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WLAX | Poison Ivy: Second-half comeback leads Penn over SU; Orange now waits for tournament seeding
By Christopher James
The Syracuse women's lacrosse team let a win slip through its fingers Sunday against Pennsylvania. The No. 2 Quakers erased a 7-2 second half deficit to knock off No. 7 Syracuse, 10-8, in front of 483 at the Carrier Dome. The loss soured a senior day celebration that saw six Orange seniors honored before the game.
MLAX | Red Faced: Syracuse falls to Colgate on Senior Day, concludes disappointing season
By Kelvin Ang
First came the frustration. With less than three minutes of Saturday's game remaining, Syracuse men's lacrosse senior Jon Jerome stormed over to the SU sideline after yet another Orange turnover and slammed his stick down on the turf. Then resignation set in.
MLAX | Season ends on sour note for SU seniors
By Mark Medina
Evan Brady wanted some real insight. The Syracuse men's lacrosse defenseman consulted his teammates so he could understand how to approach a game that doesn't change the Orange's NCAA tournament fate. All the SU defenseman met were blanket statements and clichés.
FBALL | Taj Smith receives eligibility from NCAA
By Zach Schonbrun
Already, May is looking a little bit brighter for the Syracuse football team. On Wednesday, Syracuse announced wide receiver Taj Smith was a granted a medical hardship and an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, meaning the rising senior now has two years left as a member of the SU football team.
YEAR IN SPORTS | When sports & school collide
SU tries to provide support for athletes
By Matt Levin
YEAR IN SPORTS | A method to his madness
Daryl Gross develops his own method for finding coaches. Then the recruiting begins
By Zach Berman
Daryl Gross drew a grid on a whiteboard in his office, finding a sliver of space between Carrier Dome plans and a fiscal breakdown. The grid was used to explain how he identifies what coach to hire, a practice that from the outside looks like a version of pin the tail on the donkey, but the Syracuse athletic director tries to make a quantifiable science.
YEAR IN SPORTS | Nichols possesses skills for NBA, awaits draft status
By Matt Gelb
Bill Duffy distinctly remembers when he realized Demetris Nichols could be an NBA player. "I saw him last summer working out in Chicago with 12 NBA players and he fit right in," said Duffy, Nichols' agent. "That's when he showed me what he was capable of.
MLAX | Out of contention, SU still finds meaning in final game
By Matt Levin
Nobody wanted to say the words. After last week's loss to Massachusetts, Mike Leveille mumbled them. Dan Hardy broke down before he could even speak on the topic. Finally, Syracuse men's lacrosse head coach John Desko clarified what motivation his team would have when it plays its first futile game in a quarter century.
