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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 5056210, member: 41"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/cardiac-cuse-climbs-4-spots-usa-lacrosse-division-i-mens-top-20[/URL] Give Syracuse this much: It is as tested in tight games as just about any contender to play deep into May this season. The Orange have split six one-goal games after Saturday’s 18-17 defeat of Virginia that offered at least an echo of some of the wild games the programs have co-authored over the years. Syracuse was coming off a 10-9 defeat of North Carolina, and three of its losses (Maryland, Army and Cornell) have come in overtime. (The other team that should be comfortable in the crucible of one-goal games is Johns Hopkins, which lost one to Syracuse in March. The Blue Jays have a pair of overtime triumphs this month, against Penn State and Ohio State, and have played in five one-goal decisions.) Back to Syracuse: The comeback against the Cavaliers fits into an archetype of victories over the years, when it felt like the Orange — whether under Roy Simmons Jr. or John Desko — were never really out of games. Inevitable would be too strong a descriptor, but unrelenting isn’t far off. There was a hint of that in a game late last season, when Syracuse looked unbothered and completely at ease against North Carolina that was secured only with a goal in the final 15 seconds. This year’s version of the Orange is older, deeper and more dangerous — and also back into the top 10 after its final game before the ACC tournament. [HEADING=1]USA LACROSSE DIVISION I MEN’S TOP 20[/HEADING] 1. Notre Dame, 9-1 (Prev: 1) 2. Duke, 11-3 (Prev: 2) 3. Johns Hopkins, 10-3 (Prev: 3) 4. Denver, 10-2 (Prev: 6) 5. Virginia, 10-3 (Prev: 4) 6. Maryland, 8-4 (Prev: 5) 7. Penn State, 9-3 (Prev: 7) 8. Syracuse, 11-4 (Prev: 12) 9. Yale, 11-2 (Prev: 8) 10. Georgetown, 9-3 (Prev: 9) 11. Cornell, 8-4 (Prev: 10) 12. Army, 10-2 (Prev: 11) 13. Richmond, 9-4 (Prev: 14) 14. Princeton, 8-4 (Prev: 18) 15. Towson, 10-3 (Prev: 15) 16. Saint Joseph’s, 9-3 (Prev: 16) 17. Penn, 8-5 (Prev: 13) 18. Delaware, 8-3 (Prev: 17) 19. Colgate, 8-5 (Prev: 20) 20. Michigan, 7-6 (Prev: NR) [B]Also considered (alphabetical order):[/B] Boston U. (7-6), Harvard (7-5), Lehigh (7-6), Loyola (7-6), Utah (9-4), Villanova (8-5) [IMG]https://www.usalacrosse.com/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_tablet/public/2024-04/RB2_7967.jpg?itok=mMF-ZZPE[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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