run buried the Cardinals, and attack Kayla Treanor, who tied her season-high with seven points, helped the Orange (10-6, 3-4 ACC) hand the Cardinals (9-6, 1-5) their third straight loss. Read more »
By persistently returning to the field, Taylor Gait has been able to fulfill a promise she made to play for her father, SU head coach Gary Gait, who etched his name in SU history as one of the greatest men’s lacrosse players ever. Read more »
Dylan Donahue became the 23rd player in Syracuse history to score 100 goals on Tuesday. He's done it using strong off-ball movement. Read more »
Maddy Huegel was torn between hockey and lacrosse coming out of high school, but ultimately chose to play the latter at Syracuse. Techniques and skills she developed playing hockey have helped her in areas on the lacrosse field, like winning ground balls and controlling draws. Read more »
Randy Staats scored four goals and Syracuse recorded an 18-5 win over Hobart in the Carrier Dome. Read more »
On Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome regular-season finale, two of SU’s biggest playmakers took a back seat as head coach John Desko utilized his team’s depth more than he had all season. Read more »
Accounting for half of Syracuse’s 18 goals, it was both the starters and first-timers in the senior class to get the Orange off the Carrier Dome field in an overpowering fashion. Read more »
Taylor Poplawski is only 5 feet, 2 inches, but has used a tough and aggressive playing style to succeed on the lacrosse field. She won two state championships during high school and now plays on the second-line midfield for No. 9 Syracuse (9-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast). Read more »
It was all-around domination, as No. 4 Syracuse (9-2, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) blew by Hobart (7-4, 4-0 Northeastern), 18-5, to capture the Kraus-Simmons Trophy in the Carrier Dome in front of 2,477 fans on Tuesday night. Read more »
Syracuse blew out Hobart on its home field on Tuesday night, and was able to rotate in a lot of seldom-used players. Read more »
First-line midfielder Henry Schoonmaker will not play against Hobart due to an upper-body injury, and SU Athletics spokesman confirmed. Read more »
The last two games have been Ralph D’Agostino’s first two starts of the season. His physique and speed make him the ideal matchup defender for smaller, quicker attacks, something that Desko said is becoming a trend in college lacrosse. Read more »
SU head coach John Desko said Bobby Wardwell will start in goal against Hobart on Tuesday. Henry Schoonmaker will likely miss the game after suffering an injury in SU's loss to UNC on Saturday. Read more »
Randy Staats assisted in three goals in his return from a lower body injury on Saturday. He said he felt a little rusty, but will be ready to go when Syracuse hosts Hobart on Tuesday. Read more »
After starting goalkeeper Bobby Wardwell allowed 10 of the 13 shots he faced on goal to get past him in the first half, SU head coach John Desko decided he wanted to change things up. Hill made five saves on 12 opportunities, but had trouble assisting in the SU clears. Read more »
Check out the sights from No. 2 Syracuse and No. 4 North Carolina from Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill. Read more »
Syracuse rebounded in the second half, staging a furious comeback in an attempt to overcome its largest deficit of the season. Yet No. 2 SU’s (8-2, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) six-goal fourth quarter wasn't enough to catch No. 4 North Carolina (12-1, 3-0) in a 17-15 loss at home on Saturday afternoon. Read more »
No. 2 Syracuse couldn’t complete the comeback against No. 4 North Carolina and came up just short in its 17-15 loss to the Tar Heels on Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field. Here are three quick takeaways from the game. Read more »
