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3. With summer workouts beginning this week, the Syracuse football team is focusing in on the 2013 season. While preparation has begun for the Orange’s inaugural season in the ACC, senior Macky MacPherson has garnered recognition by being named to the Rimington Trophy 2013 Spring Watch List. The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center.

2. Syracuse punched its ticket to the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Final Four with a 13-9 victory against Florida on Saturday, May 18 in the Carrier Dome. The Orange will make its second straight appearance in the national semifinals and fourth since 2008. Syracuse, the No. 4 seed in the tournament, will face top-seeded and undefeated Maryland on Friday, May 24 at Villanova University. Freshman Kayla Treanor led Syracuse with four points, three coming in the second half as she helped the Orange pull away after intermission. Junior Alyssa Murray had two goals and an assist, while junior Katie Webster and sophomores Kailah Kempney and Devon Collins had two goals each.

1. Top seed Syracuse (15-3) scored three goals in the final 3:04 to rally for a 7-6 NCAA quarterfinal victory against Yale (12-5) at Maryland’s Byrd Stadium on Saturday, May 18. The Orange advances to its 27th NCAA Final Four next weekend at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Redshirt freshman Dylan Donahue capped the comeback, scoring the game-winning goal off a pass from senior midfielder JoJo Marasco with 13 seconds remaining to propel the Orange to the national semifinals.

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3) Former Syracuse standout Dion Waiters was named to the 2012-13 NBA All-Rookie First Team. Waiters just completed his first season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Waiters averaged 14.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals while starting 48 of he 61 games he played in. He averaged 28.8 minutes per contest.

2) Junior Alyssa Murray is this week’s WomensLax.com’s Player of the Week after leading the Orange to a 21-8 victory against Dartmouth in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. Murray recorded five goals and a career-high five assists, marking the second time she has posted 10 points in a game in her career. Murray’s performance was one for the record books. It was just the sixth time in tournament history that a player has scored 10 or more points in a game.

1) The top-seeded Orange (14-3) overcame an early 4-0 deficit and defeated Northeast Conference champion Bryant (8-11) by the score of 12-7 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, May 12 at the Carrier Dome. Sophomore attackman Kevin Rice led the Orange with four points (two goals, two assists)