Syracuse University Athletics

The Syracuse University field hockey team had six of its members named to the 2009 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Mideast Region Team. The Orange placed four student-athletes on the first team and two on the second team. Junior forward Lindsey Conrad, junior back Kim Coyle, sophomore midfielder Martina Loncarica and freshman back Amy Kee were SU’s first-team selections. Conrad and Loncarica are Syracuse’s first back-to-back to first-team regional All-Americans since 2000-01. Junior back Maggie Befort and sophomore forward Heather Susek were named to the second team. Befort is SU’s first back-to-back second-team regional All-American since 2005-06. The 2009 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-America Teams will be released on Monday, November 23.

The eighth-ranked Syracuse University field hockey team defeated the ninth-ranked Boston College Eagles, 6-2, this afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Class of ’52 Stadium on the campus of Princeton University.  The Orange scored four first-half goals all off penalty corners and added two goals in the second half. Syracuse improves to 18-3, while Boston College ends the year with a 13-7 mark.

Syracuse will play No. 4 Princeton tomorrow at 2 p.m. with a Final Four bid on the line. The Orange defeated the Tigers, 3-2, in overtime to advance to the program’s first Final Four last season.