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C •Marketing New York
N • A year later
A Syracuse-based marketing company that mostly works for food businesses looks to promote locally owned restaurants around New York state. Page 7
Justine Hastings and Jeremy Golden said SA is in good hands. But they wish they could have accomplished more during their year in office. Page 3
‘A friend to anyone’ Sarah Riddle (1999 - 2021) remembered for her compassion, desire to make a difference
S • Championship blues
Behind a stagnant offense, No. 2 seed Syracuse fell to undefeated No. 1 seed North Carolina 9-4 Sunday in the ACC championship game. Page 12
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Meet the Syracuse mayoral candidates By Nick Robertson senior staff writer
Five candidates are running for election in the 2021 Syracuse mayoral race — two Republicans, two Democrats and incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh running as an independent. The Democrats and Republicans will face each other in the June 22 primary with the winners of both primaries going up against Walsh on Nov. 9. Here’s a breakdown of each candidate’s background and plan for the city, in alphabetical order:
Thomas Babilon (R)
SARAH RIDDLE, who was a senior at SU studying neuroscience and biology, always went out of her way to help others, according to friends and family. Some described her as a “friend to anyone.” courtesy of shelley riddle, ashley downs By Kailey Norusis, Sarah Alessandrini the daily orange
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hen Sarah Riddle’s mother, Shelley, found a stray cat on their property, her daughter insisted that they keep it. The family had two dogs already, but Riddle had been begging to get a cat, her favorite animal. “She said, ‘It’s not a coincidence, Mom. I kept telling you we need a cat.’” Shelley said. “Buttercup’s 2 years old now.” Riddle, a senior studying neuroscience and biology at Syracuse University, died March 27. In lieu of flowers, Riddle’s family asked for donations to the local animal shelter in her name. Riddle’s kindness extended beyond animals to include everyone around her, friends and family said. Loved ones remember Riddle for her unmatchable compassion, sense of humor, dedication to her field of study and desire to make a difference. At SU, Riddle was involved in several extracurriculars — including SU’s chemistry fraternity, a job in a campus research lab and Campus Cursive, an organization that writes letters to empower individuals facing challenges. When senior Izzabelle Mercier was going through recruitment for Alpha Chi Sigma, the chemistry fraternity, Riddle was the first see sarah
person who made an effort to talk to her. “It’s just who Sarah was. She always made an effort to make everyone feel included,” said Mercier, a psychology major. “Sarah was the one to try and make sure that everyone was feeling happy.” Molly Gross, a junior public health major, joined Campus Cursive her freshman year and remembers Riddle’s welcoming presence. The two applied for the club’s executive board at the same time, and Riddle was supportive of Gross through the entire process. Riddle served as treasurer of the club for the past two years and selected the cards they wrote their letters on. Riddle’s kindness never seemed forced, her friends said. “I don’t even know how to put it to words. You just felt warm when you were around her,” Mercier said. “She was always smiling with you and laughing, and her laugh was incredible and infectious, and so you can’t help but laugh yourself.” Stephen Ajayi, a fifth-year doctoral candidate studying biology, remembers Riddle’s laughter and sense of humor. Riddles and Ajayi worked together in the biology and neuroscience lab, where Ajayi was Riddle’s assigned mentor. Most students who work at the lab do so because they are on a premed track or are interested in applying for medical school. But Riddle was genuinely interested in research, which was unique, Ajayi said. “Usually when you have students that are interested in the research,
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Thomas Babilon is an attorney running in the Republican primary for mayor. He has been endorsed by the Libertarian Party and ran as a Libertarian candidate for Common Council in 2018. He has practiced law for 18 years, with 10 spent as assistant corporation counsel to the city of Syracuse. “There’s not very much that I don’t want to (change),” Babilon said. “But primarily, we really need to do something about economic development in the city, give our young people opportunities so they can stay here instead of moving to other places.” Babilon promises no tax increases during his term and also promises to keep the Columbus Square statue standing. Mayor Ben Walsh announced that the statue will be removed and the square renamed after demands and protests from the Indigenous community. “I’ve got almost 10 years in city hall,” Babilon said. “I’m the person who used to explain the legislation to the councilors and the mayor. The mayor and councilors would come to me for ideas on how to make legislation better. I’ve seen city hall from the inside out for a longer period of time than any of the other candidates.”
Councilor Khalid Bey (D)
Khalid Bey is a councilor-at-large on the Common Council. He served as the councilor for the Southside from 2011 to 2018 and has served in an atlarge seat since. He has advocated for grassroots economic development, especially on the Southside. “I have a more of an intimate understanding of what’s going on, and I think my catalogue of work speaks to that,” Bey said. “I’ve written more legislation than anybody in the past 25 years and all of my work has been organic. It has been people-driven.” Bey narrowly lost out on the Democratic Party endorsement to fellow Councilor Michael Greene and will see candidates page 6
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Hastings, Golden reflect on year in office Guidelines, dates for graduation ceremonies By Kailey Norusis asst. digital editor
JUSTINE HASTINGS (LEFT) AND JEREMY GOLDEN said they are happy with their accomplishments in SA but think the university could do a better job connecting with the organization. will fudge staff photographer By Maggie Hicks asst. news editor
When Justine Hastings and Jeremy Golden announced their plans to run as Student Association president and vice president in February 2020, they had no idea what the next year would hold. “We didn’t know what was going to happen or for how long,” Golden said. “We had no ‘here’s what we would do in a pandemic’ type of platform.” With only days left in their positions, Hastings and Golden told The Daily Orange that they’re happy with what they’ve accomplished over the past year but disappointed in how their relationship with the university evolved. In the future, they’re hoping Syracuse University officials will do more to work alongside SA. The pair’s initial platform focused on support for marginalized communities, campus accessibility, financial accessibility, SA
accountability and student voice. They fulfilled many of their proposed initiatives but faced difficulties implementing others. Hastings and Golden both said they’re most proud of implementing Callisto, a third-party sexual assault reporting system, on campus. Golden has been working to bring the app to SU since he was a member of SA’s Assembly. But Hastings and Golden had challenges implementing the app in November. “There was a lot of pushback from campus offices that you thought would be supportive,” Hastings said. “A lot of the time, it was offices telling students what they want or need versus when students are telling them what they actually want or need.” Another one of their primary goals for this year was to introduce a student vote on the Board of Trustees. Golden finalized a proposal for the initiative in Septem-
ber, and the Board of Trustees is set to make a decision relative to the vote in mid-May. Golden is optimistic that the trustees will approve SA’s proposal. “Being able to research other institutions and talk to their administration about how they have student representation on their boards and how that’s been going well was a great experience,” Hastings said. “I think just showing the board that students do want to have a voice and they do engage is important regardless.” Hastings and Golden also implemented programming, worked to improve representation on campus and called attention to major issues at SU and nationwide. SA hosted a march in August against racism and police brutality. The organization has also hosted events over the past year for different heritage months and its first Multicultural Week in October. “I know we can’t program a lot of the issues on our campus
away,” Hastings said. “Just having events that highlight and celebrate each other’s identities has been really great.” As low-income students, Hastings and Golden both faced financial struggles while working on campus and planned to expand textbook affordability, create additional nonfederal work-study jobs and increase student employees’ salaries through SA. The pair also planned to encourage the Board of Trustees to either freeze tuition or create more tuition assistance programs. In November, Hastings and Golden met with Ryan Williams, vice president for enrollment management, to discuss bringing back the Posse Scholarship program for students in Los Angeles. The initiative ultimately fell through due to financial constraints, they said. Still, Golden and Hastings said they did as much as they could to implement financial accessibility initiatives. see reflections page 6
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Plaintiffs appeal decision in abuse lawsuits By Michael Sessa news editor
Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault. The plaintiffs in two lawsuits involving sexual abuse allegations against former Olympic athlete and Syracuse University student Conrad Mainwaring are appealing decisions in their cases to the state Supreme Court. The two lawsuits, filed separately in the Onondaga County Supreme Court in February 2020, allege that SU “knowingly and willingly failed” to conduct proper investigations into credible claims that Mainwaring was abusing young boys in his dorm, where he worked as a resident adviser. In one case, SU sought dismissal by arguing that the plaintiff, who
was 17 years old when the abuse occurred in 1982, could not be protected by the Child Victim Act because he had reached the age of consent — an argument the judge rejected and called “misplaced.” In both cases, an Onondaga County judge denied SU’s motions to dismiss claims of negligence against the university. The judge also denied the university’s motion to dismiss allegations of negligent hiring, supervision, retention and training. He granted motions to dismiss allegations of gross negligence against SU and motions to dismiss claims against SU’s Board of Trustees. The plaintiffs in the two lawsuits are asking a state appeals court to reverse the grants. Per university policy, SU does not comment on pending litigation, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for univer-
sity communications. Mainwaring, who was an SU graduate student in the 1980s, has been accused of molesting multiple SU students during his time on campus, allegations that were first brought to light in an ESPN investigation. At least 14 men in the Syracuse area have accused Mainwaring of abuse, including at least seven who were local high school students at the time. From about 1980 until 1986, Mainwaring provided counseling, coaching and advice to student athletes, including high school students, in the city of Syracuse, the lawsuits state. It is unclear whether Mainwaring was ever contracted as a coach at SU. One of the plaintiffs, whose willingness to come forward has been credited with leading to Mainwaring’s arrest in June 2019, alleged
that Mainwaring used his Brewster/ Boland/Brockway complex dorm room at SU to abuse him. SU did not properly vet, screen or research Mainwaring and provided him “unfettered and unsupervised access” to campus facilities to meet with underage male high school students and young male college students, the lawsuit alleges. The university allowed minors and male college students to meet with Mainwaring privately in his dorm room and stay overnight, the lawsuit alleges. The abuse continued from the time he was 17 until he graduated from SU, the suit says. The other plaintiff said SU allowed him to stay overnight in Mainwaring’s dorm room on at least two occasions in 1981 and 1982 when he was 16 and 17. He was sexually abused, molested and sexually see lawsuits page 6
Syracuse University will hold three commencement ceremonies on one weekend in May, university officials have announced. The university decided to hold three ceremonies due to the number of student responses to a survey on commencement participation, said Steve Bennett, senior vice president for international programs and academic operations, in a news release. All graduating students who registered to participate in a commencement ceremony will be allowed to bring up to two guests. The ceremonies will take place on May 22-23. Students in different SU schools and colleges will take part in different ceremonies. The first ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 22 at 4 p.m. It will include all undergraduate students from the School of Architecture, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Falk College, the School of Education and University College. The second ceremony will take place Sunday, May 23 at 9 a.m. It will include all undergraduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Information Studies, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, the Newhouse School of Public Communications and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The final ceremony, taking place on May 23 at 3:30 p.m., will include all graduate students. Guests will be assigned a specific gate and entry time to arrive at the ceremony to maintain social distancing, the announcement reads. During the ceremony, students will sit in three-person pods on the field while guests will sit in two-person pods in the audience. All seating pods will be spaced 6 feet apart. Individual school and college convocations will be held virtually on Saturday, May 22 at 11 a.m. The convocations will be recorded and posted online, Bennett said. Tickets will be available beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. Graduating students will receive an email with instructions to claim the tickets, Bennett said. To participate in commencement, graduating students and guests must provide proof that at least 14 days have passed since they received their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or since they received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Unvaccinated students or guests will have to submit proof of a negative COVID-19 test administered within 72 hours of the ceremony. SU plans to open a pre-event compliance station on campus starting May 20. Students and guests can visit the station in advance of commencement weekend to verify their negative COVID19 tests or vaccine documentation. Individuals who verify their ability to attend in advance will have expedited access to the Dome on the day of commencement. kmnorusi@syr.edu @KNorusis
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her “family” at the fraternity a crocheted stuffed plushy, Downs said. She made Downs a bee. they’re a lot more invested,” Ayaji said. “Sarah “My apartment just has a bunch of different was very invested.” stuff from her, which is nice,” Downs said. Riddle had recently received an award for She also made and donated 200 knit hats academic and research achievement, Shel- to Lily’s Place, a nonprofit that provides mediley said. She also received a research grant cal care to infants with neonatal abstinence from the Syracuse Office of Un dergraduate syndrome, Shelley said. Research and Creative Engagement. Whenever she was home, Riddle and Jacob Ajayi also remembers Riddle’s honesty. She enjoyed going to see movies together, espewasn’t afraid to tell people how she felt. cially Disney movies. Ella Boggs, who was Riddle’s friend through “Everyone needs someone like that,” he said. At the lab, whoever arrives first chooses the middle and high school, said they used to go music, Ajayi said. He came to like many of the to Qdoba together after Riddle finished band songs Riddle played, and he added them to his practice and Boggs finished orchestra. Riddle own playlists. One of her favorite bands was was involved in the marching band from midCage the Elephant, Ajayi said. dle school until she graduated. Ashley Downs, a graduate student studying Riddle was supposed to be Boggs’ bridespublic health, went to a Twenty One Pilots maid, until her wedding ceremony was canconcert in Philadelphia with Riddle before the celed during the pandemic. pandemic. Downs, who was also Riddle’s “big” Riddle never let anything stand in her way, at Alpha Chi Sigma, didn’t realize how long Boggs and Shelley said. the drive was going to be. Riddle had snacks “Once she had a goal, once she set her mind packed and played the band’s new album. on something, she made sure she would see it “Sarah knew how to do the long car rides,” through,” Shelley said. Downs said. Ajayi said that Riddle was applying to gradRiddle and her boyfriend once flew a cross uate schools and looking for programs that the country from their hometown of Ona, would allow her to explore various options. West Virginia, to Seattle just to visit a cat- She hadn’t yet decided what to research. themed cafe where patrons could play with But Boggs knew Riddle wanted to make cats. She didn’t even drink coffee — s he j ust a difference in the world somehow. Boggs went for the cats, said Riddle’s brother, Jacob. always said if anyone could find the cure for She also loved baking. Riddle brought cancer, it would be Riddle. cakes, cupcakes and cookies to members of her “She would bend over backwards to help fraternity. The members’ favorite was rasp- you through anything that you needed,” Shelberry lemon cookies. ley said. “I’m one that holds things in, and she For a Halloween party at the fraternity, would get me to talk.” Riddle’s friends and family all described Riddle decorated a cake with marshmallows and spider webs. She loved her infectious and warm personality. She Halloween, Shelley said. always made an effort to uplift those around Riddle and her mom often baked together her, Boggs said. at home and even took a four-week cake deco“She was just a happy person, and when you rating class together. Riddle also taught her- were around her you wanted to be happy. You self how to crochet and enjoyed making crafts couldn’t not be happy,” Boggs said. “We’re just for people. all going to have to try a little harder to make “The stuff she did was just unbelievable,” sure that never leaves this world.” The Summer Institute is a series of workshop-style 3-credit courses scalessa@syr.edu Shelley said.designed to enable participants to manage disputes and differences collaboratively in both professional and personal settings. If taken for kmnorusi@syr.edu For Christmas, Riddle made everyone in
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SARAH RIDDLE became involved in marching band in middle school and continued her involvement through high school. courtesy of shelley riddle
400/PAI 732 Program for the Advancement ofPSTResearch on Conflict and Collaboration NEGOTIATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE ANT 424/ANT 624 Instructor: Julia Carboni
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Gov. Cuomo shouldn’t stay in power SA is critical part of SU student experience By Micaela Warren columnist
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Cuomo should resign immediately following sexual harassment allegations and accusations that his administration concealed coronavirus-related nursing home deaths. daily orange file photo By Nathan Fenningdorf columnist
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espite allegations of sexual harassment, his fostering of what former aides described as a toxic work environment and accusations that his administration concealed data showing the true death toll COVID-19 had on New York nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has desperately, and so far successfully, held on to power over New York state. Cuomo must take responsibility for his unacceptable actions and immediately resign. When the first reports came out that Cuomo had been accused of inappropriate behavior, the story became national news, and calls for his resignation began. As more women came forward and detailed their traumatic experiences with the governor, prominent Democratic figures — such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — called on Cuomo to resign. Cuomo has resisted doing so, claiming that many of the calls for his resignation came from politically motivated individuals. “Some politicians will always play politics. That’s the nature of the beast. I don’t think today is a day for poli-
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tics. I wasn’t elected by politicians, I was elected by the people of the state of New York. I’m not going to resign,” he said at a press conference in March. As Cuomo continues serving as governor, he’s facing two investigations. The FBI is looking into allegations that Cuomo abused his power to protect political donors from lawsuits relating to COVID-19. New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the numerous allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo. These investigations may not conclude for months, leaving many New Yorkers wary of the political and social ramifications that these investigations may have. The New York State Assembly is in the middle of an impeachment inquiry against Cuomo, but again, assemblymembers say that this investigation could take months. It is time for Cuomo to step up to the plate and take responsibility for his inexcusable actions. Enough is enough. While Cuomo has faced an understandably large amount of backlash, he still has support within New York state. A poll that Siena College published April 19 found that his favorability rating has dropped to the lowest of his tenure, but 51% of New York residents do not think that he should
resign. This contrast is extremely intriguing, showing the complex relationship Cuomo has with New Yorkers and speaking to the debate over whether the governor should resign. If Cuomo continues resisting resignation, the New York State Assembly’s impeachment inquiry must end by voting to impeach the governor. No excuses can be made for his alleged actions, and he must face consequences – just like everyone else. To maintain the important notion that even people in power must be held accountable for their actions, Cuomo must be impeached and removed from office immediately. If he continues serving as governor without facing any consequences, a dangerous precedent will be set that allows people in power to get away with any type of wrongdoing. This can’t be allowed. Cuomo, who has an alleged history of troublesome behavior, still holds his position of power. It’s time for him to be held accountable. The governor’s time leading New York must come to an end.
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rom being responsible for allocating millions of dollars in funding to hosting campus events every year to advocating for policy change, Syracuse University’s Student Association does a lot for the student body. It’s important that students realize this. SA represents all undergraduates at SU and SUNY-ESF, meaning all students should take advantage to become more involved with SA in one way or another. SA held its election week last week. For the election to be valid, 10% of the more than 15,000 undergraduates at SU have to vote. But only about 2.1% of students had voted as of April 26, the first day of voting. SA President Justine Hastings wrote in an email last week, “Although it’s uncontested, we need at least ten percent of the student body to vote so the results are valid, and even more to show the strength of student engagement on this campus.” But students seemed to ignore this blatant call-to-action. By Friday, when voting closed, 10.2% of students voted. One possible reason for the extremely low voter turnout is that the president-elect, vice president-elect and comptrollerelect were all running unopposed. Still, you would think students would want to be involved in choosing the people who have so much control over their college experience. The low voter turnout is jarring considering all of the roles SA plays on campus. Hastings is right — this shows a lack of engagement between students and SA. Students may not realize it, but SA is a crucial part of their undergraduate experience. It has a large influence over student life and works on many initiatives to benefit students. SA should be treated as such. SA covers a wide range of issues that affect students, and its mission
makes it clear that SA exists both because of and for students. “The Association shall exist to allocate and designate the Student Activity Fee, legislate for and on the behalf of the student body, to advocate for the rights, needs, and desires of the student body, and to be the voice of the students in university affairs,” the mission reads. SA does this mainly through campus-wide initiatives. Some of its current initiatives include supporting the #NotAgainSU movement and working to allow students to put their preferred names on their SU ID. SA is also in charge of allocating money for the more than 300 oncampus registered student organizations. SA’s 12-member Finance Board uses a tier system to estimate how much financial support each kind of organization may receive for events. Smaller organizations may receive less than $10,000 for programs, and organizations that have put on multiple programs successfully may receive upward of $40,000. Students lack knowledge of many of the functions of SA. Comptroller-Elect Nyah Jones said, “It was alarming how many didn’t know what comptroller or Finance Board was. It’s their money. ” It’s even more alarming that many students have a general lack of understanding about SA as a larger organization. SU students should take the next academic year to become more involved with SA. Get more involved with on-campus movements. Maybe even join SA, in hopes of one day becoming a future comptroller yourself. Whatever aspect you choose to entrench yourself in, you’ll be making the most of your college experience by becoming more involved with SA. Micaela Warren is a freshman communication and rhetorical studies major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at mgwarren@syr.edu.
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candidates not seek re-election in the council this year. “I’m more ingrained in our city with the most primary issues of today, whether you’re talking about concentrated poverty, whether you’re talking about violence in communities,” Bey said. “I still live around the corner from the neighborhood I grew up in.”
Janet Burman (R)
Community activist Janet Burman is making public safety her key issue as a mayoral candidate. She has received the endorsement of the Republican Party despite concerns that running a Republican could hurt the more moderate Mayor Ben Walsh against a Democratic candidate. “My first priority is what government’s first priority should be: the safety of its citizens,” Burman said. “I feel that the current city leadership has failed us in that they have not made it their first priority.” Burman ran against Democrat Rachel May for the state Senate’s 53rd District in 2018, from page 3
reflections “What I can say is that I tried my hardest for that,” Hastings said. “In the future, I just hope that the university is more aware or cares more about students who don’t come from financial backgrounds that can afford changes like this.” from page 3
lawsuits assaulted both times, the lawsuit alleges. Mainwaring met with victims in his dorm room under the guise of “physiotherapy,” “physical therapy” and mental training sessions, the lawsuits claim. The plaintiffs in both suits allege that SU was aware Mainwaring was sexually abusing and assaulting minor students prior to their abuse. Despite “warnings, notice and
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which May won. She has previous experience as a district administrator on the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and has led the Republican Women of Central New York since 2018. “I have almost 40 years experience working in the private sector, working for state government and working in the community,” Burman said. “When you go beyond the basic functions of city government to tackle the really difficult problems we face ... that requires that we bring together everyone in our community, all levels of government and businesses to effectively address those problems.”
Councilor Michael Greene (D)
Michael Greene, who received the Democratic Party endorsement, was appointed to an atlarge seat in the Common Council in 2017 and has served since after winning elections in 2018 and 2019. He began his public service experience at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. He now chairs the Common Council Finance Committee. Greene’s main priorities are housing,
transportation, economic opportunity, police reform and climate change. “(My platform goes) through different ways in which the city government could do more to make policy work for everyone, in particular the people that have been left behind,” Greene said. Greene said he’s willing to “go against the grain” when needed. He voted against the contract with the police union in 2019 and was one of two councilors to vote against the Tech Garden expansion in March. “I was comfortable standing up and (voting no), and I think when you look at the city and you look at how serious problems are, that’s the kind of leadership that’s required to be able to say, ‘I understand this is unpopular, but this is what needs to happen,’ and I’m comfortable in that position,” he said.
Mayor Ben Walsh (I)
Ben Walsh became the first independent mayor of Syracuse in over 100 years when he was elected in 2017. His reelection campaign hinges on a continuation of the “Rise Above” philosophy of his first term, emphasizing Syracuse’s position as a growing city. He has received the
Independence Party endorsement. “We’ve worked really hard over the past three plus years now towards our vision that we established in the very beginning of the administration,” Walsh said. “Our vision is for Syracuse to be a growing city that embraces diversity and creates opportunity for all.” His key accomplishments as mayor include Syracuse Surge, which has attempted to draw high-tech business and manufacturing jobs to the city, as well as the opening of the Salt City Market downtown and the expansion of the Tech Garden, he said. Walsh also points to increasing high school graduation rates in the city and a 6% decrease in crime in the last three years as evidence of his success as Mayor. “We don’t want to just grow for the sake of growth — we want to grow in an intentional way that benefits all people in the city of Syracuse,” Walsh said. “For far too long our growth has been limited to only certain segments of our population. If we truly want to transform our city, we need to make sure that everyone is in a position to benefit.” njrobert@syr.edu
Hastings and Golden said they hope new hires at SU will improve the relationship between the university and SA. The university is currently looking for a deputy senior vice president of enrollment and the student experience. “I think the university will have options to fill that spot with someone who is incredibly trustworthy in students and student voices
and student power and will lean into that role,” Golden said. “I’d like to see them do that.” David Bruen and Darnelle Stinfort were elected last week as SA’s next president and vice president, respectively. The duo, who ran unopposed, received votes from 10.2% of the student population. Hastings and Golden expressed confidence
in Bruen and Stinfort and said the organization is in good hands. “We have done everything we can and left no stone unturned,” Golden said. “We hope that the next administration continues to have that kind of mentality.”
red flags,” the university continued to allow Mainwaring access to isolated, one-on-one meetings with young men that led to abuse, the lawsuits state. SU said it first learned of allegations against Mainwaring in February 2019. The university acknowledged he was a graduate student in the 1980s and worked in the university’s dorms. As of SU’s August 2019 statement, Chancellor Kent Syverud said the university had hired an external law firm to conduct a review of the allegations.
Many of Mainwaring’s victims were members of his “squad,” a group of students and young males whom he coached and advised, ESPN reported. After his five years in Syracuse, Mainwaring worked 40 miles away at Colgate University from 1985 to 1987 in the admissions office, according to ESPN’s report. No charges have been filed against Mainwaring in Syracuse. He cannot be prosecuted for abusing the underage boys because the incidents happened too long ago, Onondaga
County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick told Syracuse.com. At least one other man has sued SU for its role in Mainwaring’s sexual abuse. New York’s 2019 Child Victims Act extended the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims in the state from age 23 to 55. The law initially suspended the statute of limitations in such cases for one year and has since been extended to Aug. 14.
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Changing directions
ANTHONY TRINGALE started the Instagram account Eat Local CNY in 2016 to promote locally owned restaurants, but now his marketing company Eat Local New York promotes restaurants all over the state. meghan hendricks staff photographer
Marketing company based in Syracuse looks to promote restaurants around the state By Louis Platt
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t Heritage Academy in Kentucky, Anthony Tringale’s baseball coach would call him in to pitch when his team neared getting mercy ruled. Nevertheless, Tringale had the optimistic mentality that he could change the direction of the game. Like on the diamond, Tringale has learned through his business Eat Local New York that he can’t change the direction of a restaurant, but he can help them learn what they can do better. The marketing company works for companies and campaigns, but mostly food businesses such as the Market Diner, Willow Rock Brewing Company and Carmelita’s Mexican Restaurant. It also works with over 145 restaurants in New York state that are a part of their Eat Local NY coupon program — customers who spend $25 or more at
participating restaurants and have an Eat Local NY card get $5 off their purchase. “When it comes to some of our marketing clients now, as a lot of these people are coming to us in their desperation, we don’t help turn things around for them,” Tringale said. “But we help them hopefully learn something or get more customers in there.” Tringale grew up influenced by the hospitality industry. His father had worked just about every job in the industry he could think of: chef, manager and owner, and as the director of food and beverage for Holiday Inns in the Northeast region. At home, Tringale’s dad embodies a giving quality through food. He always makes about double the amount of food — including prime rib steak and fettuccine alfredo — on Christmas than is needed for the 13 or so family members that celebrate together. “Growing up, my mom and dad were always in the
hospitality and hosting people and stuff like that,” Tringale said. “And so we were kind of raised with the same ethic of making people feel comfortable.” He originally started an Instagram account in 2016 named Eat Local CNY to highlight the restaurant community in the region, but he now has his eyes set on the entire Empire State. Tringale said he started the Instagram account just to promote locally owned businesses. Tringale works in the restaurant industry for Gerharz Restaurant Equipment & Supplies — which supplies restaurant equipment such as stoves and refrigerators — as its marketing director. Through Gerharz, Tringale started to form relationships with restaurant owners and chefs, learning about what they needed for marketing along the way. Part of what makes Tringale’s work for Eat Local NY so impactful is that he puts his heart and soul into his clients’ companies, said Zach Cavallo, see eat
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from the stage
Graduating seniors share performance talents with industry By Shaun Collins staff writer
Once Jaelle Laguerre let go of the idea that she only had two takes to film her senior showcase, the Syracuse University senior stepped into Archbold Theater feeling a sense of relief. It was her first opportunity to perform on a stage in months. “The world is still upside down, a gleam of light has started to emerge for theater, and things are starting
to weirdly and oddly open back up,” said Laguerre, a musical theater major. “It’s just in time for me and my classmates.” The SU Lewis Hecker Drama Showcase is an annual presentation where graduating senior performance majors in the Department of Drama introduce themselves to the industry. Produced by SU Drama alumni Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, students prepared songs, monologues, scenes and dance numbers showcased
to an audience of industry professionals such as agents, casting directors and producers. The showcase is usually performed live in New York City, but SU Drama moved to a recorded showcase due to the pandemic. Directed by Katherine McGerr, filming for the senior showcase took place during December and January. This year, for the first time, participation expanded to all senior performance majors. Material selection began in Octo-
ber. Students were given the opportunity to film three minutes, which could be pooled with other students. Laguerre found it challenging to fit all her strengths into that small of a time frame. She also had to consider what is happening in the industry today and tailor pieces to meet those demands. “The key was picking something that you really love to do, rather than picking something you think is expected of you, or you feel you need to show out,” Laguerre said. “If you
pick two pieces or three pieces that you genuinely love … That’ll show.” David Lowenstein, director of the musical segments in the senior showcase, worked with students on their interpretation of the works they chose to perform, specifically aiding students who chose to sing for their segment. He believed his job was to help students feel confident about their work so that they could deliver strong performances. see showcase page 8
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Why I want to drop out of SU moments before graduating By Eliot Fish
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This will be my last column, and the title should explain to you why. In exactly three weeks from the time I write this, May 23, I will officially be done with college. That sentence is purposefully deceiving: when many people hear “done with college,” they assume that means graduated. How small minded of you all. Assuming is only a viable strategy if you’re right 100% of the time. In exactly three weeks from the time I write this, I will not be a college graduate. I will be a college dropout.
If Bill Gates hadn’t dropped out of college, he’d be some irrelevant billionaire who barely had to work for any of his billions upon billions of net worth Eliot Fish
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I am indeed a senior, I have the credits necessary to graduate, and I’m not in danger of failing anything other than my New Year’s resolution of giving up Twitter on June 1 (I wanted time to adjust). If I were a dumber, worse person, I would simply graduate and that would be that. But I’m no chump. I can’t be fooled by the hollow promises of a diploma and a degree. I refuse to let myself buy into the Trojan horse of “job stability and a higher average starting salary.” Unlike the moronic people of Troy, I am well aware there are Greeks waiting to pounce if I let from page 7
eat local a chef in the Syracuse area and co-host of Eat Local NY’s YouTube show Hoagies Heros. The friends started Hoagies Heros to find the best options for certain foods in central New York, like cannolis and tacos, and hopefully present their content to a large audience. The show tries to emulate Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy’s “One Bite Pizza Review” style of ranking food, but they don’t try to pull punches at places they think are bad, Cavallo said. Despite not being able to take videos of them trying the food on location because of the pandemic, they hope that at some point — hopefully over the summer — they can meet with chefs and owners for the videos, too. Cavallo believes that will give their reviews more credibility. He added that Hoagies Heros is still evolving and finding its final format, but the end goal is to have a show that people watch and want to go visit that local restaurant. “It’ll be huge when we hear for the first from page 7
showcase McGerr used Zoom to her advantage by playing and testing out camera angles when working on scenes with students. Zoom made scheduling more flexible and allowed students who were not on campus to rehearse and present material for the showcase from home, like SU seniors Jueun Kang in South Korea and Mackenzie Rohan in California. Laguerre believes her training at the Department of Drama prepared her in every way possible for the showcase. Her sophomore year scene study class was pivotal because she learned why it was important to break down a scene beat by beat in order to fully immerse herself into the given circumstances. Laguerre’s voice teacher at SU, Kathleen Wrinn, helped her navigate the technical aspects of the challenging songs she chose to showcase, so she knew where the notes sat in her voice and so that she could sing them with ease. While watching the students’ showcase videos, McGerr hopes parents, friends and prospective students see the Department of
For his final column, Eliot Fish reflects on the benefits of leaving college without actually graduating. katelyn marcy asst. illustration editor
your parents and be the best damn cashier Target has ever seen). I always say go big or live at home. Dropping out after having essentially finished college is a fantastic motivator. It allows me to get the full education that comes with attending a four-year university, without any of the pesky expectations that come with being a college graduate. People will expect me to fail because after dealing with the stress, doing the homework and learning that professors with doctoral degrees don’t appreciate being called “Teach.” That not entirely unfounded expectation will, much like a junk food spill while eating in bed, put a chip on my shoulder. In the interest of making the future biopic about my life, “Why Would He Do That: The Eliot Fish Story,” as dramatic as possible, I’ll be unenrolling from Syracuse University literally seconds before I graduate. I will click the big red button on MySlice that says “Drop Out - Do NOT Touch.” I want to be clear: this isn’t a pass at SU. In fact, I suggest that anybody, at any college, at any level (graduate school, Ph.D., etc.) drop out at the last possible moment before walking that stage. Or, if you’re in a Zoom graduation, before clicking that “raise hand” reaction. Sometimes, you have to live life in pursuit of a great story, even if it means sacrificing a lot to do it. Luckily, in this case, all you’re sacrificing is a college degree, which is one of the most useless paper documents you can have in this day and age, right up there with a “free drink” ticket from DJs. So please, join me in dropping out mere moments before your graduation. You may make less money on average, be judged by everyone in your life and make your family furious. But, you won’t regret it. ebfish@syr.edu
my guard down. Never look a gift — Bachelor of Science — in the mouth. I’m not crazy, either. I may have done four years of work to end with nothing, but I’m NOT crazy. I have plenty of reasons for dropping out. We’ve all heard of a great, tear-jerking, against-all-odds success story, sometimes accompanied by a movie adaptation or, for the less successful success stories, a charming little graphic novel. But let me ask you, have you ever heard of such a story from someone who has taken the beaten path? Someone who has complied with the brainwashing rhetoric of a four-year university? I certainly haven’t. There’s a reason you
don’t hear about people who graduated from college being massively successful. It’s because they’re not. And, on those rare occasions when they are, nobody cares. If I’ve learned one thing from reading about the stories of the uber-successful, it’s that all you need in life is a dream, some college credits, and a garage in which you’ll start your perfect, soon-to-be Forbes 500 company. If Bill Gates hadn’t dropped out of college, he’d be some irrelevant billionaire who barely had to work for any of his billions upon billions of net worth. Would you rather be an unknown rich person, or have a 3% chance to hit it big and be famous? (And, a 97% chance to move in with
time from a restaurant that somebody was like, ‘Hey, we came here because we saw you on Hoagies Heros,’” Cavallo said. “That’s kind of like what we’re going for is to be able to help these places.” Eat Local NY doesn’t try to recruit restaurants from its card program to do their marketing, but the company will reach out to restaurants on their card program to see if they need any marketing assistance too. Amanda Miles, Eat Local NY’s community manager, reaches out to member restaurant’s regularly through social media, email and phone to assist with marketing and promotions. She said that even reaching out to say “Hey, we are thinking of you,” can go a long way. “90% of this business, especially when you’re in food services, is relationships, especially when you’re kind of in the local community,” Tringale said. “It’s about knowing the person, knowing their restaurant, knowing their struggles, talking to them about new ideas all the time.” louis@dailyorange.com @jbl__98
Eat Local NY’s coupon program includes over 145 participating restaurants throughout New York state. meghan hendricks staff photographer
Drama’s values manifested in the seniors’ work — smart, well-rounded, complex storytelling and strong individuality. “I hope they can get to see how much talent, but also self-knowledge our students have collected in their time.” McGerr said. Lowenstein impresses upon the students that the senior showcase is not the be-all and end-all of their careers. Instead, it is an opportunity to be seen by some industry professionals. Since the showcase can seem like a “behemoth,” he hopes this mindset can take some pressure off of students. Laguerre hopes audience members take away the importance of putting oneself out there. It’s also the same lesson she takes away from her showcase experience, with the abrupt shift of doing her classwork virtually and self-taping more frequently. “All types of people from all types of backgrounds are going to watch this, so we were given no choice but to be vulnerable,” Laguerre said. “Some people are going to like it, some people are going to not … Quite frankly, it doesn’t matter as long as you loved it and you put your best out there.” shcollin@syr.edu
JAELLE LAGUERRE is a senior musical theater major who is presenting for the Syracuse University Lewis Hecker Drama Showcase. courtesy of jaelle laguerre
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north carolina would be to put together a full 60 minutes on both sides of the ball against North Carolina. Yet Sunday, Syracuse couldn’t do that. The defense showed up in the first half, holding a red-hot Tar Heels offense at bay. But the offense could not create enough scoring opportunities as they turned the ball over 16 times, the second-most all season. “You go from scoring 19 goals against a very good BC team, to scoring four,” Gait said. “They’re just young, and they haven’t been put in this position before. We’ve always had other players in those roles.” The young players on Syracuse’s offense appeared to start the game well. After finding a plethora of space in the middle against Boston College on Friday, freshman Emma Ward flipped the ball to Emily Ehle to start Sunday’s game. Ehle took one step and gave SU a 1-0 lead just five minutes into the game. Then the offense went cold. SU turned to its motion setup, and Ward rolled in and flipped the ball to Sam Swart. Swart continued past Ward and fired the ball into the net, but referees whistled the play dead after an offensive foul on Ward. Minutes later, Meaghan Tyrrell tried to get the offense going as she curled into the area, drawing a free position play after taking a hard check. Tyrrell crouched down and readied for the shot but chose to pass instead as the whistle blew. Ehle made a backdoor cut and quickly grabbed Meaghan’s pass, dishing to a wide-open Emma Tyrrell in front of goal. The sophomore midfielder was fouled, and then got fouled once more, much to the chagrin of the UNC fans. On the third attempt, she drove to the net and could only ring a shot off the crossbar as three defenders closed her down. Later, Ward isolated herself against a from page 12
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Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or their single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Unvaccinated fans can take a PCR test 72 hours before first pitch or a rapid antigen test within six hours of the game. Onondaga County and the Mets will provide free testing for fans in NBT Bank Stadium’s parking lot in the days leading up to Opening Day. As of now, nearly 100 fans have already signed up to get tested before Opening Day, Smorol said. The procedures will be enforced at a desfrom page 12
defense recorded four caused turnovers, and it was 18-of-20 on clears. When Syracuse and North Carolina faced each other in the regular season, the Orange allowed 17 goals, their most during the regular season. The Orange had tried to play a highpressure zone defense, with defenders trying to faceguard the Tar Heels attacks as soon as they stepped into the offensive zone. The team got rid of this strategy in Sunday’s game, which is what led to SU’s defensive success, Gait said. “The last time we were pressing them out. Whenever they got the ball, they would spread us out,” Gait said. “Today, we packed it in.” Instead, Syracuse elected to stick to its regular zone defense, only pressuring North Carolina when it was inside the 8-meter. This method succeeded early on against the Tar from page 12
virginia tech moments when we had runners in scoring position to kind of change the dynamic of that game,” Doepking said. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Neli Casares-Maher lined a shot to right field, where Cana Davis tried to make the diving play. The ball popped out of her glove when she hit the ground and trickled toward the rightfield foul pole. Casares-Maher hadn’t stopped running, and when she saw the ball jar loose, she broke for third and easily glided in for her first triple of the season. It was the only ball that reached the wall and SU’s only extra-base hit of the afternoon. On the next pitch, Gabby Teran hit
defender as she started behind the net. She drove by the UNC player but got called for a charge. The freshman could only drop the ball to the ground next to the fallen defender and trudged back on defense. Ward scored later on the man-up in the final minute of the first half, but in total the Syracuse offense recorded just four shots on goal in the opening half. Still, Syracuse trailed by just two at halftime, a position where the Orange secured comeback wins over Notre Dame and Virginia earlier this season. But Sunday, to open the second half, Jamie Ortega made it 5-2. Meaghan skied a free position chance immediately after, and then picked out Emma streaking across the crease after SU regathered possession. But when the sophomore midfielder wound up to shoot, Emily Nalls stick-checked the ball and it rolled harmlessly to a UNC defender. Emma scored a few minutes later, when Ward found her cutting and the sophomore threw a highlight, backhanded shot past UNC’s goalie. But as the second half continued, the Orange offense still could not find any momentum. SU finished with scoring droughts of 24 minutes, 10 minutes and 15 minutes. Ward rifled home a low free-position shot midway through the second half, but that would be SU’s final goal as the freshman had a hand in all four Syracuse goals, scoring two and assisting two. “We’re down a couple players, and we’re counting on a true freshman to step up against the best team in the country and try and score a bunch of goals,” Gait said. “That’s a tough ask for a young lady like that. (Ward) played great this whole tournament, and we’re gonna need her to continue to play well.” Ward’s inexperience showed with her three turnovers, tied for the team-high with Emma, both of whom are playing their first full season with the Orange. UNC held Syracuse’s top point
North Carolina won its fifth-straight conference tournament after holding Syracuse four goals Sunday’s game. courtesy of the acc
scorer, Meaghan without a point, focusing its defensive attention on her because on the sidelines stood Syracuse top-two goal scorers, Emily Hawryschuk and Megan Carney. The final horn marked another ACC Championship win for UNC’s top two all-time scoring leaders, Hoeg and Ortega. The pair contributed over half of the Tar Heels goals in the victory and cemented UNC as national title favorites. Postgame, Gait likened the ACC Tournament to what the Orange should expect come
the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse will likely have to go through North Carolina — once again — to have a shot of winning its first national title. And without Hawryschuk and Carney, this iteration of the Orange will need to figure out a solution. “We didn’t get it done on the offensive end, I think we had enough opportunities,” Gait said. “We were just not efficient on our shots, and not putting the ball in the back of the net. We played with a lack of confidence.”
ignated entry screening area. Temperature checks and a contact tracing questionnaire will also be required at the screening checkpoint along with the proof of vaccination or a negative test result. NBT Bank Stadium is limited to 20% capacity, and fans in attendance will be scattered throughout the ballpark in “pods’’ that can seat up to six people. Each pod will be placed 6 feet apart. Although New York state is increasing outdoor capacity to 33% starting May 19, Smorol said the stadium is too small to accommodate that capacity with proper social distancing. “Our job is to get them in, keep them safe, entertain them, let everyone get back and
enjoy themselves,” Smorol said. Having fans on Opening Day wasn’t always a guarantee, Smorol said. The organization wasn’t sure they were even going to have a season — let alone one with fans — until January. Minor League Baseball on March 2 pushed back its Triple-A season from April to May. MLB used the extra month to create alternate training sites for minor league players and cut down on airline travel associated with the minor league season. While the Mets were disappointed with the season’s delay, COVID-19 cases have decreased and vaccination rates have increased within the county this month,
Tricarico said. In Onondaga County, over half the population has had at least one dose of a vaccine. In addition to the shortened season, the Mets will only face Northeast Division opponents. Each series consists of six straight games against the same opponent in the same venue, with series starting on Tuesdays, allowing Monday to be a travel day. The goal is to reduce travel and potential spread of COVID-19 for all teams during the season. “It’s time to start letting the community get back out, get a little bit back to normal and see a ton of old friends and faces,” Smorol said.
Heels star-studded attack, which features Katie Hoeg and Ortega. Hoeg and Ortega are North Carolina’s alltime leaders in points and goals, respectively, and they both are in the top three for points per game in the ACC this season. Throughout the game, Goldstock caused trouble for the duo, with four of her 11 saves coming against them. North Carolina’s offensive set-up operates behind the net, passing around until a cutter is open inside the 8-meter. Midway through the first half, the Tar Heels were able to run this to perfection as Ortega came slashing toward the goal. Hoeg found Ortega at the crease, and she bulleted a shot at Goldstock. But Goldstock saw Ortega cutting and was already focused on her by the time Ortega striked. Goldstock kept her stick high and punched Ortega’s attempt out of bounds for her fourth save of the afternoon. Goldstock’s only struggle was with guard-
ing free-position shots, which made up for a third of North Carolina’s scores. On every free-position opportunity, Goldstock anticipated low shots, the exact opposite of what the Tar Heels did. For each score, UNC hit the top corners of the net. Goldstock wasn’t the only one on SU’s defense who had a successful game. Kerry Defliese, who finished with three caused turnovers, repeatedly made key plays for the Orange inside the 8-meter. In Syracuse’s zone defense, Defliese fits the role of the backer, moving to wherever the ball is on the field. Against North Carolina, Defliese would spend the majority of UNC’s possession stationed at the edge of the net, containing whoever was behind it. Throughout the first 10 minutes of the second half, Defliese and the SU defense didn’t allow North Carolina any scores. But off the transition, the Tar Heels set up their offense
with a full head of steam. Hoeg positioned herself behind the net before noticing an open UNC player inside the 8-meter. But Defliese saw the opening as well, and she threw herself into the passing lane. Hoeg tried to pass, and with her stick raised above her head, Defliese deflected the ball to the ground. Goldstock picked up Defliese’s deflection, and the Orange moved in transition. Emma Ward delivered a pass out to Emma Tyrrell, who twisted her stick and shoveled an attempt without looking at the goal. Tyrrell’s strike found the back of the net, but that was one of the only times Syracuse was able to turn defense into offense. The Orange finished with 16 turnovers in the game. “(If) we have a couple players step up on the offensive end, we’re in that game,” Gait said.
a soft liner into right-center field, easily scoring Casares-Maher for the Orange’s second, and final, run of the weekend. Syracuse kept the game close until the fourth inning. The team recorded two leadoff hits, advancing the runner into scoring position each time. But after Darby Trull smacked a two-run home run in the top of the fourth to extend the Hokies’ lead to four, Syracuse left three runners on base. Rebecca Clyde was one of three Syracuse hitters in Doepking’s lineup who was hitting below .200. VT knew that, and it intentionally walked the batter before her, Geana Torres, with two outs and runners on second and third in the bottom of the fourth. Clyde hadn’t recorded a hit since April 23 against Virginia. She quickly went down 0-2, making mas-
sive, fruitless cuts with each swing. Clyde struck out swinging, put her head down and slowly walked back to the dugout. The SU bench went silent, knowing their best opportunity to score on the ACC’s fourth-best team was squandered. “I think the pitch selection you saw there was not good at all from Rebecca,” Doepking said. “I think that’s just a byproduct of a lot of emotions going.” The game started to slip away from Syracuse. Fagan hit a home run to extend the lead further in the bottom of the fifth, and VT added another three runs over the ensuing two innings. VT finished the game with Ivy Rosenberry, a freshman who hadn’t seen game action since April 23. Clyde led off the inning and swung so hard at an 0-1 pitch that her elbow
guard came off. She struck out on three pitches, contrary to the strategy Doepking tried to employ on Sunday. Rosenberry set down Paris Woods on a called third strike that barely caught the outside corner, bringing up Almer. The graduate student attempted to bunt to reach base for the second time. But instead, Fagan read the bunt easily and faded in. She gathered it and retired Almer at first, solidifying Virginia Tech’s sweep of Syracuse. “If I had answers … I would’ve shown you the answers in any of these games,” Doepking said. “I think, unfortunately, we didn’t find answers for Keely Rochard. We just did not find answers in four games against that kid.”
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Alexa Romero allows 5 runs, 2 HRs against Virginia Tech By Connor Smith asst. copy editor
Alexa Romero had just walked Virginia Tech’s Mackenzie Lawter in the fourth inning. As catcher Geana Torres squatted behind the plate and put her fingers down for the first pitch to Darby Trull, Romero shook off a riseball outside, wanting to instead go inside. But Romero didn’t get the ball inside. Instead, she watched as Trull knocked her first home run of the season off the outfield netting in right field, putting the Hokies up 4-0. “If you don’t get the ball inside, it goes over the fence,” head coach Shannon Doepking said postgame. Romero entered Sunday as Syracuse’s leader in every notable pitching category and will graduate this spring firmly positioned in SU’s record book. She’s been Doepking’s go-to pitcher for multiple seasons, but against No. 20 Virginia Tech (32-12, 23-11 Atlantic Coast), Romero struggled, giving up five earned runs over just four innings in Sunday’s 8-1 loss — SU’s fourth straight. Trull’s two-run fourth-inning home run and Cameron Fagan’s solo homer the next inning gave the Hokies a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, especially with ace Keely Rochard in the pitcher’s circle once again on Sunday. Rochard pitched 22 out of the 26 innings played over the four-game series, allowing just one run and seven hits. Her no-hitter on Friday was the first time Syracuse (1920, 11-17) had been no-hit since joining the ACC in 2013. Doepking said Saturday that the Orange knew they would have a better chance with Romero in the circle, and that showed in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, when Romero allowed just three runs over seven innings. On Sunday, Doepking opted to start the fifth-year in back-to-back games,
something she said Romero has to adjust to if SU wants a chance in the ACC Tournament in two weeks. “If we want any shot at the ACC Tournament, the kid’s going to have to go backto-back games,” Doepking said. “I think Lex understands the role she’s in right now, that we need her to throw.” With Syracuse outscored 22-1 in the first three games of the series and 85-15 against ranked ACC teams so far this season, Romero had little room for error Sunday. Virginia Tech was able to get on Romero early, though, with Kelsey Brown lining a single up the middle on the game’s very first pitch. Brown proceeded to easily steal second, and after two straight strikeouts, Romero hit Jayme Bailey near her elbow, putting two runners on base with two outs. Kelsey Bennett hit a single into shallow right field, which scored both runners after Angel Jasso was unable to make the diving catch. “There’s nothing you can do on that ball. I thought it was played fine,” Doepking said. “I think we positioned a little bit differently after that. We pushed Angel more (toward the) middle of the field than on the line. (But) I don’t think you can defend that ball, it just found the spot.” Fagan’s homer over the right-field fence in the top of the fifth knocked Romero out of the game, as Doepking brought in freshman Lindsey Hendrix in relief. By starting Torres behind the plate, Doepking said postgame that she hoped that Romero would get into “more of a groove” and would work quicker, which could create better results for the Orange. She said Torres needed to be more assertive when catching, particularly in situations where Romero shook off her pitch calls, such as on Trull’s home run. The lack of communication between Romero and Torres on Sunday could be attributed
ALEXA ROMERO struggled for the second straight game against Virginia Tech, allowing more home runs than she had strike outs. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer
to the minimal amount of innings that Torres has played with Romero this season, Doepking said. Before the two home runs on Sunday, Doepking said there should’ve been a timeout. Romero thought the ball should go outside, but Torres thought it should be inside, and the ball ended up over the plate and out of the park. Romero finished the day with just three strikeouts, giving up more hits than strikeouts for the second consecutive day. She also earned her eighth loss of the season, which moved her below .500. With her final season at SU ending, and with only four games against No. 13 Clemson remaining before the ACC Tournament, Romero will likely be expected to continue carrying the brunt of Syracuse’s
pitching load. She has struggled against top-25 ACC teams this season, allowing a combined nine runs in two starts against then-No. 9 Florida State, as well as 11 runs in 14 innings against Virginia Tech this weekend. But Doepking mostly attributed her struggles to the level of competition that the Orange have been facing. “At the end of the day, Virginia Tech’s just a better team than us,” Doepking said. “Unless we play really great softball, it’s gonna be tough where we’re at right now to keep up with a team like Virginia Tech. I think everybody saw that this weekend.” csmith49@syr.edu @csmith17_
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SU women go winless against No. 4 Rutgers, Princeton By Cole Bambini staff writer
No. 9 Syracuse was swept in Sunday’s regatta against No. 4 Rutgers and unranked Princeton. SU’s varsity 8 finished last place (6:41.8), behind first-place Rutgers (6:28.3) and secondplace Princeton (6:32.0). SU’s varsity 4 (7:25.0) was narrowly edged out by Rutgers (7:23.4), with Princeton finishing second (7:24.2). SU best’s placement came from its 2nd varsity 8, which finished second (6:42.2). SU’s 2nd varsity 4 and 3rd varsity 4 finished third and fifth, respectively. The Orange entered this weekend’s regatta
ranked No. 9 in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) rankings. SU ranked No. 8 the week prior, the program’s highest ranking. Syracuse also recorded back-to-back top-10 rankings for the first time, too. Since the polls began in 2002, SU’s previous best ranking was 12th in the mid-May poll in 2017. Syracuse competed against Rutgers on April 4 in its first regatta of the season, which was also held at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. SU won the varsity 4 event (7:16.3), edging out the Scarlet Knights (7:21.5) by just over five seconds. SU’s varsity 8 placed second (6:41.4) that day, and the Orange didn’t finish higher than second in the 2nd varsity 4,
2nd varsity 8 and 3rd varsity 8 events. Syracuse last competed against Princeton in 2019, where the then-No. 7 Tigers won four of five events, only dropping the 3rd varsity 8 race. Sunday’s regatta was Princeton’s second of the year after it swept Drexel in all three events on April 24. The Tigers competed against Temple later on Sunday afternoon to close out their regular season. In other regattas this season, SU (6:43.01) retained the Orange Challenge Cup for the fourth consecutive season after defeating Northeastern’s 1st varsity 8 (7:05.9) by approximately 22 seconds in Saratoga
Springs. The Orange also swept the Huskies in the remaining three events. At the Big Ten Invitational in Bethel, Ohio, SU’s varsity 4 finished first and defeated three top-20 crews, including Rutgers, Washington State and Indiana. SU’s next regatta will be the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship from May 14-15 at Clemson. In this week’s CRCA poll, Syracuse was the second-highest ranked ACC school, six spots behind No. 3 Virginia. Syracuse could advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held from May 28-30, if they qualify or receive an at-large bid. cabambin@syr.edu
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3 takeaways from Syracuse’s 9-4 loss to UNC in ACC title game By Anish Vasudevan asst. digital editor
No. 1 seed North Carolina and No. 2 seed Syracuse’s Atlantic Coast Conference title game was a defensive showdown. Syracuse goalie Asa Goldstock finished with 11 saves, and the Orange caused four turnovers in the 9-4 loss. But SU didn’t have the firepower offensively with 16 turnovers and a shot percentage of 18.2%. Emma Ward was the most successful on the offensive end, finishing with points on all four goals. Here are three takeaways from Syracuse’s (14-3, 8-2 ACC) ACC title loss to North Carolina (18-0, 9-0):
Defensive success
The Orange held the Tar Heels, who are second in the ACC with 16.11 goals per game, to four first-half scores. The main contributor for SU’s defensive success was Goldstock, who made six saves in the opening period. UNC sent a lot of cutters through the 8-meter, but Goldstock got her stick on most of the shots that the Tar Heels made. Midway through the frame, Katie
Hoeg found the ACC’s leading scorer in Jamie Ortega for a shot attempt at point-blank range, and Goldstock simply punched the ball over the net and out of bounds. North Carolina continued to find open shots in the first half, finding the back of the net on some attempts. Syracuse continued to cause issues for the Tar Heels, however, making slides on the UNC attempts. Kerry Defliese, who finished with three caused turnovers, repeatedly got her stick in the passing lane. In the second half, the Tar Heels attempted to extend their 5-2 lead. Hoeg made her way from behind the net, spotting an open UNC player inside the 8-meter. But Defliese collapsed on Hoeg, knocking the pass down. And the Orange turned that defensive stop into offense as Emma Tyrrell scored on a no-look shovel shot off the transition. Still, the Orange were unable to come out of Chapel Hill with a victory as Goldstock struggled to guard free position shots. The Tar Heels scored three times on free position opportunities by the end of the outing.
Ward delivers again
After having a career-high five goals in Syra-
cuse’s semifinal win over No. 3 seed Boston College, Ward was SU’s offensive catalyst again. For the Orange’s first score, they began their motion offense and Ward was able to flip the ball to Emily Ehle who found the back of the net. Later in the first period, Ward started to position behind the net, quarterbacking the SU attack. At the end of the first half, Ward started from the back of the net, passing the ball to the right side of the field before curling inside the 8-meter. She was left unmarked, and Ehle found her at the doorstep for a score. Ward continued to cause issues for North Carolina’s defense in the last period. On Emma Tyrrell’s no-look score, Ward was able to draw North Carolina’s defense towards her and create space inside the 8-meter. She passed high over one defender to Emma Tyrrell to cut North Carolina’s lead to two goals. Ward finished with two goals and two assists, but it wasn’t enough to stop North Carolina’s ACC dynasty.
Up and down at the free position
Heading into the ACC title matchup, Syrcause was 1-of-7 with free position shots in the entire tournament. Early on for the
Orange, this issue showed. Meaghan Tyrrell was the first SU player to earn a free position opportunity after she was fouled with 14 minutes left in the first half. Out of the opportunity, the Orange ran a set play as Meaghan passed to Ehle who curled from behind the net. Ehle passed to Emma Tyrrell who was fouled and took her turn at the top of the 8-meter. Emma Tyrrell elected to charge the cage, but before she was able to get a shot she was fouled again. On the third free position opportunity in one possession, the Orange left empty-handed, unable to close on UNC’s 3-1 lead. In the second half, however, Ward broke Syracuse’s misfortune at the free position. While on the other opportunities the Orange charged the cage or passed, Ward stayed at the top of the 8-meter and lasered a ball into the back of the net to cut UNC’s lead to two scores. The Orange tried their play again as Sam Swart passed to Ehle who curled from behind the net. But, Ehle was surrounded by North Carolina’s defense, and the ball was knocked out of her stick. Syracuse finished with one score on six free position opportunities. asvasude@syr.edu @anish_vasu
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SU offense sputters in ACC title game
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Mets set to welcome 2,000 fans By Bryan Brush staff writer
MEAGHAN TYRRELL was held to zero points by UNC’s defense in Syracuse’s 9-4 loss to the Tar Heels in the ACC Tournament final. SU lost to UNC earlier this season, too. courtesy of the acc
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HAPEL HILL, N.C. — Down three goals with just a quarter of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game remaining, Syracuse desperately needed to regain momentum. The Orange lined up for the draw control, in need of its first draw win in the second half. As the ball flew up into the air and bounced along the right side, Ella Simkins scrambled to collect it and scanned for a pass. With UNC keyed on Simkins, Sierra Cockerille made a run in behind the Tar Heels’ backline. Simkins spotted her
teammate and lobbed a long 20-yard skip pass to a wide-open Cockerille. The midfielder gathered the ball with no defender within five yards of her, and wound up for a shot that should’ve been destined for the back of the net. Instead, it flew harmlessly over the top. “I think (if) we have a couple players step up on the offensive end, we’re in that game,” head coach Gary Gait said. “We had the opportunities, we had a couple players that had some great looks, and they just were off today on the offensive end.” Sunday afternoon, No. 2-seed Syracuse (14-3, 8-2 ACC) fell 9-4 to No. 1-seed North Carolina (18-0, 9-0) in the ACC Tournament final. The defense and Asa see north
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Goldstock held the Tar Heels to a seasonlow nine goals, but SU’s offense managed just nine shots on goal as the unit sputtered out. Missed chances and offensive turnovers prevented Syracuse from overcoming the gap between itself and ACC powerhouse UNC, which sealed its inevitable fifth-straight ACC championship. “They are the best team in the country right now, and we’re gonna have to play a much better game to try and put it all together if we want another shot at them,” Gait said. This ACC Tournament, SU relied on its defense against Virginia Tech and the offense against Boston College. After both wins, Gait stressed how critical it
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Small ball strategy fails in Syracuse’s 8-1 loss to VT By Anthony Alandt asst. copy editor
Calista Almer popped the first pitch from Keely Rochard to shallow left field, which dropped for her second hit of the series. Head coach Shannon Doepking signaled Angel Jasso to lay down a sacrifice bunt. She successfully sent it down the third-base line, and Cameron Fagan retired the freshman as Almer moved to second base. Syracuse took until the fourth inning to reach scoring position in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. On Sunday, Doepking used
a new, small-ball approach in the series finale against No. 20 Virginia Tech. Syracuse’s next two batters ended the inning, but the Orange found more success reaching scoring position. The next inning, Lailoni Mayfield’s hit went over the head of first baseman Jayme Bailey and landed softly into right field for the second leadoff single of the day in as many innings. Toni Martin, who started the season hot offensively but hasn’t hit a home run since April 6, showed bunt. On her third attempt, she laid a successful sacrifice bunt that advanced Mayfield to second base.
Syracuse (19-20, 11-17 Atlantic Coast) played small-ball to manufacture runs in its 8-1 loss on Sunday afternoon, though the approach ended with the same result as its first three blowout losses to Virginia Tech (32-12, 23-11). Syracuse scored just two total runs in the four-game weekend series. SU’s been outscored 93-16 against ranked teams this season. “I thought it was our best chance,” Doepking said postgame. “If we were going to push something, it was going to have to be going to a bunt early and hoping that something kind of falls our way.”
SU currently lags behind teams such as Virginia Tech, Doepking’s said. She said the Orange’s hitters can’t handle the NCAA’s leader in strikeouts, Rochard. So she opted for an approach she thought would lead to more successful at-bats and more runs on the board. The approach worked in part. SU recorded five hits, as many as it had in the three previous games. But once runners found themselves on base, hitters struck out. “Unfortunately, when we had opportunities, we kind of reverted back to the strikeouts in the big see virginia
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Despite holding No. 1 seed UNC to a season-low 9 goals, the Orange fell flat in a 5-goal loss By Gaurav Shetty
The Syracuse Mets will welcome 2,163 fans back into NBT Stadium on Tuesday for its home opener against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders. The game will be the largest in-person gathering in Onondaga County since before the pandemic. The absence of Mets baseball in 2020 had implications on both staff within the organization and in the Onondaga County community, said Michael Tricarico, director of broadcasting and media relations for the Mets. Seasonal employees have gone without work, and interaction with fans has been significantly limited. “(We’re) ready to go do what we do, which is put on a great show and be here for the fans,” General Manager Jason Smorol said. Upon arrival, all fans will be required to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. Fans must be 14 days removed from their second dose of either the
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Syracuse holds UNC to seasonlow 9 goals By Anish Vasudevan asst. digital editor
With two minutes left in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, North Carolina’s Jamie Ortega charged down the field in transition. Ortega, who scored on the Orange’s defense two minutes earlier, made her way to the top of the 8-meter. As Ortega traveled deeper into Syracuse’s defense, SU goalie Asa Goldstock followed her every movement. Goldstock shifted her body and positioned her stick in line with Ortega, anticipating a strike. Ortega rocketed the ball at Goldstock, and it came lower than she expected. But Goldstock deflected Ortega’s attempt away for her 11th save of the afternoon. “Our defense played an amazing game, they were tremendous today,” head coach Gary Gait said. “Asa Goldstock in goal kept us in it, kept giving us chances to try and crawl back.” But Goldstock and No. 2 seed Syracuse’s defensive success wasn’t enough, as it lost 9-4 to No. 1 seed North Carolina on Sunday. The Orange (14-3, 8-2 ACC) held the Tar Heels (18-0, 9-0) to a season-low in goals, and Goldstock finished with a 55% save percentage. Syracuse see defense page 9