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WHOC| Humble beginnings
Ready or not, Tennity Ice Pavilion will host its 1st women's hockey game Friday
By John Sutton
Standing inside Tennity Ice Pavilion, Jamie Mullin stood out. He was clad in a suit and tie, even as construction workers in hard hats walked around the rink prior to the Syracuse women's ice hockey team's practice last Wednesday. The process of turning Tennity into a suitable home for a collegiate hockey team as been underway for nearly a year.
FB| Robinson insists report not distracting
By John Clayton
Greg Robinson took his turn Tuesday to respond to last week's New York Times report that Syracuse had hired a consulting firm to search for a new football coach. As he has all year, the embattled Syracuse head coach remained defiant, even though his team is 1-6 and one loss away from being eliminated from bowl contention for the fourth-straight season.
WSOC| Rough 1st season forces Wheddon to look to future
By Jennifer McCaffrey
When Phil Wheddon was approached by Georgetown head coach Dave Nolan after their game on Oct. 14, he wasn't expecting a compliment. Syracuse had lost another close game, 3-1, and needed to win three of its final four games to reach the Big East tournament.
FH| Conrad uses quickness to propel Orange on attack
By Edward Paik
There were no indications, no signs or verbal commitments. As far as Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley was concerned, Lindsey Conrad was staying in Richmond. The an athletics department official informed Bradley of the former Spiders players who had received NCAA releases to come to Syracuse.
MBB| Ongenaet settling in as SU's power forward
By Tyler Dunne
Kristof Ongenaet stood isolated on the outskirts of the media day melee two weeks ago. The attention flocked elsewhere. To the sharpshooting guards back from ACL injuries (Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins). To the player one Sporting News writer declared the best point guard in the nation (Jonny Flynn).
Big East| After last second loss, Connecticut switches placekickers
By Meredith Galante
A week ago, Tony Ciaravino cost Connecticut the game. Ciaravino missed a field goal on the Huskies' last possession against Rutgers, ultimately resulting in a 12-10 UConn (6-2, 2-1 Big East) loss to the Scarlet Knights (3-5, 2-2 Big East). It was the fifth-year senior's third miss of the day.
