The Syracuse team that takes the field against Albany in the season opener at the Dome on Saturday will be hardly recognizable from the one that lost to Maryland in the 2011 NCAA quarterfinals.
A young and largely unproven Syracuse men’s lacrosse team has a chance to carve its own niche in the program’s storied history and bring the Orange back to playoff success after two straight years of surprising early exits from the NCAA tournament.
The No. 4-ranked Syracuse men’s lacrosse team owns a 12-1 record—the only blemish an 11-6 setback to Cornell on April 12. Sounds good, except the Orange have been criticized because seven of those wins were by two goals or less.