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Sunday, May 12, 2013  The OCC men's lacrosse team won their 5th NJCAA title in a row on Sunday afternoon, defeating Nassau Community College 15-11.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The Syracuse Silver Knights fought valiantly against the Milwaukee Wave on Wednesday night, but in the end fell just short.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  The Syracuse Silver Knights have rebounded immensely in the second half of the season and as they head into the home stretch, a playoff push could be on the horizon.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Holmes has helped lead the Red Rams for four years, and says signing day was filled with lots of emotion.

Friday, January 18, 2013  The Syracuse Silver Knights found themselves in familiar territory Friday night, going down to the wire with the MISL juggernaut, Baltimore Blast. After erasing a 12-10 deficit in the fourth quarter, Baltimore went on to silence the 3,216 Syracuse faithful by finding an overtime winner just over one minute into extra time.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The Orange is once again dipping into the local talent pool by signing Michael Koegel of Chittenango. Koegel follows local stars Stefanos Stamoulacatos, Ben Ramin, and Alex Bono to be the fourth local product to sign in the last two years.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  The Syracuse Silver Knights of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) lost a heart breaker to the league’s defending champions, the Milwaukee Wave, on Wednesday night.

Friday, December 14, 2012  Fresh off of a heartbreaking overtime loss to Wichita last Saturday, the Syracuse Silver Knights earned their fourth win of the season by defeating the Missouri Comets at the OnCenter War Memorial, 18-8, on Friday night.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  They had all their success without a soccer field of their own, and very little equipment to start the season.

Sunday, December 02, 2012  The Syracuse Silver Knights took the Oncenter War Memorial Arena in front of 2,617 fans looking for their second win in as many games as they faced the rival Rochester Lancers.

Sunday, November 18, 2012  Louis Clark (Brighton, England) scored in the 108th minute of double overtime, and the SU men’s soccer team (14-6) overcame a two-goal deficit to continue its run in the NCAA tournament with a 3-2 victory against No. 19 VCU (12-4-5) on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Sports Backers Field.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  The victory marks the first Orange win in NCAA Tournament competition in program history.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  The Fowler Falcons have already achieved school history by winning a Section III championship. Frankly, that history making feat was mighty impressive as the Falcons battle all sorts of obstacles on and off the field.

Monday, November 12, 2012  For the first time since 1984, the Orange men’s soccer team (12-6) has earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship, the NCAA announced on Monday, Nov. 12. SU will travel to Cornell (15-1) on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at Berman Field.

Saturday, November 03, 2012  The Syracuse men’s soccer team scored the first two goals of the contest but couldn’t hold on in a 4-2 setback to No. 7 Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 3. The game was played in front of 1,675 fans, the largest crowd in the history of the SU Soccer Stadium.