Duke has won three tournament games by a total of four goals and Syracuse is an NCAA-best 7-3 in one-goal games. It’s almost inconceivable to see either team running away with a comfortable victory, and Monday should feature one of the more compelling title games in recent history.
It was no shock at Thursday’s NCAA Lacrosse Final Four media day at Lincoln Financial Field hearing that the Syracuse team bus was crawling in traffic on the Schuykill as strong storms pushed through, and would be almost 90 minutes late arriving to get the first glimpse of the field
The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team was well on its way to its first NCAA Final Four since 2009 before the offense went silent for more than 40 minutes. Trailing 6-4 with 3:04 to play, the Orange rallied to tie the game with goals 46 seconds apart.
he Orange knocked off NEC Champion Bryant, 12-7, at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse had to rally from an early 4-0 deficit as Bryant dominated the Orange at the faceoff X.
On the surface, a 5-2 record looks good. The Orange have had quality, consecutive wins over Virginia, St. John’s and Johns Hopkins, but it’s also had frustrating losses—the season opener at home against Albany and this past Saturday at Villanova.