National Championship

2015 National Champions!
By Bryce Kerr
November 21, 2015 - 6:30pm
The first NCAA title for any Syracuse sport since the 2009 men's lacrosse team.

The Syracuse men’s cross country team took home the 2015 National Championship today in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the first NCAA title for SU since 1957.

The Orange entered the race ranked No. 2 in the nation behind only Colorado. The ‘Cuse win was somewhat of an upset, because Colorado was ranked No. 1 all year long and had won every race this season.

So close: Syracuse falls to Maryland in national championship game
By Jillian Thaw
May 27, 2014 - 12:27pm
The Orange women's lacrosse team rallied late, but couldn't overcome a slow start against the Terrapins in a 15-12 loss.

TOWSON, Md. — Syracuse attack Alyssa Murray sounded hopeful on Friday evening, talking about how she had been there before. She remembered how awful it felt two years ago when the Orange fell to Northwestern in the national championship.

This year was supposed to be different, but a familiar foe had other ideas.

Celebrating on the Mountaintop
By Kyle C. Leach
March 28, 2010 - 1:08am
The East Regional final saw the last Big East team remaining advance to the Final Four behind the will and smarts of the head coach and gritty point guard.

Bob Huggins will take your tired, your poor, and your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Orange open NCAA tourney by vanquishing Vermont
By Kyle C. Leach
March 20, 2010 - 11:48am
Top-seeded Syracuse shook off naysayers and upset watchers, dominating No. 16 seed Catamounts, 79-56.

 

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a new start for 65 teams. Teams get a coveted bid, push the re-set button, and go about making adjustments.

The top seeds usually need little adjustment, but Syracuse’s first No. 1 seed in 30 years came with strings attached. After winning 28 games and the Big East regular season title, Orange head coach Jim Boeheim had a to-do list that include: insert a new rotation, weather the team’s longest layoff in four months, and exorcise the Vermont demons from 2005.