Goalie & Defense Training with Riley Figueiras
Riley Figueiras
2025: ACC Conference Champion… CSC Academic All-Region ... ACC All-Tournament Team … USA Lacrosse Division I Preseason All-America Honorable Mention … Inside Lacrosse Preseason and Midseason All-America Honorable Mention … one of the top cover defenders in the country … snagged 31 ground balls while causing 27 caused turnovers, which ranks seventh in program history for a single season … has 55 caused turnovers in two seasons, tied for eighth in a career at Syracuse … started in all 19 games at close defense, helping Syracuse improve its defensive rating to 10.37 goals allowed per game, down from 11.00 last spring … logged eight games with multiple caused turnovers, including three forced turnovers four times … had nine caused turnovers during the postseason, including six during the NCAA Tournament … caused three against No. 4 Princeton (May 17) in the NCAA Quarterfinal round … had 11 games with at least two ground balls, peaking at three on three separate occasions.
2024: Syracuse Athletics Male Rookie of the Year … started at close defense in all 18 games after missing his true freshman season with a lower-body injury … led Syracuse with 28 caused turnovers, the most ever by a Syracuse player in their first year of action … tallied six games with multiple caused turnovers, including both NCAA Tournament games against No. 12 Towson (May 12) in the first round and No. 5 Denver (May 19) in the quarterfinal matchup … accounted for 27 ground balls, including 11 games with multiple ground balls … snagged a career-high three in a one-goal win at North Carolina (April 13) … penalized just six times all season … averaged 1.56 caused turnovers per game, ranking 31st in the country and third in the ACC.