Syracuse Lacrosse

The nickname of the Syracuse athletic teams is Syracuse Orange. Syracuse University is a member of NCAA Division I and the Big East Conference. The Syracuse Lacrosse men’s team plays in the Carrier Dome as do the men’s basketball & football and the women’s basketball teams. Since 1890 the official school color of Syracuse University has been orange, changed from rose pink and green. Earlier, the nicknames of the teams were “Orangemen” and “Orangewomen.” These names are still used, although the official nicknames were changed to the “Orange” in the 2004-2005 school year. One of the major motivations behind the change was to create gender neutrality.

Michael Powell, an American lacrosse player, has created a strong playing record for himself as a lacrosse player at Syracuse University. Considered the all-time leading scorer for the Syracuse Lacrosse team, Michael Powell has the strongest record track as a lacrosse player in the college level. Michael Powell has won various awards, such as the Jack Turnbull Award four times in a row. He is the only player and the first player to do so. Michael also was a finalist four times for the Tewaarton Trophy and has not only won the trophy twice, but he is the only player have won it more than once. He is a four time first team all-American as were his older brothers at Syracuse University. Playing at the collegiate level, he is considered one of the best lacrosse players. Michael is not only an amazing athlete, but he is known to give free clinics to lacrosse players.

Mike started playing for Syracuse in 2000 and in 2001 he was the first player to become a freshman All-American. Michael earned his title with his 30 goals, 40 assists and 69 groundballs in the 2001 season. He also was instrumental in taking the Syracuse Lacrosse team to play against Princeton University in the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship and winning the championship. Michael played on the Syracuse Lacrosse team through the 2004 season where he scored 89 points, breaking the all-time record set previously by this brothers by setting 307 points total. Michael surprised many when he decided not to pursue lacrosse by playing in the MLL for the 2004 summer season. Michael went on to become a professional musician although he also started to work out of Brine, Corp’s west coast office. After his departure, the Syracuse Lacrosse team did not fair as well, although Michael decided to return in 2005. He went on to play for the Boston Cannons and continued as a leading scorer in the World Lacrosse Championship.