SU offense stalls in first half
The Syracuse field hockey team has some work to do on first impressions.Of the eight goals Syracuse has scored this season, only one has come… Read more »
Writer archives: Wesley Cheng
Fresh off a win, SU hosts two Top-25 teams in Big East/Big Ten Challenge
Albany goalkeeper Megan Akstin stopped Syracuse 15 times in the first half Wednesday.In the second half, Syracuse scored three goals to defeat Albany, 3-0, at… Read more »
Grosman punctuates weekend split with goal in win over Stanford
Coming into Friday, Missy Grosman played in 39 games, attempted 21 shots and netted three goals.But Friday, the Syracuse field hockey senior took advantage of… Read more »
Latsko to start season opener in goal
Ann-Marie Guglieri drove hard to her right and found an open Lindsay Peirson for a shot.Audrey Latsko dived and batted the ball away with her… Read more »
SU looks to repeat as conference champs
Miami football. Connecticut women’s basketball. Syracuse field hockey.What do these three teams have in common?They all were Big East champions last year and face the… Read more »
A long shot
Fourth and 20, ball on the 25-yard line with 10 seconds left and the Orangemen are down two.The fate of the game doesn't rest solely… Read more »
Sophomore Jones slams her way into lineup
Michaela Skelly was helpless.One second, she was watching Aila Dommestrup make a picture-perfect set. The next second, she was taking a volleyball squarely to the… Read more »
Newcomers make up half of roster
Words like “inexperienced” have been thrown in their face. And with only one senior on the roster – and half of it made up of… Read more »
Despite Big East loss, tennis team predicts future success
Maybe it wasn't the storybook ending to the 2002 chapter of the Syracuse tennis team. But with the core returning next season, the book’s ending… Read more »
Anything can happen when SU girls go to Big East
There's something magical about the playoffs. Anything can and will happen.In the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament, No. 6 Indiana seemed like a deer in the… Read more »
Walk-on gets more play time due to team injuries
Like David against Goliath, Muhammad Ali against George Foreman and the New York Mets against the Baltimore Orioles in 1969, the odds were stacked against… Read more »
Tennis team contemplates postseason chances
Syracuse head tennis coach Mac Gifford sat in his office Tuesday afternoon contemplating his team's postseason chances.With only two matches left — both out of… Read more »
Tennis team wins against army
On Sunday, you could have visited the Syracuse athletics Web site and checked its coverage of the tennis team’s match against Army.You would have learned… Read more »
Gerry McNamara joins SU basketball team next year
Local hoops hero Gerry McNamara stood in a crowd at Coatsville High School in Pennsylvania surrounded by fans who had caught wind of his legend.In… Read more »
Rain disrupts tennis team's Easter Sunday match
Syracuse tennis coach Mac Gifford summed up his team's Easter Sunday match in a short declarative statement.'It just kept getting weirder and weirder,' Gifford said.What… Read more »
Win over Connecticut shows improvement in finishing games
Syracuse's 19-11 win over Connecticut may mean that the Orangewomen have shaken a trend of starting off quickly and cooling off in the second half.… Read more »
Culturally diverse tennis provides learning environment
Tennis coach Mac Gifford waited outside of Kimmel Food Court at 6 a.m. on one recent morning, trying to find National Public Radio before driving… Read more »
Orangewomen will spend Spring Break on beach, playing tennis in Boca Raton
Syracuse tennis coach Mac Gifford couldn't resist.With the team headed to Boca Raton, Fla., for Spring Break, Gifford — with a smile on his face… Read more »
Kabanova registers her 100th win as Syracuse splits weekend matches against St. John’s and Yale
Only 22 players in Syracuse history have notched 100 career wins. Masha Kabanova did it in two and a half seasons.Kabanova’s 100th win came Friday… Read more »
Konstand stands in while Orangewomen stumble
At the beginning of her college career, sophomore Alexa Konstand didn't know what to expect.The walk-on from Akron, Ohio, had dominated throughout high school, posting… Read more »
Freshman phenom proves perfect as SU wins two
Call off the search party. Roll out the red carpet. The future of Syracuse tennis is here.Kristine Bech Holte — a freshman from Oslo, Norway… Read more »
