William-Smith Herons remain #1 in D3soccer.com poll

Published: 10/05/2016 @ 04:00 am

The William Smith College soccer team remained the No. 1 team in the nation in the D3soccer.com poll for the fourth week in a row, receiving all 17 first place votes. The Herons dropped one spot to No. 2 in this week’s NSCAA poll. William Smith improved to 10-0-0 with Liberty League road wins over Skidmore and Rensselaer over the... more

Syracuse football: What you need to know about Wake Forest

Published: 10/05/2016 @ 04:00 am

Syracuse football is in its fourth season of ACC competition, and if there’s one thing its fans could always count on, it was a victory against Wake Forest. Syracuse is 3-0 vs. Wake Forest since the Orange joined the conference in 2013 and has won four straight in five total meetings. Can the Orange make it five in a row... more

Syracuse freshman Matthew Moyer discusses injury and timetable for full return

Published: 10/06/2016 @ 04:00 am

Matthew Moyer, engaged in a game of two-on-two in the Melo Center last July with a few Syracuse basketball teammates, suddenly felt something strange in his right foot. The Orange freshman attempted to get to the basket when he stopped, considered the sensation, tried to gut out a few more plays and then realized his body was asking him to... more

Syracuse: Like Doug Marrone before him, Dino Babers must change a losing culture

Published: 10/06/2016 @ 04:00 am

Dino Babers is undertaking the biggest rebuilding job of his head-coaching career. But seven years before Babers arrived here, back when he was at Baylor beginning to learn the offensive system he would one day bring to try to resurrect this program, a different coach was undertaking his own Syracuse football rebuild project. Read more at Syracuse.com MORE ORANGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE:... more

Undefeated Cornell big underdog vs. rival Harvard

Published: 10/07/2016 @ 04:00 am

Cornell University football fans felt something special in the works during a satisfying 14-point victory homecoming weekend against Yale two weeks ago. After a thrilling 23-point comeback on Saturday against then No. 25-ranked Colgate, fans are feeling like the program has turned the corner. The Big Red will have another stiff test facing them this week when they travel to... more

Dino Babers’ unwavering view of the Orange remains clear: ‘We’re right on pace’

Published: 10/07/2016 @ 04:00 am

He is a man who could just as well hold his media briefings while sitting on a porch swing with iced tea in hand and a slight breeze brushing up against his face. Dino Babers’ immediate predecessors — beginning with Dick MacPherson and trundling though Paul Pasqualoni, Greg Robinson, Doug Marrone and Scott Shafer — were wholly unlike this guy. Read... more

RIT hockey opens season on Friday

Published: 10/07/2016 @ 04:00 am

The regular season begins Friday night for the RIT men’s hockey team. Atlantic hockey champions in each of the last two seasons, the Tigers hope to start fast again this year with a league game against Robert Morris. “We were picked to finish first, something that is better than the alternative of being picked to finish last,” says coach Wayne... more

Syracuse football sputters in the rain in loss at Wake Forest

Published: 10/09/2016 @ 04:00 am

The rain fell sideways here at a quarter-inch an hour, betraying any optimistic outlook for game conditions that would make this Syracuse football team even the slightest bit recognizable. The fastest offense in major college football, by number of plays run, never really revved up. The record-setting wide receiver, who had gone for more than 100 yards in each game... more

Penalty plagued Hobart suffers 1st loss

Published: 10/10/2016 @ 04:00 am

The No. 16/22 Hobart College football team more than doubled Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s offensive production, but was called for 15 penalties that cost the Statesmen 148 yards in a 21-17 loss to the Engineers. The loss drops the Statesmen to 5-1 on the year, 2-1 in the Liberty League, while RPI moves to 4-2, 2-1. HWS Athletics – Football: Read... more

Cornell football falls to Harvard in Ivy League battle

Published: 10/10/2016 @ 04:00 am

Cornell suffered its first loss the football season Saturday as host Harvard won a battle of Ivy League unbeatens, 29-13, at Harvard Stadium. Semar Smith ran for three touchdowns and Joseph Viviano III threw for 229 yards and a score for the Crimson (4-0, 2-0), the preseason favorites to win the conference. Cornell (3-1, 1-1), which has more wins this... more

Bombers win big in football; soccer teams sweep

Published: 10/10/2016 @ 04:00 am

Ithaca College scored 50 points in a football game for the first time in eight years Saturday as the Bombers downed visiting Hartwick College, 50-27, in an Empire 8 Conference game. Ithaca, which defeated Frostburg State, 51-27, in 2008, pulled away from a 13-all halftime tie with 30 straight points. Ithaca Journal – Sports: Read More more

Syracuse opens as a 17-point home underdog against Virginia Tech

Published: 10/10/2016 @ 04:00 am

Syracuse opened as a 17-point home underdog for next Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech, according to the website VegasInsider.com. The Orange will be seeking its first win against a ranked opponent since joining the ACC in 2013. The Orange (2-4, 0-2 ACC) will return to the Carrier Dome after three straight games at road/neutral sites next Saturday at 3:45 p.m.... more

Hobart hockey voted 1st in preseason poll

Published: 10/11/2016 @ 04:00 am

The Hobart College hockey team was picked to finish in first place in the ECAC West in the preseason poll as voted on by the league’s head coaches. The two-time defending champions collected four-first place votes and three second place votes for 58 points. HWS Athletics – Hockey: Read More more

Orange return home for the Hokies on Saturday

Published: 10/11/2016 @ 04:00 am

The Syracuse football team returns home for the first time in four weeks when it takes on Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. in the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome. Halfway through its first season under head coach Dino Babers, Syracuse owns a 2-4 overall record. The Orange are coming off a 28-9 loss... more

Grading Syracuse football midway through Dino Babers’ 1st season

Published: 10/12/2016 @ 04:00 am

Syracuse is 2-4 and has lost four of its last five games. First-year head coach Dino Babers has repeatedly said that this season will be a process as his players acclimate to the new schemes SU is running. Syracuse football beat writers Tomer Langer, Chris Libonati and Jon Mettus grade the Orange and award superlatives midway through the season. Read More... more

Syracuse freshman forward Matthew Moyer cleared to practice

Published: 10/12/2016 @ 04:00 am

Matthew Moyer has been cleared to participate in all aspects of Syracuse’s basketball practice, Orange coach Jim Boeheim said Tuesday afternoon. Moyer, the freshman forward, suffered a “Grade 3 turf toe” injury last July while playing two-on-two with his new SU teammates. He had progressed from a cast to a walking boot to being healed enough to shoot, lift and... more

Get to know #17 Virginia Tech, Syracuse’s next opponent

Published: 10/13/2016 @ 04:00 am

After a disappointing 28-9 loss at Wake Forest, Syracuse football (2-4, 0-2 ACC) returns to action this Saturday when it faces No. 17 Virginia Tech (4-1, 2-0) in the Carrier Dome at 3:45 p.m. The Hokies are coming off a 34-3 win over then-No. 17 North Carolina and currently sit atop a balanced ACC Coastal Division. Here’s what you need... more

Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech preview: Five things to watch

Published: 10/14/2016 @ 04:00 am

The Syracuse Orange had a rough time this past Saturday, dropping an ugly game to Wake Forest, 28-9. Now at 2-4 (0-2) on the season, SU returns to the Carrier Dome to try to right the ship against… the Virginia Tech Hokies. Tech’s no pushover this year, ranked 17th in the country with a 4-2 (2-0) record. So what will... more

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