Jay Pfeifer’s body language said it all. He had just allowed Cornell’s Joe Boulukos to score his seventh goal of the game, and Cornell’s 16th overall. Pfeifer’s shoulders slumped and his eyes fixed toward the Carrier Dome turf, knowing it was not one of his finest days. Little went right for Pfeifer and the Syracuse…
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McPherson ready to make impact at Syracuse
Rian “Goo” Wallace was embarrassed. The type of embarrassment you feel after someone waves at you, and you wave back, only to realize they were waving at someone else. Wallace, a linebacker for the Temple Owls, earned first-team All Big East honors last year with 101 tackles, second best in the conference. He decided to…
Syracuse looks to make up for Mike Powell
The post-Mike Powell era is about to begin. When the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team takes the field against Army on Saturday at the Carrier Dome at 7:30 p.m., it will be without its top scorer from last year, and perhaps the greatest lacrosse player in Syracuse history. In his final season at Syracuse, Mike Powell…
McCroskey has career night in loss
For the first 29 minutes and 10 seconds of Syracuse’s Monday night game against Pittsburgh, Syracuse guard Louis McCroskey played like a third scoring option that the Orange has desired all season to complement Gerry McNamara and Hakim Warrick. McCroskey played like he belonged in the starting lineup – a place that he hasn’t been…
McNamara suffers rare off-night in loss
Over the past 2 1/2 years, Gerry McNamara has earned a reputation as one of college’s top marksmen from 3-point land, as well as a player who comes up with a basket in a clutch situation. The Orange trailed Connecticut 69-65 with one minute and five seconds left during Syracuse’s Monday night game against Connecticut…
Sipaviciute leads Syracuse to victory
Vaida Sipaviciute was a force inside. Sipaviciute accounted for nearly half of Syracuse’s offense, netting a career-high 21 points including the go-ahead basket with 1:13 left as Syracuse edged Villanova, 45-42, Saturday afternoon at Manley Field House. Sipaviciute, who made just her sixth career start, used a variety of low-post moves to baffle and frustrate…
Wrights bring speed, strength to Syracuse
To those who know Dayshawn Wright well, he is witty, affable and funny. To those who have just met Dayshawn Wright, he is quiet, timid and shy. “He keeps to himself a lot,” says Dayshawn Wright’s high school coach, Steve Smith. “Once he warms up to you he’s a lot more outgoing. He jokes a…
The Next Fab Four?
No matter how many times Billy Edelin flashes his championship ring, four wide-eyed freshmen keep asking for more. “Let me see that ring,” one of the freshmen says. “Y’all have got to get your own,” Edelin smugly replies. With the talent and depth of Syracuse’s freshmen class, it may not be long before Terrence Roberts,…
Gachelin’s got it in the blood
Syracuse defensive lineman Louis Gachelin’s lives, breathes, sleeps, dreams, eats and digests sports. It’s been like that ever since he was born – perhaps even before. His father, Frank Gachelin played football for Army. His uncle, Francis Gachelin, played football for Miami. His mother, Maggie Gachelin played soccer in high school. “My family is a…
2004 SU Football Offense Preview
The Syracuse offense is a cipher, covered with secret sauce, buried in a puzzle. Last year, it showed glimpses of brilliance, scoring a robust 50 points in an improbable upset of then-No. 7 Virginia Tech. Then there was the 34 points Syracuse put together in a heartbreaking, triple-overtime loss to then-No. 25 Auburn. But while…