Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

Infobox Football club
clubname = Syracuse


fullname = Syracuse Orange
nickname = "The Orange"
founded = 1916
ground = Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
coach = flagicon|USA John Desko

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Syracuse Orange is the NCAA college lacrosse team for Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. They are a Division I team.

Syracuse played its first intercollegiate lacrosse game in 1916, and captured its first USILA championship in 1920. It would go on to win USILA championships in 1922, 24 and 25. In the modern NCAA era, Syracuse is the first school to capture 10 National Championships, the most of any team in college lacrosse history. Most recently, Syracuse won the 2008 National Championship. [ [http://www.suathletics.com/news/Lacrosse/mLacrosse/2008/5/26/mlax_jhu052608.asp?path=mLacrosse?path=mLacrosse SU Athletics - National Champions Again! Syracuse Claims 10th NCAA Title with 13-10 Win Against Johns Hopkins ] ]

In the school's history, 12 players have been four-time All-Americans, the most recent being Mike Powell (2001-04). Twenty Orangemen are enshrined in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Pat McCabe, honored in the fall of 2006, is the most recent inductee.

2008 Season Recap

Big East Lacrosse Conference

Syracuse is one of seven Big East Conference schools that will begin formally competing in Men's Lacrosse 2010. The other six schools include: Georgetown, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's and Villanova. The teams will play a six-game single round-robin regular season schedule. [ [http://www.scarletknights.com/news/release.asp?prID=6654 BIG EAST Announces the Formation of Men’s Lacrosse League for 2010 Season ] ]

Head Coaches

Since 1916 until present, Syracuse has had 4 head coaches. As of 2007, those coaches combined for a 761-304-15 record, which is a .712 winning percentage.

National Championships

*1920 (USILA Champions)
*1922 (USILA Champions)
*1924 (USILA Champions)
*1925 (USILA Champions)
*1983 (NCAA Champions)
*1988 (NCAA Champions)
*1989 (NCAA Champions)
*1990 (NCAA Champions)^
*1993 (NCAA Champions)
*1995 (NCAA Champions)
*2000 (NCAA Champions)
*2002 (NCAA Champions)
*2004 (NCAA Champions)
*2008 (NCAA Champions)

^Syracuse was forced to give up its title as a result of an NCAA investigation.

Four-Time Orange All-Americans

*Brad Kotz (1982-85)
*John Zulberti (1986-89)
*Gary Gait (1987-90)
*Pat McCabe (1988-91)
*Tom Marechek (1989-92)
*Charlie Lockwood (1991-94)
*Roy Colsey (1992-95)
*Ric Beardsley (1992-95)
*Casey Powell (1995-98)
*Ryan Powell (1997-00)
*Michael Springer (2000-03)
*Mike Powell (2001-04)

yracuse Players in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

*Laurie D. Cox (Year inducted - 1957)
*Irving Lydecker (1960)
*Frederick A. Fitch (1961)
*Victor Ross (1962)
*Roy Simmons Sr. (1964)
*Glenn N. Thiel (1965)
*Victor J. Jenkins (1967)
*William N. Ritch (1972)
*Louis Robbins (1975)
*Stewart Lindsay Jr. (1977)
*William L. Fuller (1982)
*Jim Brown (1984)
*Ron Fraser (1987)
*Roy Simmons Jr. (1991)
*Oren R. Lyons (1992)
*Dick Finley (1999)
*Brad Kotz (2001)
*Gary Gait (2005)
*Paul Gait (2005)
*Pat McCabe (2006)

Orange in the Pros

Major League Lacrosse

Boston Cannons
*Brett Bucktooth
*Kevin Dougherty
*Mike Powell

Chicago Machine
*Kevin Kelley
*Steve Panarelli

Los Angeles Riptide
*Sean Lindsay

New Jersey Pride
*John Glatzel
*Joe Yevoli

Philadelphia Barrage
*Tim Byrnes
*Joe Ceglia
*Roy Colsey
*Michael Springer Rochester Rattlers
*Solomon Bliss
*Scott Ditzell
*Casey Powell
*Jake Plunket San Francisco Dragons
*Liam Banks
*Jarett Park
*Ryan Powell
*Greg Rommel
*Steve Vallone

Washington Bayhawks
*Tom Marechek

National Lacrosse League

New York Titans
*Jarett Park
*Casey Powell

Portland Lumber Jax
*Ryan Powell

Rochester Knighthawks
*Marshall Abrams
*Pat Cougevan
*Scott Ditzell
*Regy Thorpe

San Jose Stealth
*Steve Panarelli

Controversy

Syracuse was forced to surrender its 1990 national lacrosse title after an NCAA investigation revealed that Nancy Simmons, the wife of Coach Roy Simmons Jr., co-signed a car loan for the team's star player, Paul Gait, in the 1990 season. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DC143CF932A25755C0A963958260 Syracuse Loses Lacrosse Title - New York Times ] ]

ee also

* Syracuse University
* Syracuse Orange

References

External links

* [http://www.suathletics.com/index.asp?path=mlacrosse&tab=mens Official Site]