This Day in Dome History: April 2
4/2/2006 2:54:04 PM | Women's Lacrosse
The men’s lacrosse squad hosted Brown University in both 1988 and 2005. In last season’s game, SU scored six straight goals and owned a 6-3 halftime lead. The Bears cut the lead to one, 7-6 with 6:40 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Orange answered with two straight goals to re-take a three-goal advantage. Brown scored two times in the final four minutes, its last goal coming with 12 seconds left, as Syracuse held on for a 9-8 victory. Greg Rommel led the SU offense with three goals, while Jay Pfeifer recorded 12 saves.
In the 1988 contest, Syracuse jumped out to a 7-1 lead and went on to a 16-6 victory. Gary Gait led SU’s offense with four goals, while Matt Palumb recorded 17 saves.
The women’s team hosted Notre Dame on this date in 2003. Leigh-Ann Zimmer and Monica Joines scored two goals apiece to help the Orange to an early 5-0 lead and it held on to defeat the Fighting Irish, 9-6. Zimmer finished with four goals, while Joines had a hat trick with three goals.
The rock group, Rush, performed in the Carrier Dome on this date in 1983.
More than 23.5 million people have passed through the revolving doors of the Carrier Dome since the building’s first public event on September 20, 1980. Throughout the 2005-06 SU athletics seasons the University will celebrate the first 25 years of the Loud House.
In the first 25 years of the Dome, more than 1,740 events were staged, including collegiate, professional and high school athletics events, University commencement, concerts, a circus, and community events. These activities are chronicled in the more than 100 photographs that are currently in the concourse of the Dome. Fans who attend events in the Dome can re-live the memories with these photos.
