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Season-opener marks start of Emily Engstler era for Syracuse women's basketball

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The entertainment factor will be quite high when the Syracuse women's basketball team begins its 2018-19 season by hosting North Dakota on Tuesday in the Carrier Dome.

Head coach Quentin Hillsman, who always puts a fun and fast product on the floor, returns all five starters from a team that reached the NCAA Tournament last season. That group is complemented by one of the most highly regarded classes of newcomers in the country.

The Orange is a AP preseason No. 18 pick in the country and is slotted No. 3 in the ACC, which fields the best group of Division I women's teams in the land.