Lacrosse continues to shine

Daryl Gross is once again counting his lucky stars that Basketball season is over and that the Men's and Women's lacrosse teams have returned to top form. Their combined efforts allowed Syracuse Athletics to have a solid week.

• Men's Lacrosse: 1-0 (1.00)


• Women's Lacrosse: 2-0 (1.00)


• Tennis: 1-1 (.500)


• Softball: 2-2 (.500)


• Total: 6-3(.666)

Some Breathing Room

It has been a fantastic week for Syracuse sports fans assuming that you aren't a fan of the Men's Basketball Program which ended the season on a low note with a loss to UMass in the Dome on Tuesday, or are a of DOCTOR Daryl Gross who saw his Orangemen and Orangewomen go a combined 8-2 on the week.

• Men's Lacrosse: 1-0 (1.00)


• Women's Lacrosse: 1-0 (1.00)


• Tennis: 3-0 (1.00)


• Softball: 3-1 (.750)


• Men's Basketball: 0-1 (.000)


• Total: 8-2(.800)

1 + 1 = 3

There are those times when I am just straight up embarrassed by Syracuse University and the athletic department. Thankfully it doesn't happen as often as it could, but just yesterday an email announcement about the Women's Lacrosse game provided just the moment...

Subject: #1 vs. #6 WOMEN’S LAX TONIGHT!
From: suathleticsnews@suathletics.com
Date: Mon, March 24, 2008 3:36 pm
To: GetGrossOut
Priority: Normal
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The No.1 ranked and three time defending National Champions, Northwestern, takes on the No. 6 ranked Syracuse Women's Lacrosse team tonight in the Carrier Dome. Game time is set for 7:00PM, you do not want to miss this great matchup tonight between these two top 5 teams.

That's No. 1 Northwestern vs. No. 6 Syracuse tonight, March, 24th at 7:00pm!

Admission is FREE for everyone, so wear your ORANGE and come fill the stands

Syracuse does consider itself an institution of higher learning, right?

Continuing Mediocrity

I added the records for several other Syracuse programs to the collective "Record Under Gross". Most of our sports struggle with mediocrity under this new administration. I also ranked them in the order of highest winning percentage to lowest. As you can see by the list, without Men's Basketball, Women's Lacrosse and Women's Tennis, we would be sitting at a record of 271-297 (.477).

Many people have mentioned that this isn't just about football and I certainly agree. The problem is that outside of a few select programs, Syracuse Athletics stink. And when the Athletics Department as a whole fails to produce, we have to look at the man who is responsible for the administrative decisions regarding the coaches of all the struggling units. And of course that man is Daryl Gross.

Women's Basketball and Lacrosse

I've added the records for Women's Basketball and Lacrosse under Daryl Gross. Any bright spot that the Women's Lacrosse program brought to the table (with a .654 winning percentage) quickly was erased by the abysmal .325 winning percentage of the Basketball program.