Nick Mariano, Jordan Evans and Nate Solomon each recorded a hat trick, and Syracuse scored 10 straight goals to rout Cornell 15-8 at the Carrier Dome on Tuesday evening.
Cornell had an early 4-3 lead with about four minutes left in the first quarter, but the Orange tied the game 90 seconds later with a Brendan Bomberry goal on a man-up opportunity. That opened the floodgates for SU, and by the time Stephen Rehfuss scored on an unassisted goal with 8:21 left in the third quarter to cap the run, Syracuse had taken an unassailable 12-4 lead.
The win also returned faceoff specialist Ben Williams to elite form. Williams had struggled in faceoffs against Notre Dame (10-23) and Duke (4-18), but he had no such trouble against the Big Red, winning 19 of 25 opportunities.
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Syracuse has now rattled off seven straight wins, and the margin of victory is growing. After the Orange had played in seven straight one-goal games, winning six of them, SU has enjoyed a six and seven goal margin in its last two contests.
Syracuse also dominated the box score, outshooting Cornell 47-34, with a 27-17 advantage in shots on goal.
Nate Solomon led Cornell, which dropped to 3-7 on the season, with three goals.
Syracuse travels to Chapel Hill this Saturday to face North Carolina for a 4 p.m. start. It will be televised on ESPNU.
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