Orange Defeats Colgate; Earns Program’s 100th All-Time Victory

Wednesday, April 11

Hamilton, N.Y.

7 p.m.

Syracuse University

Colgate

Syracuse won its 100th all-time game with a victory against Colgate.

Orange Defeats Colgate; Earns Program’s 100th All-Time Victory

4/11/2007 9:29:55 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Hamilton, N.Y. – Freshmen Christina Dove (Bel Air, Md.) and Halley Quillinan (Glenmont, N.Y.) led the Syracuse offense while junior Bridget Looney (Silver Spring, Md.) paced the defense helping the 10th-ranked Orange defeat Colgate, 16-8. The win marked the program’s 100th all-time victory.

The Orange (7-4) won its 100th game in just its 10th season of play. Syracuse owns an all-time record of 100-51 (.662), including 10 victories against its in-state rival Colgate. SU’s 10 wins against the Raiders is tied with Connecticut for the most of any Orange opponent.

Lisa Miller has guided the Orange during all 100 of its victories as Syracuse has enjoyed one of the most successful tenures during the past 10 seasons. Syracuse has posted a winning season each of its first nine seasons and has qualified for postseason action six times. SU’s nine-consecutive winning seasons is the sixth-longest string in the history of the NCAA.

Dove led the Orange with a career-high six points on five goals and one assist. Quillinan also scored five goals, matching a career high. Sophomore Katie Rowan (Delmar, N.Y.) tallied three goals bringing her within three points of becoming the ninth player in school history to record 100 career points. Junior Kristin Brady (Binghamton, N.Y.) scored twice and senior Jill DePetris added one goal to round out the scoring for SU.

Looney had a record setting performance on the defensive end with eight caused turnovers, an SU single-game record. Junior Christina Gibson (Jarrettsville, Md.) added two caused turnovers as Syracuse forced an opponent season-high 24 miscues. Sophomore Amber Pardee-Hill (Lewiston, N.Y.) had a strong performance in the cage for Syracuse recording a career high 15 saves.

The Orange struck first scoring two goals in just over two minutes. Dove netted the first goal 1:51 into the contest and Brady added her first of the evening just 28 seconds later. Colgate answered by scoring three-consecutive goals to take the lead, 3-2. Syracuse rallied back and scored the next eight goals. Quillinan led the charge by scoring three of the goals while Rowan contributed two. Dove and Brady both scored, tallying their second goals of the game, and DePetris added a goal to give the Orange a commanding 10-3 lead. Colgate’s Ashley Didio scored with less than a minute remaining in the second period giving the Orange a 10-4 lead at the half.

The Syracuse offense continued to dominate the game in the second half. Quillinan, Dove, and Rowan each scored, tallying the first three goals of the second half to increase the Orange lead to 13-4. The Orange added three goals after that point en route to a 16-8 victory.

Junior Jess Van der Meulen led the Raiders with three goals while sophomore Ashley Didio scored two. Sophomore goalie Sara Drexler had 11 saves.

The Orange looks for win No. 101 against on Friday. Syracuse returns home to face Rutgers in the Carrier Dome. First draw is scheduled for 7 p.m.