Between the Lines
2/17/2012 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball, Men's Lacrosse
Higgo's Hero: Kay Yow. The speech her North Carolina State counterpart Jim Valvano gave is iconic. But Kay Yow's fight against cancer was no less inspirational. Originally diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 her battle was fought off and on in the public light until her death in 2009.
“Kay Yow has been very instrumental in women's basketball,” Quentin Hillsman said. “As long as I can remember being in women's basketball Coach Kay was around. To be able to have a have a day for her, and to be able to fight cancer in her honor is a privilege.”
That day is not just one, but many throughout women's college basketball this season. Formerly known as “Think Pink” and the “Pink Zone” Saturday Syracuse will Play4Kay against Marquette. The initiative is an offshoot of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund with the goal to raise both awareness and money in the fight against breast cancer.
“I think it brings a national awareness to it,” Q said. “You know that cancer touches the lives of common people and common citizens. I think when you add a name to it, a nationally recognized name, that it brings more of an awareness to a very fatal disease.”
“When you coach women's sports you have a big awareness of women's issues. This is not only a disease that's targeting women. I found out in my awareness of the disease it can affect men also. And I think that when you add names to certain diseases it makes you aware and makes you read up on it. It really brought some awareness into my life that it's not just a women's disease, it can affect men also.”
“The sooner you can find a cure for something that has taken tens of millions of lives, I think the better of our society will be.” Can't say it better than Q did. So put on your pink and we'll see you at the Dome Saturday.
This Week: Considering how last season ended, at long last the 2012 lacrosse season officially begins. “Obviously losing to Maryland last year in the quarterfinals leaves a sting in the back of everyone's mind,” said captain Brian Megill. “Whether they were here last year to they weren't it's just disheartening. After a while when you start practicing against the same defense or going against the same attack it gets kind of monotonous so now being able to come into a real game, another opponent coming in, I expect a lot of energy this week.”
The desire of the squad entering this season is twofold. One is the standard goal of Syracuse lacrosse, the pursuit of a national championship. Two is for unproven young players to remove the un and young and replace the raft of graduated experience gone from last year's team.
“Just like we had this feeling last year that we had something to prove, it goes doubly this year,” said one of the new starters David Hamlin. “We went off on a really bad note last year. With all this youth we have a lot of young hungry guys looking to prove themselves and I think you're going to see that early in the year.”
How early? Why not start Sunday. We got a glimpse of Hakeem Lecky, Henry Schoonmaker, Peter Macartney among others in the scrimmages. All three and many more will get their first real taste of an action Sunday at 2:00 against Albany.
Next Broadcast: It means a busy weekend in the Dome if we're to both Play4Kay and sneak in some lacrosse. Women's hoops takes on Marquette Saturday at 2:00 before men's lacrosse opens its season against Albany Sunday also at 2:00. Both broadcasts can be found on ESPN 97.7 and on Orange All Access.
As always you can find me @BrianHigginsSU.
“Kay Yow has been very instrumental in women's basketball,” Quentin Hillsman said. “As long as I can remember being in women's basketball Coach Kay was around. To be able to have a have a day for her, and to be able to fight cancer in her honor is a privilege.”
That day is not just one, but many throughout women's college basketball this season. Formerly known as “Think Pink” and the “Pink Zone” Saturday Syracuse will Play4Kay against Marquette. The initiative is an offshoot of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund with the goal to raise both awareness and money in the fight against breast cancer.
“I think it brings a national awareness to it,” Q said. “You know that cancer touches the lives of common people and common citizens. I think when you add a name to it, a nationally recognized name, that it brings more of an awareness to a very fatal disease.”
“When you coach women's sports you have a big awareness of women's issues. This is not only a disease that's targeting women. I found out in my awareness of the disease it can affect men also. And I think that when you add names to certain diseases it makes you aware and makes you read up on it. It really brought some awareness into my life that it's not just a women's disease, it can affect men also.”
“The sooner you can find a cure for something that has taken tens of millions of lives, I think the better of our society will be.” Can't say it better than Q did. So put on your pink and we'll see you at the Dome Saturday.
This Week: Considering how last season ended, at long last the 2012 lacrosse season officially begins. “Obviously losing to Maryland last year in the quarterfinals leaves a sting in the back of everyone's mind,” said captain Brian Megill. “Whether they were here last year to they weren't it's just disheartening. After a while when you start practicing against the same defense or going against the same attack it gets kind of monotonous so now being able to come into a real game, another opponent coming in, I expect a lot of energy this week.”
The desire of the squad entering this season is twofold. One is the standard goal of Syracuse lacrosse, the pursuit of a national championship. Two is for unproven young players to remove the un and young and replace the raft of graduated experience gone from last year's team.
“Just like we had this feeling last year that we had something to prove, it goes doubly this year,” said one of the new starters David Hamlin. “We went off on a really bad note last year. With all this youth we have a lot of young hungry guys looking to prove themselves and I think you're going to see that early in the year.”
How early? Why not start Sunday. We got a glimpse of Hakeem Lecky, Henry Schoonmaker, Peter Macartney among others in the scrimmages. All three and many more will get their first real taste of an action Sunday at 2:00 against Albany.
Next Broadcast: It means a busy weekend in the Dome if we're to both Play4Kay and sneak in some lacrosse. Women's hoops takes on Marquette Saturday at 2:00 before men's lacrosse opens its season against Albany Sunday also at 2:00. Both broadcasts can be found on ESPN 97.7 and on Orange All Access.
As always you can find me @BrianHigginsSU.
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