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Coaches Name Orange Big East Favorite

By Lacrosse Playground | January 19, 2012 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two-time defending conference champion Syracuse has been picked to win the 2012 BIG EAST men’s lacrosse league, according to a vote of the league’s seven head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own teams. The Orange totaled 34 points and received four of the seven first-place votes to claim the top spot in the preseason coaches’ poll released Thursday, Jan. 19. Read More...

STX Alliance Custom Shafts — Cornell, Syracuse, Hopkins (Video)

By Lacrosse Playground | January 16, 2012 |
We surreptitiously retrieved a glimpse of what STX has to offer this Spring. This video is a first look at the custom Alliance handles - we suspect - STX will produce for Cuse, Hopkins and Cornell. From what we can make out from the video the shafts display school colors and insignia. Read More...

Orange Trio Named To U.S. Team For 2012 Champion Challenge

By Lacrosse Playground | December 12, 2011 |
BALTIMORE – Three former Syracuse University men’s lacrosse standouts have been named to the U.S. senior national team roster for the upcoming 2012 Champion Challenge. Mike Leveille ’08, Steven Brooks ’08 and Casey Powell ’98 will suit up for the Americans when they face Denver on Jan. 29 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Read More...

Syracuse Accepts Invite to Join ACC

By Lacrosse Playground | September 18, 2011 |
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Commissioner John D. Swofford today confirmed that the ACC has invited Syracuse University to join the conference and that the ACC presidents have voted to officially accept Syracuse as a conference member. Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor said today that the University’s Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to accept the ACC’s invitation. Read More...

Lax.com’s Lake Placid Final Highlights

By Lacrosse Playground | August 17, 2011 |
Check out the highlights from the final game at Lake Placid two weeks ago. Yea, it happened a couple of weeks ago, but we couldn't pass up video of Mikey Powell. Mikey Powell lit it up w/ Cuse alum, as Burning Orange beat Christian Pastirik (23) and Raymour & Flanigan. Read More...

Coach Desko Talks About Syracuse Lacrosse Mural

By Lacrosse Playground | June 17, 2011 |
Coach Desko talks about what the new lacrosse mural in Manley lobby means to him in his interview with Syracuse.com. It is a 36 feet long and 6 feet high collage of 90-plus years of Syracuse lacrosse. Keep Reading...

Syracuse Nike Volt Socks, a Rare Thing

By Lacrosse Playground | May 23, 2011 |
If you don't play for Oregon Football or Syracuse Lacrosse, then your shot of slipping on a pair of the highly explosive Volt Socks are slim to none. In recent memory, the last and only time we've seen these socks, besides Sunday on Syracuse (seen here), were on the Oregon football team and they lost too. Keep Reading...

Grant Catalino's Game Winning Goal Over Top-Ranked Syracuse

By Lacrosse Playground | May 23, 2011 |
Maryland took down Goliath Sunday. The unseeded Terps forced the top-seeded Syracuse to play a much slower game than they're used to. In fact, it's been over 70 years since Syracuse lost a game while keeping their opponent to six goals. Maryland made history on an elevator shot by Grant Catalino from Forever Young in overtime. Keep Reading...

Syracuse's House of Pain

By Lacrosse Playground | May 16, 2011 |
Syracuse University alum and Adrenaline's, Sean McGonigle, heads to the dome for the Notre Dame lacrosse game and snags an interview with Coach Simmons Jr, who talks about the "House of Pain." Keep Reading...

1989 National Championship Game, Syracuse vs Hopkins

By Lacrosse Playground | April 19, 2011 |
Gary, Paul, Quint, and Dave. Those four names have been on the tip of peoples' tongues for decades. Find out why by watching the 1989 National Championship game. These teams were scary good.

The Nike CEO and Why I Use a Pink Head

By Lacrosse Playground | April 14, 2011 |
Breast cancer hits close to home for me since I have had an Aunt and my grandmother pass away due to this disease. The pink stick I'm using for the rest of the season is for my Aunt Linda who lives in Fort Worth, Texas, who has started to go through Chemo to try to get rid of the cancer in her body. Keep Reading...

Video Action from Cornell's Win Over Syracuse

By Lacrosse Playground | April 13, 2011 |
#5 Cornell defeated #1 Syracuse in the Dome last night. Cornell's Rob Pannell netted 3 goals and added 3 apples, while Syracuse's Josh Amidon went 3 and 2. Our boy jovah_6 hooked us up with reels from the night. Click on the pictures after the jump to see the videos. Keep Reading...