2006 Men’s Lacrosse Gamenotes Contact: Kerrin Perniciaro (315) 443-3341 [email protected] Weekly Release February 25, 2006 2006 Schedule/Results Syracuse Lacrosse Opens its 87th Varsity (0-0) February Season at Home Against Army on Feb. 25 25 #14 ARMY 4:00 p.m. Syracuse begins its 87th varsity season of men’s lacrosse Saturday, March Feb. 25, against Army at the Carrier Dome. Faceoff is set for 4:00 4 at Virginia 3:00 p.m. p.m. It is the 2006 season opener for both teams. 10 GEORGETOWN 7:00 p.m. The Orange and Black Knights each qualified for the NCAA 18 at Johns Hopkins 1:00 p.m. Tournament last season and both were eliminated in the first round. 28 HOBART 7:00 p.m. Syracuse lost a 16-15 decision to Massachusetts, while Army was defeated by Georgetown, 16-6. April Syracuse, ranked No. 5 in this week’s Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, posted a 7-6 record last 1 LOYOLA 4:00 p.m. season. No. 15-ranked Army finished the 2005 campaign with an 11-6 record and a 5-1 mark 8 PRINCETON 2:00 p.m. in the Patriot League. 11 at Cornell 7:00 p.m. This will be the 53rd meeting between Army and Syracuse in men’s lacrosse. The Black 15 at Rutgers 12:00 p.m. 21 ALBANY 7:00 p.m. Knights hold a 37-15 lead in the all-time series, but have failed to defeat the Orange since 29 MASSACHUSETTS 2:00 p.m. 1983. SU has won the last 10 meetings, including a 9-4 victory in last year’s season opener, also at the Dome. May 6 at Colgate 1:00 p.m. 13-14 NCAA First Round at campus sites Syracuse in Season Openers 20 NCAA Quarterfinal at Stony Brook 21 NCAA Quarterfinal at Towson The Orange owns an all-time record of 68-18-0 in season openers. It is 27-9 in season- 27 NCAA Semifinal at Lincoln Financial Field opening games since 1970 and has won nine straight, including last year’s 9-4 victory against (Philadelphia, Pa.) Army in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse is 65-11 in home openers since 1927. 29 NCAA Final at Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) Powell Brothers to Sign Autographs for Fans Home Games in BOLD CAPS Before Army Game Casey, Ryan and Mikey Powell, will sign autographs for fans from 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. at the Carrier Dome’s Orange Shop on Saturday, Feb. 25. A special halftime presentation will be Radio and Television made with the three members of Team USA and SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor. Radio SU’s games will be broadcast on the school’s flagship radio station for lacrosse, LIVE Streaming Video for Lacrosse Added to WNSS 1260 AM. Brian Higgins will handle play-by-play duties, while Syracuse equipment Orange All Access manager Kyle Fetterly will serve as the color Syracuse University will offer live video streaming of all home men’s and women’s analyst for the sixth-straight season. The lacrosse games as part of the department’s All Access subscription service on www.suathletics. games can be heard through SU’s Orange All com. Audio for the men’s games will be provided by the Syracuse ISP radio network. Other Access package at www.suathletics.com. select away games may be added to the package. To subscribe to the Orange All Access WAER FM 88 will also broadcast all package, click on the Orange All Access link on left side of the home page. the games, led by Dan Bumpus and Chris For optimal results in viewing streamed video, computers must have a high-speed internet Villani. connection and the latest version of Windows Media Player (a free download at www. microsoft.com/windowsmedia). Bandwidth constraints of service providers can affect the Television quality of the picture. Time Warner Sports 26 will televise all The University launched its All Access service on suathletics.com in August 2005 to seven home games LIVE this season. The provide on demand video coverage of SU athletics. The service includes comprehensive video final regular-season game at Colgate is also highlights, interviews, press conferences and behind-the-scenes features of all sports. All under consideration. CSTV is scheduled to Access also includes live streaming audio of game broadcasts, as well as archived features and televise the April 11th contest at Cornell, while coaches shows. Cost of the All Access subscription service is $9.95 per month or $79.95 for a ESPNU has the March 18th game at Hopkins. full year. Nine-Time NCAA Champions • 83 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 93 • 95 • 00 • 02 • 04 2006 Game Notes Game 1 vs. Army The SU-Army Series Last Year’s SU vs. Army Game Black Knights Lead 37-15 9-4 Syracuse Date Score Location No. 3 Syracuse 9, No. 14 Army 4 4/27/21 6-5 (W) at Army February 26, 2005, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. 4/11/23 2-3 (L) at Army 4/25/25 1-5 (L) Junior attackman Brian Crockett scored a game-high four goals 4/14/34 8-7 (W) ot at Army and had an assist to help defending national champion Syracuse to 4/20/35 8-16 (L) at Army a 9-4 victory against No. 14 Army at the Carrier Dome. It was the 4/18/36 1-18 (L) first game of the season for both Syracuse and Army and marked the 4/24/37 6-11 (L) at Army Orange’s ninth-straight season-opening win. 5/8/38 4-18 (L) at Army The four goals allowed by the Syracuse defense marked the fewest since a 13-4 victory against Rutgers on April 13, 2002. Senior All- 4/15/39 8-11 (L) at Army America candidate Jay Pfeifer was on his game with 12 saves. 4/12/41 8-13 (L) at Army Senior defenseman Scott Ditzell scored the first goal of the season 5/13/42 5-14 (L) at Army for No. 3-ranked SU at 12:18 of the first quarter, on a fast break that 5/8/46 5-16 (L) at Army was set up for him by Pfeifer’s long outlet pass. Army tied it at 1-1 4/30/47 4-10 (L) at Army when Chris Couch found John Walker at 7:53 of the opening period. 4/24/48 5-17 (L) at Army The Orange took a 2-1 lead when juniors Brett Bucktooth and Greg 5/11/49 11-13 (L) at Army Rommel connected with 4:12 left. 5/10/50 12-18 (L) at Army Each team scored just one goal in the second quarter. SU went up 5/9/51 7-21 (L) at Army 3-1 when Crockett found freshman attackman Mike Leveille all alone 5/10/52 10-11 (L) on the crease after a quick restart just 50 seconds into the period. Jim 5/6/53 5-19 (L) at Army Wagner tallied Army’s second goal off a feed from Walker with 7:33 remaining in the first half. 5/12/54 7-19 (L) at Army Syracuse led 3-2 at halftime. 5/21/55 8-16 (L) The Black Knights (0-1) tied the contest at 3-3 when Matt Scheel 5/19/56 4-9 (L) at Army registered an unassisted goal at 12:46 of the third quarter. Crockett 5/18/57 8-6 (W) gave the Orange a 4-3 lead with a tough-angle shot just 41 seconds 5/17/58 1-14 (L) at Army later. Wagner answered for Army off a pass from Scheel at the 7:09 5/16/59 3-18 (L) mark. The goal, Wagner’s team-high second of the game, would be 5/14/60 9-18 (L) at Army the last goal of the night for the Black Knights. The Syracuse defense 5/13/61 4-9 (L) at Army clamped down during the game’s next 22:51 and the offense went on a 5/12/62 4-14 (L) 5-0 run to close out the contest. 5/18/63 6-11 (L) at Army Crockett netted three goals during the spurt, Bucktooth had two 5/16/64 8-14 (L) assists, while Leveille and sophomore midfielder Steven Brooks each 5/15/65 7-22 (L) at Army chipped in with second-half goals. The Orange received a strong performance out of sophomore face- 5/14/66 4-9 (L) off specialist Danny Brennan, who took all 17 draws in the game and 5/13/67 4-23 (L) at Army won 14 of them. The 14-3 advantage at the face-off stripe was one of 5/11/68 14-18 (L) the biggest keys to victory for the Orange. 5/10/69 5-14 (L) at Army 5/8/71 8-17 (L) at Army SYRACUSE 9, ARMY 4 5/6/72 3-12 (L) Syracuse 2 1 4 2 9 4/25/73 5-14 (L) at Army Army 1 1 2 0 4 4/26/80 8-5 (W) 4/25/81 10-11 (L) ot at Army Goals: SYR - Crockett 4, Leveille 2, Brooks 1, Rommel 1, Ditzell 1. 4/24/82 13-11 (W) ARMY - Wagner 2, Walker 1, Scheel 1. 4/23/83 6-9 (L) at Army Assists: SYR - Bucktooth 3, Crockett 1, Panarelli 1. ARMY - Couch 1, 5/19/84 11-9 (W) at Syracuse, N.Y.