One of the beauties of college lacrosse is that the top teams play each other… again… and again. No. 2 Syracuse is facing a ranked opponent for the fifth game in a row. SU won three of the first four—the only loss coming in double-overtime against Notre Dame. Meanwhile, No. 4 North Carolina is in the middle of a similar stretch that started with a loss against Maryland, but was…
Syracuse has traditionally been the best team in New York. But in recent years, Albany has made a strong run at the Orange. In the last two matchups between the two teams, each one went into overtime. Lyle Thompson leads the nation in points and will look to give SU trouble. The matchup to watch will be Thompson against Syracuse’s top defender, Brandon Mullins. Earlier this week SU head coach…
Senior Jack Near would score in transition in the second overtime to give the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a 12-11 game in double overtime. With the win, Notre Dame and Syracuse will trade places in the polls. Nick Ossello opened the scoring with his unassisted goal 26 seconds into the contest. Syracuse would counter with redshirt senior Nicky Galasso scored an unassisted goal to get Syracuse offense started. Both offenses…
No. 1 vs. No. 2. With about a month left in the regular season, it doesn’t get much better, especially considering how close the two Syracuse-Notre Dame games were last season. Each game was decided by one goal and another classic could be in store on Saturday. The Orange will travel to South Bend, Indiana to play its first true road game of the year. Both teams are coming off…
Kevin Rice pumped his arms above his head with two hands on his stick as if he was performing a bench press. And then he did it again. And again. It was an homage to Randy Staats, who missed No. 1 Syracuse’s (7-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) 19-7 win over No. 4 Duke (7-2, 0-1) with a lower-body injury and usually celebrates goals with this hand gesture. And even without its…
The Syracuse Orange out ran the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays for a 13-10 win at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse overcame an early deficit and used a number of runs each time Hopkins came back to tie the game to earn the win. Randy Staats offensive output lead the Orange. Johns Hopkins opened the scoring when senior Wells Stanwick found midfielder Kieran Eissler. The Jays continued scoring the next two, taking…
Syracuse and Johns Hopkins renew their rivalry this weekend as the Blue Jays travel up north for a trip to the Carrier Dome. It may not be the biggest rivalry for either team, but for many years, these two teams were NCAA championship lacrosse. During Syracuse’s run of 22 straight final fours, Johns Hopkins was also there for 15 of them. These two teams met for the championship itself five…
Syracuse defeated St. John’s with a score of 14-6. While that may seem like what many expected, the way that score came about matched nobody’s expectations. The first half of lacrosse had echoes of last year’s NCAA opener against Bryant for Syracuse’s offense. St. John’s picked up right where they left off in their last game where they took a great Yale squad down to the wire to lose in…
Syracuse is playing St. John’s in the Cobb County Classic in Georgia. The event is the brainchild of former Orange attackman Liam Banks as part of his LB3 lacrosse organization. These teams played each other in the same event last year with Syracuse being the victors 14-8. All signs point to a similar outcome as Syracuse has looked the part of a team on a mission to overcome their NCAA…
When Syracuse and Virginia meet on Sunday, it marks not just the beginning of ACC play this season, but also the next installment of one of the best match ups in college lacrosse. The two undefeated teams have taken slightly different paths to reach this point, but as always, it will prove to be a great game. Syracuse head coach John Desko says year after year that this is a…