(Syracuse Athletic Communications)
Syracuse, N.Y. — Several minutes after he came in from the cold Sunday afternoon, Syracuse soccer forward Chris Nanco still sported thermal gloves.
It looked like the eventual removal of those accessories might require a blowtorch. Nanco and his teammates had just battled through 90 minutes of arctic climate to beat Dartmouth 3-0 in a NCAA Tournament second-round game at the SU Soccer Stadium, and blood was a long ways away from freely flowing through everyone's limbs.
"I'm a small guy. I get cold really easily,'' said the 5-foot-6 Nanco. "I probably wear the most equipment at practice when it's weather like this.