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Syracuse’s season-opener against Pitt pushed back from Oct. 3 to Oct. 6

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Syracuse had its season-opener against Pittsburgh moved to Oct. 6.

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Syracuse’s men’s soccer game against Pittsburgh, originally scheduled for Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., has been moved to Oct. 6, Syracuse Athletics announced in a release. The release did not specify a reason for the scheduling change.

A member of the program tested positive for the coronavirus on Sept. 13. SU players quarantined while waiting for the contact tracing results, with at least one player quarantining in the Sheraton Hotel for a short period of time, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

The Panthers will be Syracuse’s first opponent of the shortened 2020 season after an exhibition against Virginia on Sept. 19 and an official game against Navy on Friday were both canceled.

Since fall Olympic sports began, four Syracuse games — two field hockey, two men’s soccer — have been postponed or canceled due to coronavirus-related reasons. Field hockey’s two-game series against Duke was postponed after players came in contact with an unaffiliated individual who tested positive for COVID-19.



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