Orange Timeline - Syracuse University Athletics

	During the inaugural 1998 season, head coach Lisa Miller, led the team to a 9-4 overall record. The Orange led the nation in scoring, averaging 15.08 goals per game, and scoring margin, winning their games by an average of 7.31. Jenna Szyluk led the team in scoring and was 26th in the nation in goals per game. Szyluk, Karen Healy and Katrina Hable all earned regional All-America accolades. Click here for more on the 1998 season

The second season for Orange women’s lacrosse program featured the team’s first postseason appearance, first championship season and first All-American. The team earned the ECAC title by defeating Yale and finished with a 12-4 overall record. Katie Hable received All-American honors, making her the first ever All-American in the program’s history. In addition, head coach Lisa Miller was named the North Region Coach of the Year by the IWLCA. Click here for more on the 1999 season

	The 2000 season brought Syracuse University’s first ever NCAA Tournament bid. After starting out the season taking on three top-ten teams, Orange won a school-record 12-consecutive games. Syracuse had wins over teams that included Notre Dame, Cornell, Boston University and Dartmouth. In its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, the Orange lost a hard-fought battle against Georgetown, 11-10. The team featured a school-record three All-Americans, including Katrina Hable, who earned second-team All-America honors, plus Lauren Brady and Carrie Soults, who were both named to the third team. Click here for more on the 2000 season

The Orange earned a second-consecutive invitation to the NCAA Championship Tournament during the 2001 season. With its at-large bid, Syracuse traveled to play North Carolina in the first round of the tournament. Stacey Brown became the first SU player to earn first-team All-American status by the IWLCA. Carrie Soults, who was named the BIG EAST Midfield of the Year during the conference’s inaugural season, also picked up third-team All-America accolades. Click here for more on the 2001 season

	The 2002 Syracuse team featured a young program after having eight seniors graduate the year before. The young team did not disappoint and made its third-consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Orange also achieved the program and head coach Lisa Miller’s 50th win. The Orange took on Cornell, but was defeated 16-8 in Ithaca. Leigh-Ann Zimmer became the fifth Orangewoman to be recognized as an All-American by the IWLCA, earning second-team accolades. Click here for more on the 2002 season

The Orange played a competitive schedule in 2003, squaring off against five opponents that qualified for the 2003 Women’s Lacrosse Championship and three squads that reached the Final Four. Syracuse handled this difficult schedule to earn its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament selection. The Orange squared off against Yale in the NCAA First Round, losing to the Bulldogs, 12-7. Ellen Rust and Monica Joines became the sixth and seventh All-Americans in the program’s history, earning second-team and third-team accolades. Click here for more on the 2003 season

	The 2004 season was one of record accomplishments for the Orange. Senior Leigh-Ann Zimmer became SU’s all-time points leader and tallied a program-best 74 points on a school-high 52 goals and 22 assists in the process. Monica Joines became the seventh player in SU history to reach the 100 point mark. Zimmer and Joines both earned All-America accolades at the end of the year. Zimmer became the second player in school history to earn first-team honors, while Joines was named to the third team. The season was the seventh-consecutive winning year for the Orange. Click here for more on the 2004 season

The Orange returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2005 after posting a 12-4 regular-season record. Syracuse played in a hard-fought game against No. 5 Dartmouth in the NCAA First Round before losing, 9-8. Monica Joines became the first player in school history to earn All-America honors three times in her career, being named to the second team, while Caitlyn Dragon earned her first All-America accolades, being named to the third team. Click here for more on then 2005 season

	The 2006 season once against proved to be a successful campaign for the Orange. Syracuse completed its ninth-consecutive winning season, matching the sixth-longest streak in NCAA history and the fifth-longest active streak. The duo of Gaddy Fortune and Katie Rowan proved to be a lethal one-two punch. They combined for 93 goals, the most for two players in a single-season. Fortune, who became the second player in school history to score one goal in each game, was the ninth Orange student-athlete to earn All-America honors, picking up third-team accolades. She also extended Syracuse’s streak to eight-consecutive seasons with an All-American. Click here for more on the 2006 season

The Orange completed its most successful season to date during the 2007 season. Syracuse won a school-record 13 games and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time in school history. The Orange also won its first BIG EAST regular-season championship, won the inaugural BIG EAST Championship Tournament with its first-ever victory against perennial power Georgetown and won its first-ever NCAA Tournament game. Three players, who led the SU offense to a school-record 288 goals, earned All-America accolades. Katie Rowan became the third player in school history to garner first-team accolades, while Ashley Pike and Halley Quillinan earned third-team honors. Click here for more on the 2007 season	Lacrosse legend Gary Gait returned to Syracuse in 2008, but this time he’s traded in his jersey for a clipboard as he begins his tenure as the head coach of a very talented Orange squad. In just one year, Gait lead the team to heights never before seen in SU Women’s Lacrosse history by compiling an 18-3 record, winning the BIG EAST Championship for the second straight year, and sending his team to its first ever Final Four appearance in the NCAA tournament. Both school and NCAA records fell prey to the Orange’s relentless scoring attack led by first-team All-American and BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year, Katie Rowan. Rowan was joined atop the nation by Halley Quillinan who also earned first-team All-America honors and Lindsay Rogers, who won BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year.