Syracuse volleyball keeps to Women’s Building, relocates games from Carrier Dome
When freshman Dana Crispi came to Syracuse on her first recruiting visit for the volleyball team in 2013, it was to a game in the Carrier Dome against Georgia Tech. “I Instagrammed a picture,” Crispi...
View ArticleYelin prepares to face old program Louisville, former player Kordes
Anne Kordes loved playing for Leonid Yelin. But she hates coaching against him, even though her teams haven’t lost a single set to him and Syracuse since she became Louisville’s head coach. This year’s...
View ArticleSyracuse loses all energy in 3-0 loss to Louisville
After blowing leads in the first two games, Syracuse had nothing left. “It just doesn’t really matter what I’m telling them, trying to encourage them in the third game,” SU head coach Leonid Yelin...
View ArticleWlaszczuk spreads ball around to hitters in straight-set win
Syracuse head coach Leonid Yelin looked at the final box score and couldn’t believe what he saw. “I never seen this number,” Yelin said. “Lindsay (McCabe) was .700 hitting percentage. That’s a lot. And...
View ArticleSyracuse shakes off closing struggles to defeat Wake Forest, snap 7-game...
All season, Syracuse has struggled closing out sets. And the Orange had another chance to let a team come from behind. But this time was different. Tied at 17 in the third set, SU libero Belle Sand dug...
View ArticleSyracuse’s liberos Crispi, Sand bond through freshman, team’s struggles
When Dana Crispi and Belle Sand sub in for each other, they high-five, look each other in the eye and say, “We got this, this is me and you.” The two freshmen defensive specialists have formed a bond...
View ArticleSyracuse looks to setter Wlaszczuk to maintain aggressiveness at Georgia Tech
Without two of its top outside hitters, Syracuse needed another attacker. Blockers had intermittently stepped in offensively as head coach Leonid Yelin tinkered with lineups and positions, but one...
View ArticleSyracuse drops 5-setter to Georgia Tech after taking first 2 sets
After a promising start, Syracuse couldn’t hold off Georgia Tech. SU (8-13, 1-8) beat Georgia Tech (10-12, 3-6) in the first two sets, 25-23, but dropped the next three 25-11, 25-20 and 15-10. After...
View ArticleInjuries, lineup shuffles derail Syracuse volleyball’s chemistry, season
Last week during practice, head coach Leonid Yelin called for his players to get into their first rotation. Junior setter Gosia Wlaszczuk looked at her coach and said, “Which rotation is first?” The...
View ArticleSyracuse hopes to maintain improved passing, attacking rhythm against Louisville
In the fourth set against Georgia Tech on Oct. 24, Gosia Wlaszczuk set a ball to Silvi Uattara. For the Yellow Jackets, only one blocker slid to cover Uattara’s spike. For Syracuse, one blocker sliding...
View ArticleSyracuse fails to take set, loses to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh handed Syracuse its third straight loss in a tightly contested, three-set match. After losing to Louisville on Friday, the Orange (8-15, 1-10 Atlantic Coast) scored more than 20 points in...
View ArticleSmith struggles with transition to outside hitter after transferring to Syracuse
Head coach Leonid Yelin knew he had a scholarship available for the 2014 season. While he recruited, he found right-side hitter Stacey Smith at the University of Georgia. Yelin had no intentions of...
View ArticleSand takes over libero role, gives Syracuse flexibility
Freshman Belle Sand didn’t play the first five games of the season for Syracuse. Instead, she sat on the bench and watched senior Melina Violas and freshman Dana Crispi play at libero and defensive...
View ArticleSyracuse attack gives balanced yet inefficient performance in home loss to...
The Syracuse offense passed the eye test, but statistically was not up to par. SU setter Gosia Wlaszczuk spread the ball around, but the Orange’s hitters were not consistently converting sets into...
View ArticleClemson runs out to early leads to tire out, finish Syracuse in 4 sets
Gosia Wlaszczuk fidgeted around the Syracuse sideline in the fourth set. She sat at the end of a line of standing teammates, taking long sips out of a water bottle. After a Clemson point, she moved...
View ArticleSyracuse struggles to defend behind blocks in straight-set loss to Duke
When Syracuse set up double blocks in the corners, Duke players hit angled balls across the court. And when SU countered by moving blockers closer to the middle, Duke popped balls over the Orange’s...
View ArticleSyracuse comebacks continually fall short, Orange loses to No. 25 Duke in...
Leonid Yelin called a timeout in the second set after Duke rattled off three points, putting SU down by six points. The head coach motioned toward the scoreboard and pointed toward his head, spiritedly...
View ArticleSlow starts hinder Syracuse in ACC play heading into weekend matchup with...
Down 19-16 to Duke on Nov. 9, it looked like Syracuse still had a chance to come back and win the first set. But six straight points for the Blue Devils, punctuated by an ace from Emily Sklar, ended...
View ArticleInconsistent effort dooms Syracuse volleyball to 4-set loss against Boston
At set point, Boston College right side Julia Topor smacked a ball down the right sideline, directly in front of the Syracuse bench. No Orange players went for the ball, hoping it would go out of...
View ArticleSalkute leads Syracuse, suffers from frustration in Syracuse’s 4-set loss to...
After Syracuse dropped the third set to Boston College, right-side hitter Monika Salkute was the first to jog to the other side of the court. She looked up at the scoreboard showing she was leading the...
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