Orange Challenge Cup - Syracuse University Athletics

Men's Basketball76

Buffalo (exhibition)

vs Buffalo (exhibition)66

Oct 25|Final

Women's Soccer2

#23 North Carolina

at #23 North Carolina4

Oct 26|Final

Ice Hockey0

at #4 Cornell5

Oct 28|Final

Women's Basketball98

Daemen (Exhibition)

vs Daemen (Exhibition)62

Oct 28|Final

Men's Basketball75

Pace (exhibition)

vs Pace (exhibition)57

Oct 29|Final

Cross Country

Oct 31

ACC Championships

vs ACC Championships

Tennis

Oct 31

Buffalo Invitational

vs Buffalo Invitational

Men's Soccer

Oct 31|6 PM

at #4 NC State

Volleyball

Oct 31|6:30 PM

at Florida State

Football

Oct 31|7:30 PM

vs North Carolina

The Orange Challenge Cup started in 1979 and is awarded to the winner of the varsity eight race between Syracuse, Northeastern and Penn

Year	First	Second	Third
1979	Penn	Syracuse	Boston University
1980	Penn	Syracuse
1981	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1982	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1983	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1984	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
1985	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1986	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1987	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1988	Penn	Northeastern	Syracuse
1989	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1990	Northeastern	Syracuse	Penn
1991	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1992	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1993	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1994	No Race
1995	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
1996	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1997	Northeastern	Syracuse	Penn
1998	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
1999	Northeastern	Syracuse	Penn
2000	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
2001	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2002	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
2003	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2004	Syracuse	Northeastern	Penn
2005	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2006	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2007	Northeastern	Syracuse	Penn
2008	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
2009	Syracuse	Northeastern	Penn
2010	Northeastern	Penn	Syracuse
2011	Penn	Northeastern	Syracuse
2012	Penn	Northeastern	Syracuse
2013	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2014	Syracuse	Northeastern	Penn
2015	Syracuse	Northeastern	Penn
2016	Penn	Syracuse	Northeastern
2017	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2018	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern
2019	Syracuse	Northeastern	Penn
2020	No race
2021	Syracuse	Northeastern
2022	No race
2023	Syracuse	Penn	Northeastern

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