Location: Maryland Stadium (College Park, MD)
Date/Time: Saturday, May 15th at 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Television/Stream: ESPNU Watch ESPN, Hulu Live, Sling, YouTubeTV)
Live Stats: LINK
Series History: Syracuse leads the all-time series 17-5. The two played every year from 1995 through 2013, with the Orange dominating the series. Syracuse won the last meeting 9-8 which took place eight years ago. Syracuse has also won six of the last seven matchups.
Syracuse Coming In: Syracuse has had an up and down season. The Orange started the year jumping out to a 6-1 lead over Army in the opener before losing by seven goals. After rebounding with a 20-10 win over Virginia, Syracuse beat Vermont, Stony Brook and Holy Cross before losing to Duke, Notre Dame and North Carolina over the next four games. The Orange did win two of the last three, however, to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. Syracuse is without Chase Scanlan
Denver is looking to rebound after losing in the Big East championship game.
ESPN’s Anish Shroff: We ve Made it to May
Thu May 13 2021 | Anish Shroff | College
We’ve made it to May. We’ve got a bracket. We’ll celebrate 50 years of the NCAA tournament. So in honor of the NCAA Lacrosse Championship’s golden anniversary, let’s begin with past as unnecessary prologue.
One of the most routinely nonsensical statistics you’ll see is that Team X hasn’t beaten Team Y 15 times in a row. But if X and Y haven’t played since 2005, how is that relevant in 2021?
We were treated to a smorgasbord of television games, rivalry games and contests that had league-standing significance.
The ACC Thursday Night Thriller remains undefeated. Navy earned the Star in front of 5,000 fans in Annapolis. UMBC keeps winning overtime games. Otto bounced back in Charlottesville. The Drexel Dragons and Saint Joe’s Hawks have momentum in late April.
For some, this week is the last of the regular season. For others it s the chance to play for a conference automatic qualifier where every game has Game 7’ intensity and ramifications. Right now, there are roughly 45 teams in the hunt for the NCAA Tournament.