Men’s Soccer

Opponent: Wake Forest
Where: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.

Syracuse’s 2014 season had highs (No. 1 national ranking) and lows (losing to Georgetown in the third round of the NCAA tournament). When its season came crashing down against Georgetown, it came after the Orange allowed two goals off two corner kicks. This season, in a 1-1 draw with Louisville, the Cardinals scored their only goal off another corner.

Head coach Ian McIntyre is bringing his squad along, with two freshman defenders on the back line, and maturing his defense. The Orange (3-1-1, 0-0-1 Atlantic Coast) will continue to fine-tune its defensive mechanics with its youthful defense when it plays at Wake Forest (5-1, 1-0).

Football

Opponent: Central Michigan
Where: Carrier Dome
When: Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

The last time Syracuse started a football season 3-0, in 1991, no current members of the Orange were born yet.

SU (2-0, 1-0 ACC) has a chance to do so when it faces Central Michigan Saturday. You can read all of The Daily Orange’s coverage ahead of the game here.

Field Hockey

Opponents: Boston College and Yale
Where: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut
When: Saturday, 1 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Alyssa Manley helped regroup her teammates and led then-No.3 Syracuse (5-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) to a 4-2 comeback win over then-No. 2 North Carolina. In the next NFHCA poll, Syracuse overtook North Carolina and became No. 2 itself.

Manley has become the leader of a midfield that’s controlled offensive possession throughout its first five games, resulting in SU outshooting opponents, 79-37.

Women’s Soccer

Opponents: Drexel and at Virginia
Where: SU Soccer Stadium and Charlottesville, VA
When: Thursday, 7 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Syracuse (3-4-1) has moved moved on from its scoring woes after a team meeting Saturday and a 2-1 victory against Colgate on Sunday. The Orange looks to emphasize offensive technique heading into its matchups against Drexel and Virginia to continue to move on from scoring frustrations.

Volleyball

Opponents: New Hampshire, Navy and Buffalo
Where: SU Women’s Building
When: Saturday, 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

After a libero logjam saw three players share time at the position in 2014, Belle Sand has played all 30 sets of the 2015 season. Sand has increased her digs per set from 2.68 last year to 3.57 this year, which puts her right outside the Top 10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in that statistic.

Sand leads Syracuse (6-2) into its busy weekend.

Softball

Opponents: Le Moyne and at Colgate
Where: SU Softball Stadium and Hamilton, NY
When: Friday, 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon

Softball continues its fall slate of exhibition games with two contests against in-state competition.

Men’s Rowing

Opponent: N/A
Where: James A. Ten Eyck Boathouse
When: Friday, Evening

Women’s Rowing

Opponent: N/A
Where: James A. Ten Eyck Boathouse
When: Friday, Evening

Published on September 17, 2015 at 3:55 pm

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