History in the Making as Orange Hosts Towson in NCAA First-Round Action
5/9/2008 5:20:32 PM | Women's Lacrosse
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – For the first time in school history, the Syracuse women’s lacrosse squad will host an NCAA Championship first-round contest, taking on Towson on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. The Orange earned the No. 5 seed in the tournament after finishing the regular season with nine straight wins and a 16-2 record. Towson enters Sunday’s contest with a 13-5 overall mark.
Tickets for Sunday’s game are on sale now at SUathletics.com and at the Carrier Dome Box Office. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students (with a valid ID) and youth ages 12 and under. Parking will be free in the Dome West lots. For more information on tickets, please call the Carrier Dome Box Office at 1-888-DOMETIX.
Fans who can’t make it to the Carrier Dome can listen to the live broadcast of the game on WJPZ 89.1FM in the Syracuse area an on SUathletics.com.
Both schools earned automatic bids to the NCAA Championship by winning their conference tournaments. Syracuse claimed its second consecutive BIG EAST Championship crown with a 12-6 victory against Georgetown in the title game. Towson secured its place in the national tournament with a 16-7 win against William & Mary in the final game of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship.
ORANGE IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Syracuse is making its seventh appearance in the NCAA Championship. The Orange has an all-time record of 1-6 in the national tournament. Syracuse made its fi rst appearance in the NCAA Championship in 2000, in just the third year of the program. That was the fi rst of four consecutive at-large bids for SU. After missing the tournament in 2004, Syracuse returned in 2005. The Orange earned its fi rst automatic bid to the NCAA Championship in 2007 after winning the inaugural BIG EAST Championship played in the Carrier Dome.
SYRACUSE REPEATS AS BIG EAST CHAMPIONS
Syracuse successfully defended its BIG EAST Championship to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The Orange earned the tournament’s No. 1 seed after winning the regular-season title and faced No. 4 seed Rutgers in the semifi nals. Sophomore Christina Dove set a championship single-game record with seven goals as the Orange defeated the Scarlet Knights, 22-7. The victory put Syracuse in the fi nal game against Georgetown in a rematch of the 2007 championship contest. The Orange used an 8-0 scoring run in the second half to overcome a 3-2 halftime defi cit and defeated the Hoyas, 12-6. The pair of wins improved Syracuse’s record to 4-0 in BIG EAST Tournament play.
A LOOK AT TODAY'S GAME
oday’s game is the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools and the second this season ... The win against Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship was the 122nd in the history of the Syracuse program ... The
Orange enters the game on a season-long nine-game winning streak ... Syracuse is going for its ninth win of the season in the Carrier Dome, which would be the most in the program’s history. The Orange has an all-time record
of 71-18 in the Loud House ... Syracuse is one of seven schools that has both its men’s and women’s lacrosse teams playing in the NCAA Championship.
