SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
Success for Syracuse
By Mathew Shadle
The Syracuse Track and Field Teams were in action at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Orange Women finished the three-day event in seventh place overall, while the Orange Men finished in ninth. Here are the highlights from the past three days.
Friday 5/6
Senior Kelsey Rubeor started off strong, taking the lead in the women’s heptathlon. After four events Rubeor had a total of 3,328 points, highlighted by winning the shot put with a throw of 13.82.
Saturday 5/7
Rubeor continued her dominance and became the BIG EAST Champion in the heptathlon. She put an exclamation point on her performance by winning two of the remaining three events, the javelin and long jump. Rubeor finished the heptathlon with 5,680 points, the second highest score in BIG EAST history.
Rubeor wasn’t the only Syracuse athlete experiencing success. Tito Medrano retained the crown of BIG EAST Champion in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 29:34.06 improving on last years BIG EAST Championship time of 29:38.20.
Sunday 5/8
Junior Ieva Staponkute became the third champion for Syracuse at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships by winning the women’s triple jump, securing the top spot with a jump of 12.81 meters.
The Orange Track and Field Teams will be in action next weekend at the ECAC-IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.
Photo Courtesy of SU Athletics
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
Season Recap and Tribute to Richie Carlston
By Conor Hurley
On July 20, 2010, Syracuse University student Richie Carlston passed away in a car accident. Richie was going to be a sophomore at SU and was a goalie on the men’s hockey team.
I never knew Richie. I was the freshman goalie that was able to play as much as I did this year because of his passing. But from what I’ve heard, he was a great kid, he always had a smile on his face and he was always laughing. He was also a great teammate and player, and he is dearly missed.
At the first captains’ practice of this past season in August, the captains brought us all together and told us about Richie’s passing. They said the season would be dedicated to his memory, we would hang his #1 jersey up behind the bench during every game and practice, our chant before every game would be “RICHIE ON THREE: 1-2-3 RICHIE!” and that we would win the NECHL championship for him.
We were supremely motivated to do everything our captains said, and we did. Here is a recap of our incredible season, enjoy. RIP Richie. This was for you.
Video by Conor Hurley
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
Orange Advance to Quarterfinals
By Ben Glidden
The #7 Syracuse Orange Tennis team defeated the #10 St. Johns Red Storm this morning in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
Due to poor weather in South Bend, Indiana, tournament officials decided to play singles first and only move on to doubles matches as needed.
The day started off well for one SU player. Co-Captain Emily Harman defeated Nevena Selakovic in two sets, 6-3, 6-1. With that win she earned her 100th career victory in an Orange uniform.
Alessondra Parra, Maddie Kobelt and Christina Tan also defeated their opponents in two sets to propel the Orange to a 4-0 victory.
Syracuse improved its record to 17-6 and 9-1 in Big East play. The 17 wins makes the Orange the second most winningest team in history, behind only last years team that went 20-3. This win also gave head coach Luke Jensen his 75th career victory. Jensen has had a successful five year tenure at SU with a .658 winning percentage, the best in program history.
The Orange will play again tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. against the #2 South Florida Bulls.
Photo Courtesy of The Daily Orange
SU Track and Field: A Successful Weekend
By Mathew Shadle
The SU Track and Field team was in action at two different meets this past weekend. The Orange competed in Ithica, N.Y. at the Cornell Upstate Challenge, and a contingent of SU Track and Field athletes converged upon Princeton, N.J. for the Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational. Here’s a break down of the two meets:
Cornell Upstate Challenge
Junior Ieva Staponkute broke the facility record at Cornell with a BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying triple jump mark of 12.81 meters. This narrowly edged the old facility record of 12.55 meters.
Flings Owusu-Agyapong brought home a victory for the Orange in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.63 seconds. Also, Owusu-Agyapong took second place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.64. Both races met BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying standards.
Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational
The Orange women put on a show in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finishing with four runners in the top-six.
Senior Katie Hursey lead the charge with a personal-best of 10:13.39 to win the 3,00-meter steeplechase. This smashed her previous best by nearly 14 seconds. Hursey’s time is to date tops in the conference and puts her at eighth best in the nation. Her time also met BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying standards.
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
Success for Syracuse
By Mathew Shadle
The Syracuse Track and Field Teams were in action at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Orange Women finished the three-day event in seventh place overall, while the Orange Men finished in ninth. Here are the highlights from the past three days.
Friday 5/6
Senior Kelsey Rubeor started off strong, taking the lead in the women’s heptathlon. After four events Rubeor had a total of 3,328 points, highlighted by winning the shot put with a throw of 13.82.
Saturday 5/7
Rubeor continued her dominance and became the BIG EAST Champion in the heptathlon. She put an exclamation point on her performance by winning two of the remaining three events, the javelin and long jump. Rubeor finished the heptathlon with 5,680 points, the second highest score in BIG EAST history.
Rubeor wasn’t the only Syracuse athlete experiencing success. Tito Medrano retained the crown of BIG EAST Champion in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 29:34.06 improving on last years BIG EAST Championship time of 29:38.20.
Sunday 5/8
Junior Ieva Staponkute became the third champion for Syracuse at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships by winning the women’s triple jump, securing the top spot with a jump of 12.81 meters.
The Orange Track and Field Teams will be in action next weekend at the ECAC-IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.
Photo Courtesy of SU Athletics
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
Season Recap and Tribute to Richie Carlston
By Conor Hurley
On July 20, 2010, Syracuse University student Richie Carlston passed away in a car accident. Richie was going to be a sophomore at SU and was a goalie on the men’s hockey team.
I never knew Richie. I was the freshman goalie that was able to play as much as I did this year because of his passing. But from what I’ve heard, he was a great kid, he always had a smile on his face and he was always laughing. He was also a great teammate and player, and he is dearly missed.
At the first captains’ practice of this past season in August, the captains brought us all together and told us about Richie’s passing. They said the season would be dedicated to his memory, we would hang his #1 jersey up behind the bench during every game and practice, our chant before every game would be “RICHIE ON THREE: 1-2-3 RICHIE!” and that we would win the NECHL championship for him.
We were supremely motivated to do everything our captains said, and we did. Here is a recap of our incredible season, enjoy. RIP Richie. This was for you.
Video by Conor Hurley
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
Success for Syracuse
By Mathew Shadle
The Syracuse Track and Field Teams were in action at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Orange Women finished the three-day event in seventh place overall, while the Orange Men finished in ninth. Here are the highlights from the past three days.Friday 5/6
Senior Kelsey Rubeor started off strong, taking the lead in the women’s heptathlon. After four events Rubeor had a total of 3,328 points, highlighted by winning the shot put with a throw of 13.82.
Saturday 5/7
Rubeor continued her dominance and became the BIG EAST Champion in the heptathlon. She put an exclamation point on her performance by winning two of the remaining three events, the javelin and long jump. Rubeor finished the heptathlon with 5,680 points, the second highest score in BIG EAST history.
Rubeor wasn’t the only Syracuse athlete experiencing success. Tito Medrano retained the crown of BIG EAST Champion in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 29:34.06 improving on last years BIG EAST Championship time of 29:38.20.
Sunday 5/8
Junior Ieva Staponkute became the third champion for Syracuse at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships by winning the women’s triple jump, securing the top spot with a jump of 12.81 meters.
The Orange Track and Field Teams will be in action next weekend at the ECAC-IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.
Photo Courtesy of SU Athletics
Photo Courtesy of SU Athletics
Season Recap and Tribute to Richie Carlston
By Conor Hurley
On July 20, 2010, Syracuse University student Richie Carlston passed away in a car accident. Richie was going to be a sophomore at SU and was a goalie on the men’s hockey team.
I never knew Richie. I was the freshman goalie that was able to play as much as I did this year because of his passing. But from what I’ve heard, he was a great kid, he always had a smile on his face and he was always laughing. He was also a great teammate and player, and he is dearly missed.
At the first captains’ practice of this past season in August, the captains brought us all together and told us about Richie’s passing. They said the season would be dedicated to his memory, we would hang his #1 jersey up behind the bench during every game and practice, our chant before every game would be “RICHIE ON THREE: 1-2-3 RICHIE!” and that we would win the NECHL championship for him.
We were supremely motivated to do everything our captains said, and we did. Here is a recap of our incredible season, enjoy. RIP Richie. This was for you.
Video by Conor Hurley
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
Orange Advance to Quarterfinals
By Ben Glidden
The #7 Syracuse Orange Tennis team defeated the #10 St. Johns Red Storm this morning in the first round of the Big East Tournament.Due to poor weather in South Bend, Indiana, tournament officials decided to play singles first and only move on to doubles matches as needed.
The day started off well for one SU player. Co-Captain Emily Harman defeated Nevena Selakovic in two sets, 6-3, 6-1. With that win she earned her 100th career victory in an Orange uniform.
Alessondra Parra, Maddie Kobelt and Christina Tan also defeated their opponents in two sets to propel the Orange to a 4-0 victory.
Syracuse improved its record to 17-6 and 9-1 in Big East play. The 17 wins makes the Orange the second most winningest team in history, behind only last years team that went 20-3. This win also gave head coach Luke Jensen his 75th career victory. Jensen has had a successful five year tenure at SU with a .658 winning percentage, the best in program history.
The Orange will play again tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. against the #2 South Florida Bulls.
Photo Courtesy of The Daily Orange
The SU Track and Field team was in action at two different meets this past weekend. The Orange competed in Ithica, N.Y. at the Cornell Upstate Challenge, and a contingent of SU Track and Field athletes converged upon Princeton, N.J. for the Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational. Here’s a break down of the two meets:Cornell Upstate Challenge
Junior Ieva Staponkute broke the facility record at Cornell with a BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying triple jump mark of 12.81 meters. This narrowly edged the old facility record of 12.55 meters.
Flings Owusu-Agyapong brought home a victory for the Orange in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.63 seconds. Also, Owusu-Agyapong took second place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.64. Both races met BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying standards.
Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational
The Orange women put on a show in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finishing with four runners in the top-six.
Senior Katie Hursey lead the charge with a personal-best of 10:13.39 to win the 3,00-meter steeplechase. This smashed her previous best by nearly 14 seconds. Hursey’s time is to date tops in the conference and puts her at eighth best in the nation. Her time also met BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying standards.
Today in SU Sports 4/22/11
By Ben Glidden
SU Women's Tennis Sweeps UConn
In the final match of the regular season, the Syracuse Tennis team destroyed the University of Connecticut at the Drumlins Tennis Center this morning. A few of the more dominating performances came from seniors Simone Kalhorn (singles), Christina Tan (singles), and Jacquelynn Tang (doubles) who were honored before the game for their service to the team throughout the past four years. The Orange finished the regular season 16-6 and 8-1 in conference and will compete in the Big East tournament next weekend in Indiana.
Syracuse Softball Splits Doubleheader at UMass
The Syracuse Softball team split a pair of highly contested games in Amherst versus UMass, today. The first game featured a strong pitching performance from Syracuse starter Jenna Caira. She went seven innings, gave up only one hit, no earned runs, and struck out 15 UMass batters. The Orange won that game 2-1 with help from Lisaira Daniels' 3 for 4 performance. Caira had a similar appearance in the second game, only giving up one run in six innings, but the Syracuse bats just couldn't produce as the Orange fell 2-0.
Boston University Too Much for Men's Rowing Team to Handle
The Syracuse University Men's Rowing team, ranked eighth in the country, fell short to Boston in every race today. Syracuse competed against both Boston and Columbia. The Orange placed second in three races and third in another. Boston, the six ranked team in the country, had an extremely successful day, winning every race. The good news is that the Syracuse varsity eight only finished a second behind the Terriers.
"I thought BU rode a little more intelligently in the first 1000 than us," Syracuse Coach Dave Reishman said after the race. "We got the lead in the first 1000 but we paid the price for it by being tense and letting the waves bounce us around a little bit."
The Orange Rowing team will have another shot at Boston in three weeks at the Eastern Sprints in Worcester, Massachusetts.
