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MBB | Wild Finish: Last-second miss ends regular season for Orange against Villanova
By Matt Gelb
PHILADELPHIA-Forget about the 10 shots Demetris Nichols missed during the game. When it mattered, he had the ball in his hands with a chance to tie the game for Syracuse and an open look in front of him. "I can't ask for a better shot," Nichols said. "I live to take that shot.
MLAX | Classic Disaster: SU can't find net in second half, falls to UVa in Faceoff Classic
By Mark Medina
BALTIMORE - Defensive mistakes will be exploited. But offensive opportunities usually seem endless when Virginia and Syracuse match up, since the two teams are historically known to employ high-powered offenses. Not with this year's Orange, though. No. 9 Syracuse's 11-8 loss to No.
MBB | 5 reasons Syracuse won 5 straight
By Zach Berman, Matt Gelb and Mark Medina
Hit 3-pointers The stats don't lie: Syracuse lives and dies by the 3-point shot. Not to say it's a terrible thing, but if the Orange's shooters are off one night come March, it could mean trouble. But in the past five games, Syracuse is shooting 40.9 percent from beyond the arc, raising its season percentage to 38.
MBB | SU to debut retro, sleek uniforms soon
By Ethan Ramsey
Daryl Gross, Syracuse's athletic director, already went retro with Syracuse's football jerseys. Now, it's basketball's turn. The men's team will unveil redesigned, form-fitting uniforms made by Nike either in the Big East tournament next week or in the NCAA Tournament later this month, Gross said.
MLAX | No longer at top of sport, SU meets UVa with 1 loss apiece
By Kelvin Ang
Drexel defenseman Adam Crystal chatted on the phone with a few friends from the Army men's lacrosse team after the Dragons stunned then-No. 1 Virginia, 11-10, on Feb. 18. Crystal's friends congratulated him on the big win and then made a bold prediction - the Black Knights were going to take down No.
WLAX | New role has Fortune focusing on defense, not simply scoring
By Jared Diamond
The Syracuse women's lacrosse team scored 11 and 19 goals in its first two games, respectively, and standout midfielder Gaddy Fortune accounted for only one. One goal from someone who led the Orange with 47 last year, scored in all 16 of her team's games and is a preseason candidate for the Tewaaraton Award, presented to the nation's best player at the end of the year.
TRACK | Multi-event athlete Lambracht embraces pentathlon
By George Williams
When Kaity Lambracht came to Syracuse on a track and field scholarship in the fall of 2004, she was unsure of what her role would be for the team. She had four years of track experience at the high school level, partaking in numerous events including the long jump, triple jump, hurdles, 200-meter and 400-meter.
TENNIS | Jensen helps Magellan, Ready ease into prominent new roles
By John Sutton
The Syracuse tennis team has gone through a major transformation this season. First-year head coach Luke Jensen has brought change to almost everything so far this season - including SU's lineup. At the start of the season, sophomore Anne Magellan and freshman Kate Ready did not expect to be in the prominent roles they currently find themselves in.
SOFTBALL | Syracuse's visit to Texas A&M includes meeting with former coach Firnbach
By Jason Tarr
As Erin Gray left the Texas A&M campus, where she was coaching at a softball camp during the summer, she saw the Aggies' softball team waiting to hear who its new assistant coach was. The SU senior third baseman knew A&M and was also interested to hear the news.
