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NCAA Notes: Can Ohio State Stay Hot in Quarters? (LaxMag)

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With longtime rivals Johns Hopkins and Syracuse meeting again in Sunday's quarterfinal round at Navy, the Orange have no trouble respecting the Blue Jays, who have won six straight after a 4-6 start threatened to derail their season.

Hopkins has put together impressive, back-to-back showings, out-scoring Ohio State and Virginia by a combined 35-13. In Sunday's first-round whipping in Charlottesville, Hopkins scored 12 of the game's first 13 goals. Its 19-7 win over the Cavs was the largest margin of victory ever by an unseeded team in NCAA tournament history.

A number of Syracuse players took in the Hopkins game on television early Sunday afternoon, while passing the time before the second-seeded Orange dismissed Marist on Sunday evening.

Two month ago, Syracuse broke a 10-10, fourth-quarter tie against Hopkins by scoring the last three goals.

"[The Blue Jays'] offense is clicking. Their defense is starting to groove together. They're figuring it out at the right time," said Syracuse senior Nicky Galasso, who leads Orange midfielders with 33 goals. "Watching them score all of those goals against Virginia was pretty interesting. I thought they were going to come out on top, but I didn't think they were going to do in that fashion."...


http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/DI/2014-15/news/051615_ncaa_notes_can_ohio_state_stay_hot
 

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