Syracuse Lacrosse

Shamrocks Sign John Lade

By Lacrosse Playground | October 31, 2011 |
WILKES-BARRE, PA (October 28, 2011)-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks announced today that they have signed on John Lade of Syracuse for their 2012 season. Lade is the fourth orange defender ever to win the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation’s most outstanding defensemen. He was named USILA All American First Team for two consecutive years and was one of seven players to start every game. Read More...

Syracuse University Lacrosse Player Charged with DWI after Crashing Coach’s Car

By Lacrosse Playground | October 25, 2011 |
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse University lacrosse player is facing driving while intoxicated, hit and run and resisting arrest charges following a crash in a car owned by the SU lacrosse coach early morning Monday in the Westcott Street area. Read More...

John Desko, Kevin Donahue To Be Inducted Into West Genesee/Town Of Camillus Hall Of Fame

By Lacrosse Playground | October 19, 2011 |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse University head lacrosse coach John Desko and assistant coach Kevin Donahue have been friends, teammates and co-workers for more than 40 years. From their playing days at West Genesee High School to their time together on the SU sideline, the two have been inseparable. That’s why it’s fitting that Desko and Donahue will be inducted together into the West Genesee/Town of Camillus Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 22. Read More...

Shamrocks Sign Josh Amidon

By Lacrosse Playground | October 19, 2011 |
WILKES-BARRE, PA (October 17, 2011)- The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks announced today that they have signed on Josh Amidon of Syracuse University for their 2012 season. Read More...

Syracuse Orange Lacrosse Announces 2012 Team Captains

By Lacrosse Playground | October 18, 2011 |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Redshirt senior Tim Desko (Syracuse, N.Y.), senior Bobby Eilers (Simsbury, Conn.) and juniors Brian Megill (Clark, N.J.) and JoJo Marasco (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) have been named captains for the 2012 season, head coach John Desko announced on Tuesday, Oct. 18. All four were elected in a vote by their teammates and will serve in the role for the first time. Read More...

Searching for Home Away from Home

By Lacrosse Playground | October 17, 2011 |
So after the last two years playing club for Syracuse University, fall ball has become a time of the year I look forward to a lot. Getting back on the field with the team has meant a lot more than just lacrosse. For me it meant reuniting with friends I haven’t seen in months, getting to know the guys that make it past cuts, and look towards spring competition and think about what we needed to do to be a top team in the NCLL. Read More...

Syracuse Lacrosse is Set to Play Duke in Big City Classic

By Lacrosse Playground | October 17, 2011 |
BALTIMORE – Once again Syracuse will participate in one of the most highly anticipated events of the college lacrosse season when it faces Duke for the second straight year at the 2012 Konica Minolta Big City Classic. The lineup for this year’s tripleheader, scheduled for Sunday, April 1 at MetLife Stadium, was announced today by Inside Lacrosse. Read More...

Orange Rolls Past Alumni All-Stars, 12-4

By Lacrosse Playground | October 10, 2011 |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The 2011-12 Orange men’s lacrosse team used a balanced offensive attack to defeat a team of SU Alumni All-Stars, 12-4, in the second annual Orange Alumni Classic on Saturday Oct. 8 at the Carrier Dome. The event featured several past lacrosse greats, including four-time All-Americans Mike Leveille and Gary Gait, and 2011 standouts John Galloway, Joel White and John Lade, facing off against the current team. Read More...

Exclusive: Syracuse Alumni Game Uniforms

By Lacrosse Playground | October 6, 2011 |
It's a new generation of dye sublimated uniforms for the next generation of lacrosse. The apparel company, Reversible Lifestyle, concocted a ridiculously over the top uniform set for this weekend’s Syracuse University Alumni Game. The Alumni Squad will be wearing not only Reversible Tops but REVERSIBLE SHORTS to match. Read More...

Jovan Miller Joins Maverik Lacrosse

By Lacrosse Playground | October 4, 2011 |
New York, October 4, 2011 – Maverik Lacrosse today announced that two-time National Champion and All-American at Syracuse University, Jovan Miller has joined Maverik Lacrosse's growing roster of elite athletes becoming the latest player to ink an official endorsement deal with the lacrosse equipment and apparel brand. 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...

Syracuse Throwback Cascade CPXR Helmet

By Lacrosse Playground | April 15, 2011 |
You may have seen Syracuse wearing throwback uniforms a few times this season. They wore them against Virginia at the beginning of the season and most recently against Cornell. We have up-close pictures of the Cascade CPX-R throwback helmet.