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Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. In 2021, Nikki Shimao arrived at Temple’s practice just like any other day. At the time, she was a sophomore walk-on. Little did she know that then-Owls head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam would reveal in front of the whole team that she’d be going on scholarship. Shimao broke down … [Read more...] about Nikki Shimao’s Temple connections helped Syracuse feel like home

Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. Blood streamed down Willemijn Boogert’s face. The midfielder was playing in a showcase tournament as a senior in high school, and got hit in the face with a field hockey stick. She was pulled out of the game to get treatment but was adamant about returning. Ten minutes later, … [Read more...] about Willemijn Boogert developed into 2-way star through SU career

Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. Syracuse’s 2024 season was full of good, bad and ugly. The Orange were dominant in their season opener, defeating Lock Haven 9-0. Two games later, though, SU was destroyed 5-0 by then-No. 14 Ohio State. The beginning of the season seemed to foreshadow the remainder of SU’s … [Read more...] about Data Dive: Analyzing the numbers behind SU’s 2024 season