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Orange Watch: Syracuse may have lost, but the ACC was the big winner following its lacrosse tournament weekend
With that statement to begin his postgame remarks to the media Sunday afternoon, Syracuse lacrosse coach John Desko summed up perfectly, and put a light spin on, his team’s thwarted comeback in the final minute of regulation play ending with a 15-14 loss to Notre Dame in the ACC championship game at PPL Park just down I-95 from Philadelphia.
Orange Watch: Syracuse lacrosse finds old foe waiting in NCAA semifinals
The rivalry between Syracuse’s John Desko (five championships) and Denver coach Bill Tierney (six titles) was born the May day in 1992 when Tierney’s upstart Princeton team upset Desko’s mentor and predecessor Roy Simmons Jr.’s terrific top-seeded squad, 10-9 in 2OT, in Philadelphia’s venerable Franklin Field for the ’92 NCAA championship.