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Axe: Syracuse, Le Moyne lacrosse get 3 of 4 teams in NCAA tournament, but who got robbed?
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Syracuse lacrosse coach John Desko during the game between Syracuse and Robert Morris at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse N.Y. May 7, 2021. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. Who’s ready for a little May Madness?
A quick look at who has true championship aspirations among Syracuse men’s lacrosse, SU women’s lacrosse and Le Moyne men’s lacrosse, plus someone has some serious explaining to do about why Le Moyne women’s lacrosse won’t even get a shot to compete for a title.
Apr 24, 2021
What may have been the best team effort of the season for the Syracuse Men s lacrosse program, turned into a huge 13-11 win over fifth-ranked Virginia. Many did not see it happening but From the Face-off to the attack to the defense and inside the net. All facets of the game were controlled by the Orange.
It started at the face-off circle. Last week against UNC it wasn t there for the Orange but today against Virginia the Orange were unstoppable. Jacob Phaup had a career day and won 24/27 face-offs. This led to more time on the attack and so many scoring opportunities for the Orange. Without Phaup s play at the face-off the game does not go how it did.
No. 4 Syracuse men’s lacrosse dominated by No. 9 Notre Dame, 18-11
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The No. 4 Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse team got dominated in their return to the Dome on Saturday, falling to the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 18-11.
For the second consecutive game, the story was the Orange getting dominated at the face-off X. After going 8-of-32 against Duke, SU went 9-of-32 (28 percent) today against the Irish. As you would expect, they also got beaten badly in the ground ball game, getting more than doubled up, 45-20.
Put those together and you have a recipe for Notre Dame controlling 66 percent of the possession, a disaster for a Syracuse team that has the talent on offense but needs the ball in order to do anything about it.