SPORTS
TUESDAY
september 25, 2012
football
Thompson to miss 2012 due to injury
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2012
FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEW1 of 5
By Michael Cohen STAFF WRITER
Syracuse freshman tight end Ron Thompson will miss the 2012 season with a lowerbody injury that required THOMPSON surgery, the athletic department announced on Monday. Thompson, a four-star recruit out of Southfield High School in Michigan, was arguably the jewel of head coach Doug Marrone’s recruiting class and likely would have received playing time this season. The 6-foot-4-inch, 256-pound Thompson caught 67 passes for 809 yards as a senior at Southfield, and he had scholarship offers from Michigan, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Indiana, Bowling Green and Toledo in addition to Syracuse, according to Rivals.com Thompson has not practiced since the end of the preseason, but he will have four years of eligibility remaining due to his lack of participation in any of Syracuse’s (1-3) games this season. So far, Beckett Wales holds the top tight end spot for SU in 2012, with David Stevens receiving playing time as well. Wales has 13 catches for 112 yards on the season, while Stevens has just one catch for 5 yards. Carl Cutler, a third option at tight end for Syracuse, has five catches for 32 yards. Louie Addazio, Max Beaulieu and Josh Parris are the other three tight ends on SU’s roster, but none of them have caught a pass this season. mjcohe02@syr.edu @Michael_Cohen13
allen chiu | design editor IAN MCINTYRE has led Syracuse to its best start in 16 years in 2012. After winning five games combined the last two seasons, SU is 7-2 and confident heading into the second half of its season. The Orange has posted seven shutouts and ranks 13th in the nation in scoring offense.
Quick turnaround SU off to strong start as McIntyre rebuilds program in 3rd season By Nick Toney
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o two emails found in Ian McIntyre’s inbox read the same. The surprised ones come from fans that never anticipated Syracuse’s 7-2 record. The congratulatory ones come from friends and oppos-
ing coaches that know how tough McIntyre’s job looked one year ago. Then there are the emails from former players like Jeremy Vuolo and Nick Roydhouse that laugh at the irony. Their departures coincided with SU’s newfound success and the program’s best start since 1996. The turnaround is anything but unexpected for those players, though.
The excuse-making is no longer around Syracuse soccer. McIntyre’s message has sunk in. “It was going to take time for ‘Mac’ to implement his philosophy,” Roydhouse said. “They needed time to mature as soccer players, but it was only a matter of time.” After a nine-player exodus in 2010, a three-win season in 2011 and a freshman-laden roster, McIntyre has held his players accountable in every facet of the program. Strangely and suddenly, McIntyre
has become the architect of a winner. His team wasn’t supposed to be this good this fast. But on Saturday, Syracuse won its seventh game — more than the past two years combined — in front of a raucous and orange-clad home crowd. It has posted seven shutouts in nine outings and ranks 13th in the nation in scoring offense. Now, the same person who walked in the locker room in 2011 telling his players they could be great is telling
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Gait, Tumolo reprimanded for actions at championship game By David Wilson STAFF WRITER
Gary Gait and Michelle Tumolo have been reprimanded by the NCAA for misconduct toward the officials during the 2012 NCAA championship game in May.
The NCAA said the Syracuse head coach was critical of the officiating after his team’s 8-6 loss to Northwestern in the game. Tumolo was reprimanded for making unsporting comments and placing her hands on an official after receiving her second yellow card of the game.
“The women’s lacrosse committee was disappointed with the unsportsmanlike actions displayed by the coach and student-athlete,” said Candice Lee, chair of the Division-I women’s lacrosse committee, in an NCAA release. “We believe these types of behaviors only serve to discredit the
sport of women’s lacrosse and the championship.” Gait “will not be commenting on the NCAA release,” said Susie Mehringer, SU assistant director of athletic communications, in an email on Monday. Gait said after the Orange’s loss that he “felt like we were playing
versus two teams.” Tumolo had her transportation expenses and championship per diem withheld, and she will serve a onegame suspension in the first game of the 2013 season. dbwilson@syr.edu