Nate Mink

1 month ago | syracuse.com | Nate Mink

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse women’s basketball may have landed its next star guard off a Final Four team. Texas-transfer Laila Phelia intends to sign with Syracuse, according to a report from On3. Phelia would arrive as the biggest offseason acquisition yet for coach Felisha Legette-Jack after spending one injury-plagued year at Texas that sidelined her for most of the 2024-25 season.

1 month ago | syracuse.com | Nate Mink

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team earned the No. 6 seed and will host a first-round game to open NCAA tournament play. The Orange, which won the ACC tournament title earlier Sunday, will face Harvard at 5 p.m. on Sunday in the JMA Wireless Dome. The game will air on ESPNU. The winner will face the winner of No. 3 Princeton vs. Towson in the quarterfinal round. The Orange men lost to the Crimson, 15-14 on Feb. 22 in the JMA Dome.

1 month ago | syracuse.com | Nate Mink

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football reloaded along the offensive line this week, making three corresponding roster moves after a a few departures in the spring. The Orange didn’t just add depth. It prioritized size and pedigree in a massive way. The three transfer linemen all stand at least 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds. One was a five-star prospect in high school. The other two were four-star recruits who signed with SEC schools.

1 month ago | syracuse.com | Nate Mink

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Crunch defenseman Max Crozier has been elevated to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s playoff roster ahead of the team’s elimination game against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night. The call up comes one day before the Crunch takes the home ice against Rochester in Game 3 of its best-of-five series in the North Division Semifinals of the Calder Cup Playoffs. The Crunch trail the Amerks, 2-0 as the series shifts to Syracuse on Thursday night.

1 month ago | syracuse.com | Nate Mink

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse women’s basketball assistant Ty Evans has been hired as a top assistant at DePaul. Evans spent one season at Syracuse and is the second assistant to leave the program since the end of the season. In Syracuse, Evans was instrumental in helping the Orange frontcourt average 4.4 blocks per game, ranking fourth in the ACC and 34th nationally. The Orange forced 16.9 turnovers per game, the program’s best mark over the last seven seasons.