Syracuse's top three goal-scorers Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, Charlotte de Vries and Pieke van de Pass all made the All-ACC First Team. Van den Nieuwenhof was also named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.
Former SU rower prepares for 2020 Olympics after COVID-19 canceled Games
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Harriet Taylor (left) and Shannon McCann served as co-captains of Syracuse women s rowing team during their senior season.
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A day after Harriet Taylor received confirmation that she was heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a part of Great Britain’s rowing team, her Olympic dreams came to a halt. As COVID-19 spread internationally, the Games were postponed and her qualification was voided.
Dismissed from Olympic training, Taylor spent the next seven months training by herself. She eventually rejoined her teammates at the training centers and withstood the same months of competition that she underwent a year prior. She qualified for the Games again as planned.
Orange in the WNBA: Brittney Sykes seeks consistency, defensive domination in year five
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Back in 2017, former Syracuse Orange women’s basketball player Brittney Sykes was beginning her first WNBA Training Camp with the Atlanta Dream. Fast forward five years, Sykes enters her fifth season overall and second year with the Los Angeles Sparks as one of the top defensive threats in the league.
“Wow, Year five,” Sykes took a minute to reflect when asked about what she worked on this offseason.
“I added some things to my offensive game. I slowed down my game in the sense of pace. I’m not going 100 miles per hour anymore and I’m glad that finally in Year 5 I’ve kind of mastered that craft.”