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Saturday, May 18, 2013  The SU women's lacrosse team advanced to the Final Four for the second straight season on Saturday afternoon with a 13-9 victory over Florida in the Carrier Dome.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Several college lacrosse teams from across Central New York competed in their respective NCAA Tournament games this weekend, here's a recap of how the teams did.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The SU men's and women's lacrosse teams won their respective Big East Tournament semifinal matchups on Thursday evening, advancing to the Championship on Saturday.

Saturday, May 19, 2012  Junior Michelle Tumolo scored the game-winner with five seconds remaining in the game after she assisted on Kailia Kempney's goal that tied the score at 16 with 39 seconds left to play.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  Tumolo becomes the second member of the Orange to be named a finalist for the award, which honors the top male and female collegiate lacrosse players in the nation.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  Sophomore Alyssa Constantino made a save with no time remaining to seal No. 2 Syracuse's 7-6 victory against No. 16/15 Georgetown in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Tournament on Friday, May 3 at the Carrier Dome.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  Syracuse is vying for its third BIG EAST Tournament title. The Orange captured the first two tournament crowns after the conference elected for a tournament format in 2007.

Friday, April 27, 2012  No. 2 Syracuse held off a late comeback attempt to defeat No. 14 Loyola at the SU Soccer Stadium.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  The 11-2 Orange has now won 10 consecutive games for its longest winning streak since the 2008 season.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  Freshman Kailah Kempney tied her season high with five goals to lead the # 2 Syracuse women's lacrosse team to a 16-10 win against  # 9 Notre Dame on Thursday, April 5 in Notre Dame, Ind.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  Gary Gait's team has banged off four straight wins, and are on an all time season high as they head to Foxboro to take on Harvard in the first ever women's collegiate game in Gillette Stadium.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo scored her third goal of the night with 51 seconds remaining to tie the game at 9-9, but the No. 9 Orange women's lacrosse team allowed two Northwestern goals in overtime in an 11-9 loss.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Senior Tee Ladouceur's goal with 49 seconds remaining gave the #19 Syracuse women's lacrosse team an 11-10 come-from-behind victory over Louisville.

Sunday, April 10, 2011  The No. 13th-ranked Syracuse women's lacrosse team remained unbeaten in BIG EAST play with a 12-7 victory against Notre Dame on Sunday, April 10 in the Carrier Dome.

Friday, April 08, 2011  In its first home game since February, the 13th-ranked Syracuse women's lacrosse team scored nine unanswered goals to start the second half on its way to a 17-9 victory against Connecticut.