Orange to Honor Seniors Saturday vs. Colgate

#5 SYRACUSE vs. COLGATE
Details	Saturday, May 7 \| Syracuse, N.Y. \| Carrier Dome \| 1 p.m.
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SATURDAY'S GAME
- The fifth-ranked Orange takes on Colgate in the team's regular season finale.
- The game will be televised on TWCS with Mark Larson (pxp) and Dale Drypolcher (analyst). TK99 will broadcast the game as the official radio home of the Orange, with Brian Higgins (pxp) and Kyle Fetterly (color) calling the action. WAER will also be carrying the game.
- Syracuse enters the game 10-4 after taking down Duke, 14-8, for the ACC Championship last Sunday.

SENIOR DAY
- During Saturday's game, the Orange will honor 15 seniors who will graduate this year. Some players will be returning with eligibility, while other noticible names, such as captains Dylan Donahue and Tom Grimm, who both walked last season with their incoming class.
- Tyler Avallone, Tim Barber, Paolo Ciferri, Ralph D'Agostino, Derek DeJoe, Joe Gillis, Warren Hill, Dean Hirschberg, Jay McDermott, Evan Molloy, Brandon Mullins, Cal Paduda, Nick Piroli, Sergio Salcido and Austin Wentworth will all be honored.

THE COLGATE SERIES
-The Orange and Raiders will meet up for the 58th time, with the Orange controlling the all-time series 45-11-1 and having won three straight.
-The two teams first met on June 11, 1921, with the Orange coming out of the tilt victorious, 14-3.
-Under head coach John Desko (since 1999), Syracuse is 5-2 against Colgate.

BACK-TO-BACK
-Syracuse won its second-straight ACC Championship on Sunday, defeating Duke 14-8 after a three-hour weather delay halted play with 7:10 to go.
-Head coach John Desko and the Orange are 9-1 all-time in conference tournament play and 5-1 in ACC tournament play, including 4-0 over the last two seasons.
-Evan Molloy was named the ACC-Tournament MVP, recording 27 saves and allowing just 15 goals.
-Tim Barber, Nick Mariano, Brandon Mullins and Sergio Salcido also earned All-Tournament team honors.

DESKO HONORED
-Head coach John Desko was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row following the Orange's second-straight ACC Title. It's his third conference coach of the year honor as he previously was BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 2011.
-Desko is the winningest active coach in Division 1 college lacrosse, with a .759 winning percentage in 18 years as head coach of the Orange.

DONAHUE NAMED TEWAARATON NOMINEE
-Dylan Donahue was named 1-of-25 Tewaaraton Award nominees for this season.
-He joines elite company, as Syracuse has won the award three times, with Mike Powell taking home the trophy in 2002 and 2004 and Mike Leveille winning it in 2008. Jim Brown also won the Tewaaraton Legends award in 2011.
-Donahue could be the 13th Orange player to be named a finalist if he is selected on May 12. Kevin Rice was Syracuse's most recent finalist in 2015.

KEEPING IT 100
-This is the 100th anniversary season of Syracuse men's lacrosse, which began play in 1916 under head coach Laurie Cox.
-Syracuse has only had four head coaches in the 100-year span (Laurie Cox, Roy Simmons Sr., Roy Simmons Jr. and John Desko).
-To celebrate the 100 years, each home game will be broken down into a different era, showing in-game video elements and featuring a special fold-out story in the program at the Carrier Dome.
-On April 1, the Orange had a centennial celebration to honor the former players and coaches who've helped build Syracuse into the program it is today. Nearly 200 alums returned to the Oncenter for the event, which will air on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel at a later date.
-Syracuse will also celebrate an all-century team, which will be announced after the Colgate game.

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Avallone

Tim Barber

Paolo Ciferri

Ralph D'Agostino

Derek DeJoe

Dylan Donahue

Joe Gillis

Tom Grimm

Warren Hill

Nick Mariano

Jay McDermott

Evan Molloy

Brandon Mullins

Cal Paduda

Nick Piroli

Kevin Rice

Sergio Salcido

Austin Wentworth

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