Dan is currently the editor of Common Ground magazine for Community Associations Institute (CAI) where he has won an Association Media & Publishing award for newswriting. Dan has also won a New England Press Association award while working for the The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he grew up. Dan is a 2005 Syracuse University graduate. Follow him on Twitter @djbranni.
Syracuse’s new athletic director Mark Coyle has a lot on his plate as he settles into the 315. He’s sure to evaluate each of the programs, coaches, facilities and his department’s staff.
A huge senior class, including Rice, Staats and Galasso, has departed. Two starting attackmen and the entire first-line midfield are gone; that’s roughly 60 percent of the team’s scoring in 2015.
When it’s faced sizable deficits this season—seven in its first game against North Carolina and six against Notre Dame, Syracuse ultimately fell short.
Thanks to the emergence of Ben and Bobby, coupled with the talented attack and quality defense, all signs point to success in 2015. Let’s hope the trend continues on Sunday at noon against No. 5 Virginia.
Clear your Memorial Day plans, book your Philadelphia hotels, save the chores for another weekend, Syracuse lacrosse fans. The team has designs on its 12th title—first since 2009—and I’m a believer.
Syracuse’s five All-America selections tied Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame for the third-most of any team. Denver led the way with seven, while North Carolina had six.
The Orange received a verbal commit in October from a 15-year-old freshman from Bedford, N.Y., the first freshman commitment in Syracuse lacrosse history.