😡 (LOADING...) The month of madness

Welcome to Orange United, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Syracuse University’s collective Orange United.

In today’s content:
- That's a wrap, folks 🎬
- Scouting report 🔍
+ So much more 💪

🚣‍♀️ Women’s Rowing duo receives preseason recognition

🏈 Football announces special dates for Fall 2025

🥍 WLAX star reflects on golden summer in Hong Kong

🎾 Tennis pair named ACC weekly honorees

📱 BEST OF SOCIALS: PANTHERS EDITION

Today, we point out the best moments social media has to offer upon 'Cuse’s comfortable victory over Pittsburgh to close out February action:

• Nope, not in our house ❌

• More three-point bangers in her future 👌

• Seeing tunnel vision 🔍

• No. 4 makes ‘em pay 🏧

• Down goes the big cats 🐈‍⬛

🏀 STARTING FIVE

Men’s Basketball (12-16) enters March with back-to-back road games against Virginia Tech (12-16) on Saturday and Southern Methodist (21-7) the following Tuesday:

• Following a loss versus Louisville, Virginia Tech has now fell short in three of their past four games, and barring a late-season run, will suffer their first losing season in 10 years

• Despite the upset, the Hokies saw a spark of hope, cutting the lead to 67-66 on a short jumper by Brandon Rechsteiner with 1:49 to play

• However, the team did not score again, turning the ball over on two of their final three possessions

• Rechsteiner led Virginia Tech in the battle with 18 points

• Headed into the week, SMU was tied for fourth in the ACC standings

• Most recently, the Mustangs swept its series against California, 81-77 tonight (76-65 earlier in the year)

• Leading the tribe, Chuck Harris poured 21 points going 9-of-12 from the field and adding three deep range shots

• His teammate B.J. Edwards mounted 18 points and five assists to close out the night

Women’s Hoops (11-17) welcomes Boston College (15-15) in its final home game of the season:

• Aside from a 15-15 overall record this season, the Eagles currently hold a 6-11 record in ACC play

• This year, Boston College is 11-3 when they score 20 or more points off turnovers

• Heading into its final home game of the season, the Orange will look control the paint seeing as BC is averaging 46.2 percent of its points in the paint in its first14 wins

🥎 February 28-March 1 // Softball takes on the Blue Hen Invitational in Newark, DE

🎾 February 28 // Tennis hosts Miami at 3:00 pm ET on ACC Network X

🏒 February 28 // Women’s Ice Hockey meets Mercyhurst away in game one of the three-game AHA Semifinals at 3:00 pm ET on FloHockey

🏃 March 1-3 // Track battles in the ACC Indoor Championship in Louisville, KY

🏀 March 1 // Men’s Basketball travels to face Virginia Tech at noon ET on The CW

🥍 March 1 // Women’s Lacrosse welcomes No.14 Clemson at noon ET on ACC Network X

🥍 March 1 // No. 11 Men’s Lacrosse hits the road to meet Utah at 2:00 pm ET on ESPN+

🏒 March 1 // Women’s Ice Hockey continues its three-game AHA Semifinals battle at Mercyhurst at 2:00 pm ET on FloHockey

🎾 March 2 // Tennis competes at home against Florida State at 11:00 am ET

🏒 March 2 // Women’s Ice Hockey closes out game three of the AHA Semifinals at Mercyhurst at 2:00 pm ET on FloHockey

🏀 March 2 // Women’s Basketball hosts Boston College at 4:00 pm ET on ACC Network