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[QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 2215281, member: 41"]
[B][URL="http://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/men/way-early-2018-rankings-nos-6-10-division-i-men"]Way-Early 2018 Rankings: Nos. 6-10 (Division I Men)[/URL][/B]
 
10. UNC
9. Hofstra
8. Rutgers
7. Ohio St
6. Syracuse
 
[I]2017 record: 13-3 (4-0 Atlantic Coast)
Last seen: Done in by early penalties and an inability to solve Towson’s tenacious defensive midfield in the program’s third quarterfinal loss in as many years.
Senior starts lost: 80 of 160 (50 percent)
Senior scoring departing: 158 of 325 points (48.6 percent)

Initial forecast: Syracuse is the first team since 2008-10 Maryland to lose in the quarterfinals for three consecutive years, and only two programs (2002-07 Georgetown and 1986-89 Navy) have four quarterfinal exits in a row to their name. There’s a solid chance the Orange will be just good enough to join that company next spring. Syracuse remains a program where enough offensive talent is collected to withstand most losses, and it is as willing as anyone to plug-in would-be attackmen in the midfield. In other words, a unit led by Nate Solomon and the unheralded Stephen Rehfuss will be fine. The question, as it has been much of this decade, is whether the defense can hold up. It was better this year, an impressive feat considering Nick Mellen’s preseason injury, but once again has to find answers in the cage with Evan Molloy graduating. One other thing --- Syracuse won about three years’ worth of one-goal games this year, and it can’t expect to replicate some of 2017’s fortunate bounces moving forward.[/I]
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