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Message: [QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5015883, member: 4819"] [B]6. Syracuse[/B] [I]Kinnear’s Vote: 7[/I] I covered the Orange the past two weeks, both at neutral sites. The game against Johns Hopkins did really feel like a monkey off the Orange’s back; [URL='https://production-cms.il-internal.com/game/69122/2024']that game was emotional and tense and postgame felt cathartic[/URL]. From that final whistle through [URL='https://production-cms.il-internal.com/game/70839/2024']their one-sided win against Delaware[/URL], it’s been a confident group that just feels loose. When your legendary head coach is signing autographs and exudes a cool confidence, you’re not going to be worried about anything. I’m not a Syracuse historian, but to me that’s what the aura of the Orange is all about: It’s not an in-your-face, bombastic confidence, but quiet mystique and attitude. They beat Johns Hopkins at the Crown Lacrosse Classic, then went to the beaches of Carolina, then the defense clamped down on Delaware on the way home at the Corrigan Sports’ College Lacrosse Live series. No team should allow Owen Hiltz to get to his spots. The defensive effort was impressive, particularly the last three quarters after Will Mark carried it early. Joey Spallina showed some grit when he was hit high and late, had to come out for a bit, then came back to orchestrate the O. Duke on Wednesday night looms large. One note that I made in one of my Syracuse game stories: How close are we to having an undefeated Syracuse through mid-March? If a crease call goes a different way and a hurl from near half-field in OT is a few feet different, the entire narrative of the season is changed. It’s why you play the games, and there aren’t moral victories, but it’s that close. [MEDIA=twitter]1770106828866646211[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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