No. 8 Syracuse crushed by No. 4 Notre Dame to finish ACC play in 22-8 loss
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Syracuse has been outscored by 22 goals in six conference games.
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Jakob Phaup won about half of his faceoffs on Saturday despite playing against one of the best units in the country. After a tough contest, the ball rolled just behind him at the faceoff X, and he scooped it up before lobbing a pass to Grant Murphy to start making the push upfield.
But Pat Kavanagh had different plans. He ran in between the two players and leaped as high as he could, holding his stick straight in the air. He timed his jump perfectly, and as if the ball was magnetically attracted to his stick, it landed right in the back of the pocket.
No. 11 Syracuse completes 2nd upset win over No. 5 Virginia this season, 13-11
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Jakob Phaup won 24 of 27 faceoffs on Saturday as Syracuse completed its second win over UVA.
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At the faceoff X, Jakob Phaup scooped the ball away from his opposite number and kept his eyes trained on the ball, plucking it up into the pocket of his stick. He felt the whacks from Virginia’s faceoff man chasing him down, but he didn’t rush like the past few Atlantic Coast Conference games. Instead, he settled the ball himself before connecting the outlet pass in the offensive zone.
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John Desko put both hands on his head and stared at the Carrier Dome turf beneath him. For the previous 35 minutes, heâd paced the Syracuse sidelines, yelling at players when they made errant passes, raising his arms in confusion when their clear attempts failed, trying to find the elusive solution thatâd help the Orange scrape away at a North Carolina lead that kept growing. But this time, with his gray mask resting on his chin and UNC players celebrating in front of him, Dekso stood still at the 25-yard line.
A cross-checking penalty by Grant Murphy with 10 minutes left in the third quarter erased a Drake Porter save seconds earlier. Syracuse trailed by eight, but the Tar Heels had already peppered its cage with six shots before the Orange located their second. Thatâs what happens when one defensive breakdown after another lumps together, when one elusive solution multiplied and becomes more difficult to fix.
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Syracuse midfielder Jacob Buttermore (31) after a goal in the first quarter. The Syracuse men’s lacrosses team takes on Albany at the Carrier Dome. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. No. 9 Syracuse begins a three-game stretch against top-five competition when it hosts No. 5 North Carolina on Saturday afternoon in the Carrier Dome.
It’s expected to be the largest crowd inside the dome since the building underwent extensive renovation work last year. The allotment of tickets the school made available to the general public have been sold.