Women's Lacrosse 2026 Spring Practice

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Ric Beardsley was just on Orange Nation.

Angela tore her ACL and will be out for the season.

 

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Syracuse lacrosse back at practice: What both teams need to sharpen in preseason

Both Syracuse University lacrosse teams returned to practice this week before the 2026 season begins in February.

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Thorpe has a month to put the finishing touches on a new system and philosophy in camp before SU opens the season on Feb. 6 at the JMA Dome against No. 8 Maryland.

“He really brings the energy and has so much hope in us and faith in us,” Syracuse defender Kaci Benoit said of Thorpe, “which is so exciting and gives us such amazing confidence within ourselves. It’s been really fun.”

Syracuse is implementing a fast-paced, dynamic offensive attack led by new assistant coach Nicole Levy (a former Orange star). It is a system that is grounded in exploiting defenses with crisp ball movement and player cuts to expose shot opportunities in motion or on the crease.

The Orange women lost leading scorer Emma Ward to graduation and high-scoring attack Olivia Adamson to the transfer portal (Northwestern) but returns several of its top scorers from last year, including Emma Muchnick, Caroline Trinkaus, Gracie Britton and Alexa Vogelman.

Thorpe also shored up SU’s defense in the portal by adding Cece Webb from Virginia and Mackenzie Salentre from Albany to put in front of returning goaltender Daniella Guyette.

The Orange also need to settle its rotation at draw control and adjust to new rules passed in the offseason that Thorpe believes will put an emphasis on special teams this season.

Like Gait’s team, the schedule for Thorpe’s team will be one of the most challenging in the sport.

Syracuse will face a total of 10 teams that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament on its schedule, including three of four (Boston College, Northwestern, North Carolina) that made the Final Four last season.

We’re just a few weeks away from real college lacrosse games in Syracuse.

For now, as Allen Iverson once famously said, “We’re talking about practice.”

 

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NCAA 2026 Countdown: No. 11 Syracuse Resetting Under Regy Thorpe

Thorpe spent the fall evaluating his roster and different combinations that result in success.

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It’s a new regime at Syracuse with former Orange men’s great Regy Thorpe now head coach after Kayla Treanor left for Penn State.

A late-season swoon left Syracuse 10-9 last year. Leading scorer Emma Ward (30G, 46A) graduated, though she is volunteering with the team while finishing a master’s degree, and Olivia Adamson transferred to Northwestern. Meghan Rode, who led the Orange in draw controls last year, left for Richmond.

The Orange have their next eight top scorers back. They added 2024 America East Defensive Player of the Year Mackenzie Salentre (UAlbany) and 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships gold medalist Cece Webb (Virginia) to their defensive corps, Courtney Maclay (Stony Brook) to the midfield mix and Angela Beardsley (Stony Brook) to the attack.

Last year’s top scorer, Emma Muchnick, is on the U.S. Women’s National Team. The senior midfielder was a third-team All-American last year, and defender Coco Vandiver returns for her senior year after garnering honorable mention accolades.

 

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43. Caroline Trinkaus, A, Syracuse

Trinkaus finished second on the team in points (43), goals (32), and assists (11), highlighting her well-rounded offensive impact. She started all but one game on the season and earned All-ACC third-team recognition, providing consistent production and reliability within the offense.

14. Emma Muchnick, M, Syracuse

Her goal-scoring skyrocketed in her second year in Orange, finishing 34 times — the most goals of any Syracuse player last year. That earned her a spot on the USA final roster for the '26 World Championship before she returns to ‘Cuse as one of the key veteran leaders under Regy Thorpe.

 

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