For the second time this season, the No. 12 Syracuse men’s lacrosse team (3-1, 1-0 ACC) erased a five-goal deficit over a top-12 team, downing No. 11 Virginia (4-2, 0-1 ACC) 14-13.
Now, the trio recovered well and put in a stellar performance the rest of the way, but with Mellen unlikely to return this week, that means Desko will roll out Cunningham, Firman and Bomberry again, this time against better competition.
With the trend of talented rosters now seemingly everywhere, it’s going to continue to make it challenging for ‘Cuse lax to not only make it back to the Final Four.
The wait goes on for the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team, and there’s a lot of work to be done for the 2017 edition to get the program back to where it belongs.
If Syracuse makes the NCAA tournament next season and wins a first round game, the quarterfinals locations are relatively close Long Island and Delaware.
Fresh off an ACC Championship win against rival Duke, No. 5 Syracuse completely dominated against Colgate on Senior Day in its last game before the NCAA Tournament.