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.
Redshirt senior attackman Dylan Donahue scored four goals and added five assists, a career best, as Syracuse dominated Siena in its 2016 season opener, 18-5.
Syracuse attackman Kevin Rice had this to say about his opener. Both individually and as an offense to get going on the right foot. I think it was a total team offensive performance. We had 12 different goal scorers so I think we were doing a good job.
The Orange flexed its offensive muscles in its home opener, as it scored on its first three possessions and closed the half on a 6-1 run to take a commanding 13-4 lead at intermission.
There would be no early exit this year for the Orange. One year after a shocking 9-8 double overtime loss to Army in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Syracuse had no problems in this year’s first round, defeating Siena 10-4.