Orange Slice Sports' Co-Athletes of the Week

By Ben Glidden

Stephen Keogh - Keogh earned Co-Athlete of the week this past Saturday against #1 Notre Dame. He scored four goals and passed Brad Kotz for 10th on Syracuse's career goal list with his 130th. One of his four goals made an appearance on SportCenter's Top Ten Plays of the Night. It was an incredible between the legs shot through a feed from Jovan Miller:

Jenna Caira - Caira was awarded the Big East pitcher of the week award this week for the third time this season. She led the Orange to six wins this week with no losses. She pitched 31 innings and recorded 42 strikeouts, which lowered her opponents batting average to .093 and made her overall season record 27-9.

Congratulations to our Orange Slice Sports Co-Athletes of the Week.

Orange Lacrosse Topples #1 Ranked Irish

By Conor Hurley

The Syracuse Orange lacrosse team clinched a share of the Big East title with an 11-8 win over #1 ranked Notre Dame on Saturday. The win also allowed the Orange to regain the #1 ranking from Notre Dame in both national polls.

Now 13-1 with an undefeated Big East record (5-0), the Orange defeated the Irish in impressive fashion in front of 14,751 strong at the Carrier Dome. This was a season-high attendance for lacrosse this year at the Dome and in all of college lacrosse.

Stephen Keogh led the Orange offensively with four goals, recording his 21^st career hat trick and now ranks 10^th in school history with 130 goals. Tommy Palasek and Jeremy Thompson also contributed two goals and JoJo Marasco tallied three points as well.

Goalie John Galloway led the way defensively as he made 5 of his 12 saves in the first quarter, allowing the Orange to escape the first with a 4-2 lead. Defenseman John Lade was also crucial to the Orange’s defensive success as he caused a single- game record six turnovers and kept the Irish’s leading scorer Sean Rodgers in check.

John Desko, head coach of the Orange, was pleased with both the performance of his team and the atmosphere in the Dome. “It was incredible to see that many people in the crowd today to watch a great lacrosse game,” Desko said.

The Orange will play for the Big East regular season title on Saturday, May 7^th at the Dome vs. St Johns. Faceoff is scheduled for 1p.m. 

Photographer: Jason Rostkowski