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Saturday, May 25, 2013  The SU Womens Lacrosse season may be over, but the excitement is just beginning to build for the program.

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.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Brittney Sykes pulled off a steal down by three points, and then nailed the game winning shot from beyond half-court at the buzzer

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Senior Kayla Alexander registered her seventh double-double the season with 24 points and 17 rebounds as the # 23 Syracuse women's basketball team defeated DePaul, 84-80.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  Senior Kayla Alexander led the Orange (14-1, 2-0 BIG EAST) with her sixth double-double of the season, scoring 19 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.

Sunday, December 30, 2012  The Orange went 12-1 in nonconference play this season and extended its nonconference home winning streak to 53 games.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Kayla Alexander led the Orange with a career-best 34 points and 13 rebounds. It was her fourth double-double this season. Carmen Tyson-Thomas joined the 1,000-point club, scoring six points to put her career point total at 1,001.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Kayla Alexander poured in a game-high 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting, while adding six rebounds and six blocks.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Syracuse women's basketball head coach Quentin Hillsman has announced the signing four high school seniors to National Letters of Intent to join the Orange in 2013-14.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  The SU Women's basketball team used a 17-0 second-half run in which it held Maine scoreless for 8:41 to cruise to a 68-44 victory on Tuesday evening at Alfond Arena.

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.