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(Photo courtesy of North Carolina Athletics) John Desko put both hands on his head and stared at the Carrier Dome turf beneath him. For the previous 35 minutes, he’d 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 that’d 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...

Syracuse fans ought to be thankful that time of possession isn’t a stat in lacrosse. Were that the case, #5 North Carolina would have dominated. UNC’s (9-2

UNC too much to handle for CUSE MLAX- Orange take a tough loss 21-9 to UNC Author: UNC too much to handle for CUSE MLAX- The Orange dropped a tough loss to fifth ranked UNC by a final score of 21-9. The Orange were not able to really ever find themselves throughout the whole game. Offensively, defensively and on the face-off the Orange got beat on all cylinders. Offensively, the Orange were never able to get anything going really aside from four goals from Jamie Trimboli who lead the little offensive attack today. UNC defenders were fast and physical and won the groundball battle forty two to...

SU looks to get to .500 in ACC play against No. 5 North Carolina Syracuse matches up with a familiar foe on Saturday in the form of fifth-ranked North

Who’s your pick? Denver Why? I’ve struggled over this one, but I’m landing on the Pioneers. Georgetown is a much different team with returns from injury, and I expect the venue change will make this closer than first time around. But the Pioneers’ third-quarter surge against Villanova just showed me a lot to like about Denver. Alex Simmons has added a lot at attack, Jackson Morrill is the most inconspicuous star player ever, and even without Ethan Walker last week, the offense showed it can be marvelous. And, the way Jack Thompson has been playing deserves some attention.