Men’s soccer

The Orange dropped its first two conference matches of the season as it began its Big East schedule at Georgetown and Seton Hall this past weekend.

On Sunday, the Pirates stepped out to an early 1-0 lead that SU (3-2-0, 0-2-0 Big East) could not overcome. Senior Richard Asante scored his first goal of the season at 76:48 on a bicycle kick to cut the Seton Hall lead to 2-1, but SU could not find the back of the net again.

The loss to Georgetown on Saturday’s game was in double overtime, the first overtime loss in nearly two years for the Orange.

Women’s soccer

SU finally notched its first win of the season Sunday at the Illini Tournament in Champaign, Ill. The Orange (1-4-1) defeated Portland State, 1-0, behind a shutout by freshman Eliza Bennett-Hattan.

Redshirt freshman Sara Grimsgaard scored the game-winning goal in the 29th minute of the game.

The Orange lost to host team Illinois on Friday by a score of 4-0.

Field hockey

Syracuse defeated Lafayette, 3-1, in its home opener Sunday at Coyne Field. SU moves to 3-2 with its second consecutive victory.

Meg Ryan, Alison Babbitt and Jess Wreski scored for the Orange.

Junior goalkeeper Marie O’Brien made five saves while earning her first career victory for the Orange.

Volleyball

Syracuse lost a pair of matches at the Sacramento State Invitational to Western Kentucky and Sacramento State.

In the WKU match, SU fell 3-0 (31-29, 30-22, 30-23). Against SSU, the Orange also failed to win a game (30-20, 30-18, 30-23).

Junior Joscie Kaup was among the lone highlights of an otherwise unimpressive weekend. Kaup recorded 38 digs, raising her career total to 1,194 to reach fourth all-time in SU history.

Published on September 9, 2006 at 12:00 pm