Delaware
Second Half Run Propels Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse to Victory Over Delaware
On the back of a dominant second half, No. 6 Syracuse (7-2, 0-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) blew past No. 20 Delaware (3-3, 1-0 Coastal Athletic Association) 14-6 on Saturday. The win marks the second Top-20 victory for the Orange in a week’s span after beating then-No. 2 Johns Hopkins 14-13 last weekend.
Saturday’s meeting between SU and UD, which was played at Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, Virginia, was part of Corrigan Sports Enterprises’ College Lacrosse Live series.
On the neutral field, the Blue Hens came out of the gate firing. Delaware controlled possession for much of the first quarter, and scored four of the game’s first six goals.
In the waning seconds of the opening frame, after a Finn Thomson goal cut the UD lead to 4-3, Delaware defenseman Louie Atkinson delivered a major hit to SU attackman Joey Spallina that sent SU’s leading scorer to the locker room.
With its top point-getter on the shelf, Syracuse opened the second quarter on the man-up while Atkinson served a two-minute penalty for his hit on Spallina.
Orange attackman Owen Hiltz cashed in. The redshirt junior ripped a perimeter shot into the top corner of the net to tie the game at 4-4.
“It definitely lights a fire,” Hiltz said of his teammate’s injury. “But it’s kind of the game of lacrosse.”
Across the next six minutes of the second quarter, SU’s offense was stagnant without its facilitator. The Blue Hens re-took the lead before Orange long-pole Billy Dwan III netted a transition goal to re-tie the game.
Then Spallina trotted back onto the field, assumed his familiar position at X, and assisted Christian Mulé’s goal that gave SU a halftime lead it never relinquished.
“[SU offensive coordinator Pat] March had some new offense going after halftime,” said Hiltz. “We stuck to it and scored some goals.”
In the third, while March’s offense returned to form, the Syracuse defense battened down. The Orange didn’t allow a Delaware goal in the period, and a one-goal halftime advantage was a five-goal cushion by the start of the fourth.
“Incredible effort by the defense to hold [UD] to one goal in the last three quarters,” head coach Gary Gait said.
The SU run continued in the fourth quarter. After Blue Hens freshman Tyler Owings snapped a nearly 31-minute dry spell with a bounce shot into the cage, Hiltz scored three times consecutively to put the game out of reach.
Hiltz finished with six goals, his most in a game since he tallied seven against Robert Morris in May 2021, but the story of the day was SU’s defense.
From the 11:50 mark of the second quarter to the 10:43 point in the fourth, Syracuse held Delaware off the scoreboard. The stretch marked the second-longest scoreless period by an SU opponent this season. The Orange forced the Blue Hens into 10 turnovers and SU goalie Will Mark made a season-best 17 saves in cage.
“It’s been a great week of lacrosse for Syracuse,” Gait said after the game.
With a second-straight ranked victory in tow, SU returns home for its penultimate home game of the season and perhaps its toughest test to date. Syracuse clashes with No. 2 Duke (8-1, 0-0 ACC) in its conference opener on Wednesday. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. WAER’s coverage starts with McClurg Remodeling Countdown to Faceoff at 6:30 p.m.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
Wilmington Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy Tuesday night in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood.
According to police, the shooting occurred at approximately 8:33 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 5th Street.
On their arrival at the scene, police say they located the 16-year-old with at least one gunshot wound and transported him to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
This incident remains under investigation.
Police did not share whether there have been any arrests in connection with the shooting or a possible motive.
Wilmington Police encourage anyone with information about this incident, contact Detective Justin Wilkers at (302) 576-3634. Information can also be sent to Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, or Delawarecrimestoppers.com.
The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) Victim Service Unit and Youth Response Unit are available to provide information and support to victims, children, and families affected by this incident.
The Victim Service Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3622, and the Youth Response Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3183.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, D.E, – Two 17-year-olds, Cara and Nathan, were struck and killed while walking on South Dupont Highway, according to Delaware State Police. Police say the driver did not stay at the scene, but investigators have now arrested a suspect.
Community mourns teens killed on South Dupont Highway
What we know:
Delaware State Police say the crash happened around 1:10 a.m. last Sunday while Cara and Nathan were walking an e-bike in or near the left lane of southbound Dupont Parkway near Denny Lynn Drive. Police say the driver initially stopped but then left the scene.
Troopers later arrested 23-year-old Nizaiah Ellis during a traffic stop and say the car had damage consistent with the crash.
Police say the two teens were headed to Cara’s house to leave for a trip with her family later that day.
Family and friends gathered Tuesday for a memorial to remember Cara and Nathan.
“It’s still new. It comes in waves but sometimes you just feel paralyzed and numb,” said Rachel Roderick and Heather Feeley, the teens’ mothers.
“I want others to hug their babies extra tight. Take so many photos you don’t know what to do to them. (Say yes to your kids more.)” said Roderick and Feeley.
“Forgiveness would have been easier had he not left our babies. Left. So senseless,” said Cara’s mother, Heather Feeley.
Roderick said, “It’s beautiful. The love is what’s keeping us going. The support of the community.”
The teens’ lives and dreams remembered
Cara graduated high school a year early and was a student at Del Tech, hoping to become a cosmetologist.
Nathan would have been a senior in high school this fall and wanted to own a mechanics business working on boats, motorcycles and cars.
Family and friends described the teens as kind and deeply loved.
“They were so kind. They loved everyone as is displayed here today. No one was not a friend and they loved each other immensely,” said Feeley. “They both touched so many lives and I don’t even think they realized how big of an impact they left on everyone,” said Roderick.
Kaelynn Miller, one of Cara’s best friends who helped organize the memorial, said, “Kara and Nathan never deserved this. If anyone is listening to this they weren’t just a person. The people you took were some of the most genuine souls out there.”
Today would have been Cara’s 18th birthday. Parents said the two were dating at the time of their deaths.
A GoFundMe has been set up for Cara’s family and Nathan’s family.
What we don’t know:
Police have not released further details about the investigation or any potential charges for the driver.
Additional information about the ongoing case has not been provided.
The Source: Information from Delaware State Police and interviews at the memorial.
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