Syracuse’s new athletic director Mark Coyle has a lot on his plate as he settles into the 315. He’s sure to evaluate each of the programs, coaches, facilities and his department’s staff.
A huge senior class, including Rice, Staats and Galasso, has departed. Two starting attackmen and the entire first-line midfield are gone; that’s roughly 60 percent of the team’s scoring in 2015.
Heck, with a crowd of 24,215 for Monday’s Div. I championship game, that’s only roughly 14,000 more than showed up to watch the quarterfinals at Navy’s Marine-Corps Memorial Stadium.
One X factor if the Orange can advance to Philadelphia and the Final Four has been the highlight of the season, Ben Williams’s dominant performances in facing off and giving the offense the ball.
In the present is this Sunday’s NCAA Tournament game against either Bryant or Marist for the No. 2 seed SU lacrosse squad, eyeing an end to a six year championship drought.
Nicky Galasso scored twice in the final nine minutes of the game, Kevin Rice added two goals and three assists, and No. 1 Syracuse edged No. 12 Colgate 9-7 on Saturday afternoon.
Syracuse was most impressive overall, and specifically down the stretch to garner two, one goal wins in three days over ACC counterparts North Carolina and Duke