#1 Syracuse Hosts Longtime Rival Cornell on Tuesday

#1 SYRACUSE vs. CORNELL
Game Details	Tuesday, April 11 \| Carrier Dome \| 7 p.m.
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GAME INFO
- Syracuse looks to tie the best 10-game start to a season since 1990 at 9-1 with a win over Cornell.
- The game will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports with Mark Larson and Dale Drypolcher on the call. Brian Higgins and Kyle Fetterly will call the game on TK99/105 and Cuse.TV, with WAER also broadcasting the action.

THE CORNELL SERIES
- This will be the 102nd meeting between the two programs, with Syracuse controlling a 64-36-1 record all-time against Cornell.
- The first meeting between the two sides came on May 21, 1920, as Syracuse defeated Cornell 5-3 in overtime.
- Twice, the Orange has defeated the Big Red in the national title game to hoist the NCAA Championship Trophy. A 13-8 victory over Cornell in 1988 gave Syracuse its second national title in program history. In 2009, Syracuse won 10-9 in overtime against Cornell for its 11th championship, the team's most recent.
- The Orange has won three of its last four against the Big Red, despite dropping last season's matchup 10-9 in overtime. Head coach John Desko is 12-7 against Cornell (since 1999).
- In last season's matchup between SU and Cornell, the Orange held a 7-5 lead midway through the third period before conceding four of the last six goals in regulation, and the game-winner in overtime. Nick Mariano led the way in the loss, scoring four goals, while Ben Williams won 18-of-22 faceoffs at the X.

CARDIAC 'CUSE
- Prior to the six-goal victory against Hobart, Syracuse played in seven-straight one goal games, the longest streak in the 101-year history of the program.
- 'Cuse has recorded four-or-more straight one-goal games in 2017, 2013, 2008, 2002 and 1919. Prior to this season, the last-three times Syracuse has recorded four-or-more one goal games, they played for a National Championship in that season. In total, the program record for one-goal games happened in 2013, when the team tallied 10. The seven one-goal decisions this season sit alone for the second most all-time at SU.

ORANGE LEAD THE NATION IN ONE-GOAL GAMES
- Syracuse leads the country with seven one-goal games and sports a 6-1 record in such contests. The only other team with that many games decided by one goal is Virginia, who is 4-3 in such matchups, including a loss to the Orange.
- As of April 2, 73 Division I games have been decided by one goal. Syracuse (6-1), Johns Hopkins (2-1), Towson (2-1), Air Force (2-1), and Marquette (2-1) are the only teams with only one loss that have played at least three such contests.

AGAINST THE IVY LEAGUE
- Against the seven current members of the Ivy League lacrosse conference, Syracuse owns a 182-55-1 record all-time, including winning records against each team.
- In addition to Cornell, 'Cuse has faced Penn (25-1), Princeton (20-9), Yale (19-4), Dartmouth (19-4), Harvard (18-0) and Brown (17-1).

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
- Syracuse is 5-1 in the non-conference slate so far this season and finished 8-3 last season against out-of-conference foes in 2016.
- Since joining the ACC, the Orange is 30-6 versus non-conference opponents, including a 28-3 mark in regular-season, non-league contests.

A WIN AGAINST CORNELL WOULD …
… Be the program's 891st victory, second all-time behind Johns Hopkins.
… Improve SU's record to 45-14 since the start of the 2014 season.
… Give John Desko his 232nd career coaching win, sixth among active Division I coaches.
… Extend Syracuse's current winning streak to seven straight.

POLL POINTS
- Syracuse enters the week having jumped to No. 1 in both the Nike/USILA Coaches poll and the Lacrosse Maverik Media poll.
- Syracuse has appeared in 62 consecutive USILA polls. The last time the Orange were not ranked was April 30, 2012.
- Overall, Syracuse has been ranked in 202 of the 205 USILA polls that have been released since 2000 and 420 of the 449 polls since the USILA began its national rankings in 1973.
- The Orange appeared in 273 straight USILA polls from April 10, 1978 to April 30, 2007.

WHEN #1
- The Syracuse men's lacrosse team has been ranked atop the USILA Poll 97 times, nearly 22-percent of the time in the poll's history.
- Syracuse has been No. 1 in 97 polls since 1973.
- The Orange is 116-23 (.835) in games when holding the naO on's top ranking, including a 49-11 (.817) record under head coach John Desko.
- Since the 2013-14 season, Syracuse's men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's cross country, men's soccer and field hockey teams have all spent time as No. 1 in their respective polls.

THE PHANTOM
- In all Syracuse's 10 games this season, defender Scott Firman has seen the opposing team's primary offensive weapon.
- Attackmen that Firman has faced average 3.71 points per game this season in total.
- However, facing Firman, these attackmen average just 2.22 points per game.
- They average 3.88 points per game in games in which they haven't seen Firman.

DESKO CLOSING IN ON 500 SU WINS
- A win on Tuesday would be head coach John Desko's 496th win as a member of the Syracuse lacrosse program, including his time as a player and assistant coach.
- In four years as a player, Desko played in 35 wins. He won 229 games in 19 years as an assistant coach under Roy Simmons Jr. and currently has 231 wins in his 19th year as head coach.
- Desko has the third-most wins as an Orange head coach, behind Roy Simmons Jr. (290) and Roy Simmons Sr. (253).

DOME-INATION
- Syracuse is 230-34 (.871) in the Carrier Dome since it began playing the majority of its home games there in 1981, including 4-1 this year.
- The Orange finished 9-0 at the Dome in 2015, the 16th time since 1981 (the lacrosse team's first year there) that SU was perfect at home.
- The Orange has won 27 of its last-30 home games.

#1 Syracuse Hosts Longtime Rival Cornell on Tuesday

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Scott Firman

Nick Mariano

Ben Williams

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