Orange to Celebrate Senior Day on Saturday

#1 SYRACUSE vs. BINGHAMTON
Game Details	Saturday, April 22 \| Carrier Dome \| 2 p.m.
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GAME INFO
- Syracuse looks to extend its current 8-game winning streak into the ACC Tournament with a win over Binghamton on Saturday's Senior Day.
- 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.

SPRING SHOWCASE
- Saturday's lacrosse game will be the second event in a fun-filled day for Orange fans in the Carrier Dome, following the football team's Spring Showcase, which begins at 10 a.m., with gates opening at 9 a.m.
- The Spring Showcase will feature a scrimmage, youth clinic, Select-A-Seat and other exciting opportunities. For more info, check out the Spring Showcase Fan Guide
- Fans who arrive to the Carrier Dome prior to Noon on Saturday and stay inside the Carrier Dome do NOT need to purchase a ticket to the men's lacrosse game. Fans arriving for the Spring Showcase will also get free parking in any of the the surface lots across from the Carrier Dome, with access to any lower level gate (A, B, C, D, E, F).

SENIOR SENDOFF
- Saturday marks senior day in the Carrier Dome, where 11 seniors and redshirt juniors will walk
with their families.
- Joe DeMarco, Jordan Evans, Scott Firman, JT Forkin, Matt Lane, Dom Madonna, Nick Mariano, Josh Pulver, Ryan Simmons, Nick Weston and Ben Williams will all be celebrated prior to faceoff on Saturday.
- Sergio Salcido, Paolo Ciferri, Joe Gillis, Cal Paduda and Evan Molloy - all redshirt seniors - were honored on senior day last season and will not be participating in Saturday's pregame festivities in what will be their final regular season game in the Carrier Dome.

THE BINGHAMTON SERIES
- Syracuse and Binghamton have squared off just five times in a series dating back to 2007, with Syracuse winning all five of the matchups.
- In last year's game, a 13-5 victory for the Orange, Syracuse jumped out to a 9-0 halftime lead, holding Binghamton scoreless for the first 36:35 of the game. Nick Mariano led the way with five points on four goals and an assist, while Sergio Salcido added two goals and Jordan Evans contributed a goal and an assist. Ben Williams won 12-of-15 faceoffs while Evan Molloy allowed just one goal in 38:04 for the win.

WILLIAMS GOES FOR RECORD
- With 618 career victories at the Faceoff X during his three seasons at Syracuse, senior Ben Williams ranks second all time in program history, just four shy of the record.
- Only Chris Cercy (622) has won more faceoffs in Syracuse history than Williams.
- Williams is 120-of-230 (.522) on the season, including 51-of-78 (.654) over his last three games.

ACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS
- After knocking off North Carolina in overtime last weekend, the Orange completed its regular season conference play with a perfect 4-0 record, clinching the regular season conference title.
- Since joining the ACC for the 2014 season, the Orange are 10-7 overall against conference foes in regular season matchups and 15-8 overall, including ACC Tournament play.
- In each of the last two seasons, the Orange has finished 2-2 in regular season conference play before going on to win the ACC Tournament title.
- The Orange has won eight conference titles in the eight seasons, including four regular season titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2017) and four conference tournament titles (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016). Syracuse was in the BIG EAST from 2010-2013, joining the ACC for the 2014 season.

ORANGE LEAD THE NATION IN ONE-GOAL GAMES
- Syracuse leads the country with eight one-goal games and sports a 7-1 record in such contests.
- As of April 16, 95 Division I games have been decided by one goal. Syracuse (8-1) and Vermont (4-1) are the only teams with only one loss that have played at least five such contests.

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.
- After defeating Hobart and Cornell each by multiple goals, Cardiac 'Cuse played in its eighth one-goal game of the season, a 12-11 overtime victory over North Carolina.
- '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 eight one-goal decisions this season sit alone for the second most all-time at SU.

A WIN AGAINST BINGHAMTON WOULD …
… Be the program's 893rd victory, second all-time behind Johns Hopkins.
… Improve SU's record to 47-14 since the start of the 2014 season.
… Give John Desko his 234th career coaching win, sixth among active Division I coaches.
… Extend Syracuse's current winning streak to nine straight.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
- Syracuse is 6-1 in the non-conference slate so far this season and finished 8-3 against out-of-conference foes in 2016.
- Since joining the ACC, the Orange is 31-6 versus non-conference opponents, including a 29-3 mark in regular-season, non-league contests.

WHEN #1
- The Syracuse men's lacrosse team has been ranked atop the USILA Poll 98 times, nearly 22-percent of the time in the poll's history.
- Syracuse has been No. 1 in 98 polls since 1973.
- The Orange is 118-23 (.836) in games when holding the nation's top ranking, including a 51-11 (.820) 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.

POLL POINTS
- Syracuse enters the week having maintained the No. 1 position in both the Nike/USILA Coaches poll and the Lacrosse Maverik Media poll.
- Syracuse has appeared in 63 consecutive USILA polls. The last time the Orange were not ranked was April 30, 2012.
- Overall, Syracuse has been ranked in 203 of the 206 USILA polls that have been released since 2000 and 421 of the 450 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.

THE PHANTOM
- In all Syracuse's 11 games this season, defender Scott Firman has seen the opposing team's primary offensive weapon.
- Attackmen that Firman has face average 3.64 points per game this season.
- However, facing Firman, these attackmen average 2.36 points per game.
- They average 3.76 points per game in games in which they haven't seen Firman.

SALCIDO SEEKS PROGRAM RECORD
- Sergio Salcido's 28 assists this season rank fifth all-time in Syracuse program history for assists by a midfielder.
- Averaging 2.55 assists per game, Salcido will need six more games at his season average to break the record.

MARIANO STREAKING
- Nick Mariano's 11-game goal streak currently ranks 10th in the country in longest goal streaks, tied with Bryce Wasserman of Monmouth.
- Of the 11 players included in the nation's longest goals streak, Mariano's goals per game for the season (2.55) rank seventh.
- The nation's longest goal scoring streak belongs to Dylan Molloy of Brown, who has scored in 36 consecutive contests.

MASTERS OF THE MAN-UP
- Syracuse currently ranks first in the nation in man-up offense (.563), thanks in part to a 5-for-5 game against Hobart in extra-man opportunities.
- Nick Mariano led the way with three man-up goals against Hobart, and currently sits 18th nationally with five man-up scores on the season.

COMEBACK KIDS
- The Orange has erased deficits of at least four goals on four separate occassions this year, including three times in games ending in victory.
- The early-season comeback vs. Albany was the first time since 2013 that the Orange trailed by five or more goals and came back to win. Trailing 6-1 early in the second quarter, Syracuse held Albany scoreless for 30:38, going on a six-goal run to come back and eventually win the game 10-9.
- Against Army West Point, the Orange fell behind 8-4 late in the first half. The team eventually tied the game at 12, but would fall short to the Black Knights with just one second on the clock.
- In the ACC-opener, Virginia held a 10-5 lead over Syracuse with 11:06 to go in the third. Finishing the game on a 9-3 run, the Orange came back to win another dramatic finish. Sergio Salcido netted the game winner with just 15 seconds to play.
- Trailing North Carolina 10-5 with 5:26 to play in the third quarter, the Orange scored seven of the game's final eight goals for a 12-11 OT victory. Stephen Rehfuss led the late surge with two goals and an assist, while Sergio scored the game winning goal 1:18 into extra time.
- Syracuse also trailed Duke by two goals with just 6:29 to play in the game. The Orange closed the game on a 3-0 run for the overtime victory.

DESKO CLOSING IN ON 500 SU WINS
- A win on Saturday would be head coach John Desko's 498th 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 233 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 231-34 (.872) in the Carrier Dome since it began playing the majority of its home games there in 1981, including 5-1 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 28 of its last-31 home games.

A HISTORIC START
- With its victory over North Carolina, the Orange tied its best 11-game start in nearly three decades.
- Since the 1990 team went 13-0 and won the NCAA title, Syracuse has started 10-1 on seven different occasions including this year.
- The Orange also started 10-1 in 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2010 and 2011.

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Players Mentioned

Paolo Ciferri

Joe DeMarco

Jordan Evans

Scott Firman

Joe Gillis

Matt Lane

Dom Madonna

Nick Mariano

Evan Molloy

Cal Paduda

Josh Pulver

Stephen Rehfuss

Sergio Salcido

Ryan Simmons

Nick Weston

Ben Williams

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