Central New York Clash Next for #10 'Cuse

No. 10 SYRACUSE (6-2) vs. No. 20 Colgate (5-3)
Game Details	Saturday, March 22, 2025 \| Syracuse, N.Y. \| Noon ET
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THE GAME
- Game two of the week and the end of a three-game home stand for the No. 10 Orange wraps up on Saturday as Syracuse hosts No. 20 Colgate for the 64th meeting all-time between the programs. Syracuse and Hamilton, New York are situated less than 40 miles apart.
- The Orange are coming off of a slow start, hot finish situation against Manhattan on Tuesday. Despite being shutout in the first quarter, Syracuse won 16-2, holding the Jaspers off the board for the final 36 minutes of the game.
- Colgate dropped its last outing against Bucknell with an 18-17 final score in Hamilton last weekend. The Raiders are 5-3 entering this weekend and are already three games into Patriot League play.
- Saturday's game is the penultimate nonconference game of the regular season for the Orange with only a potential top-10 battle against Cornell on Long Island remaining.
- This weekend's game is set for a noon start at the JMA Wireless Dome on ACC Network handling the broadcast coverage. Anish Shroff '04 has play-by-play duties while former All-American attackman and current PLL All-Star Jules Heningburg will serve as an analyst.
- Tim Leonard '21 (play-by-play) and Kyle Fetterly '09 (analyst) take to the airwaves on Syracuse Sports Network and ESPN Radio Syracuse (97.7) locally, Cuse.com, The Varsity App, and TuneIn App, as well as Syracuse University student-radio station WAER.

THE COLGATE SERIES
- It's a lengthy series for the Orange and the Raiders, dating back to the 1921 season.
- Syracuse is 50-12-1 all-time against its longtime Central New York foe, including a 33-6-1 mark at home.
- The Orange are riding a two-game winning streak against Colgate, including an 18-10 in a feisty showdown at the JMA Wireless Dome last season, a game that featured 19 penalty (11 on Colgate).
- Like all things, the COVID-19 pandemic through a wrench in the scheduling works. Syracuse and Colgate meet in back-to-back seasons for the first time under head coach Gary Gait after playing every year from 2014-2019.
- The Orange have won eight of the last 10 meetings with the lone blemishes a Feb. 8, 2019 setback at home and a road loss in Hamilton during the 2008 season (Syracuse bounced back just fine, winning the national championship that season).

A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD...
- Improve Syracuse to 6-1 at home this spring.
- Boost Syracuse's win total against Colgate to 51, the third-most wins all-time for the Orange against a single opponent (Hobart 81, Cornell 66).
- Be the fourth-straight win for Syracuse, the longest run of victories for the Orange since winning five straight in the middle of the 2024 season.
- See the Orange win their third top 20 game of the year in five such games so far this year.
- Be the 955th win in program history, second-most among Division I programs.

TWO HUNDRED²
- Two Syracuse players are within striking distance of the 200-point club for the time at Syracuse: Owen Hiltz and Joey Spallina.
- Hiltz enters Saturday's game just two points shy of the mark, racking 110 goals and 88 assists for his career, all while carrying a 34.2 shooting percentage.
- Spallina has put away 90 goals during his first two and a half seasons while accumulating 109 assists for 199 points, including 17 man-up goals.
- Entering this week, 17 players have scored at least 200 points during their Syracuse careers. Four hit the mark in 45 games or less: Tim Nelson (34), Tim O'Hara (42), Casey Powell (43), Tom Marechek (43), and
Mike Powell (45).
- Spallina will play in his 42nd career game, and should he pick up at least one point on Saturday, he would be tied with Tim O'Hara for the second-fastest player in program history to his 200 points, trailing only Tim Nelson's unearthly mark of 34 games after transferring from N.C. State.
- Hiltz will make an appearance for a 54th time on Tuesday, and should he pick up those two points, he will tie Paul Gait for the 12th-fastest to 200 points.

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Owen Hiltz

Joey Spallina

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