No. 6 SU defeats No. 4 UVA for 1st time since 2021 with 18-17 win
Syracuse trailed by three in the fourth quarter, but Sam English scored with 48 seconds left to give Syracuse an 18-17 win over Virginia.
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Syracuse trailed by three in the fourth quarter, but Sam English scored with 48 seconds left to give Syracuse an 18-17 win over Virginia.
No. 4 Virginia’s goalie Matthew Nunes went 0-for-8 on saves to start the contest, leading to a 6-0 first-half run from No. 6 Syracuse.
After an 18-17 loss to then-No. 13 Cornell where it blew multiple seven-goal leads, Syracuse fell to No. 7 in the latest Inside Lacrosse Poll.
Syracuse held a 7-0 lead early, but Cornell stormed back through 10 combined goals from Michael Long and CJ Kirst to stun SU 18-17.
In No. 4 SU's double OT loss to No. 13 Cornell, it won 63.9% of faceoffs following its season-worst percentage against No. 1 Notre Dame.