Orange Host Knights On Sunday

Game Details: Sunday, Aug. 22, Syracuse, N.Y., 12 p.m.
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START ME UP AGAIN
The Orange make a second attempt at opening the 2021 season when they host Fairleigh Dickinson at the Syracuse Soccer Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 22, at 12:00 p.m. Syracuse's original opener on Aug. 19 against Albany was cancelled because of weather.

THE SYRACUSE-FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON SERIES
Syracuse has a 3-1 advantage in a series that dates to 2004. The Orange have won all three games played in Syracuse while Fairleigh Dickinson won its lone home encounter. The two squads last squared off in 2013 and the Orange won, 3-0.

CUSE CAPTAINS
Meghan Root, Jenna Tivnan and Natalie Weidenbach were named team captains during the offseason by Coach NIcky Thrasher Adams. Root is a senior forward, Tivnan a senior defender and Weidenbach a defender who is a graduate student. Root leads all Syracuse performers with an active streak of 32 consecutive starts.

PROULX ANCHORS ORANGE BACK LINE
Lysianne Proulx, now a graduate student at Syracuse, returns to the Orange for her fifth season. She has started 24 straight contests in net for the Orange. Proulx heads into her final campaign ranked seventh in career saves at Syracuse (185). She finished third among NCAA Division I performers in saves per game (9.12) last year.

KNIGHTS SEEK FIRST TRIUMPH OF 2021
Fairleigh Dickinson lost its first outing of the fall on Thursday at #25 Rutgers, 6-0. Rutgers scored three times in the first 17:25 of play to secure an insurmountable advantage. Eric Teepe is in his eighth season as head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson.

FDU SPOTTED SECOND IN 2021 NEC PRESEASON POLL
The visiting Knights were picked to finish second in the 2021 Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Poll. Fairleigh Dickinson was third in last year's shortened campaign. Central Connecticut is the favorite to win the NEC.

Seniors Christa Waterman, a defender, and midfielder Madelyn Robbins were each selected All-NEC First Team.

SPECTATORS
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Players Mentioned

Lysianne Proulx

Meghan Root

Jenna Tivnan

Natalie Weidenbach

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