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YEAR IN SPORTS | Change of plans
Syracuse reluctantly learning to adjust to the evolution of college lacrosse recruiting
By Mark Medina
FBALL RECRUIT | Linebacker Tucker listens to mother, chooses Syracuse over Virginia
By Heather Crowley
Angela Tucker knew Romale was a special child from the first moment she saw him. He was her first of six children and therefore needed an exceptional name. More importantly, she said it had to be one that the world would never forget. "I told him I gave him that name because that name is going to ring out all over the nation," Angela Tucker said.
NATIONAL LAX | Bubble-team Drexel looking for first NCAA bid
By Kyle Austin
Drexel head coach Chris Bates will not talk to his team about it. The players rarely, if ever, speak of it. But everyone in the program knows that if the season ended today, Drexel would have a strong case to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in the team's 60-year history.
MLAX | Doc blocks: UMass goalie Doc Schneider started lacrosse late. Now opponents pay the price.
By Reed Buterbaugh
The passion Massachusetts goalie Doc Schneider has for lacrosse was not always there. He almost had to be tricked into playing the game. "I didn't like lacrosse growing up at all," Schneider said. "I always played football, basketball and baseball. I really didn't like it until my sophomore year of high school.
STAFF | Syracuse softball sweeps Niagara with 6 home runs
The Syracuse softball team (19-28, 7-9 Big East) swept a doubleheader with Niagara on Wednesday, defeating the Purple Eagles, 6-4 and 8-7. The Orange hit six home runs in the two games, including two from Rachel Tilford in the second game. Syracuse overcame a 4-2 deficit late in game one, scoring four runs in the sixth inning on home runs from Chanel Roehner and Lindsay Wasek.
