Syracuse plays Loyola in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Ridley Athletic Complex, marking the first true road game in the NCAA Tournament since 2012 for the Orange. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU with Anish Shroff and Quint Kessenich on the call. Brian Higgins and Kyle Fetterly will broadcast the action on TK99/105, Cuse.com and the TuneIn App, while WAER will also carry the game.<doc-sep>Spencer from Scanlan with 1:11 to go. Loyola 15-12, and that might about do it. George Owens<doc-sep>Teams: Syracuse Orange (9-4, 2-2) vs. Loyola Greyhounds (11-4, 7-1) Day & Time: Saturday, May 11 at noon ET Location: Ridley Athletic Complex, Baltimore, Md. Line: N/A TV/Streaming: ESPNU/WatchESPN Radio: TK99/105 Loyola blog: College Crosse Rivalry: 19-5, Syracuse Current Streak: 2, Orange First Meeting: 1967 — a 9-7 win for Syracuse down in Baltimore. Last Meeting: 2009, a 14-13 win for the Orange, also in Baltimore. Other than the comeback win over Cornell in the NCAA Championship Game, this was the closest game of the year for the eventual national champs. Syracuse came back from four down to take out the Greyhounds, with Dan Hardy tallying the winning score with a little over a minute to go. Head Coaches: SU: John Desko (21st year, 253-85); Loyola: Charley Toomey (14th year, 145–68) Coach Bio: Toomey played for Loyola as a goalkeeper from 1987-90, and was part of the 1990 Final Four squad. After graduating, he was an assistant with the Greyhounds for a couple years after, and playing for the Baltimore Thunder (NLL) and Boston Blazers (MILL) before calling it a playing career. He went into coaching full-time, with the Naval Academy Prepatory School, then Navy, and then the Severn School before joining his alma mater as an assistant in 1999. Since taking over as head coach of Loyola in 2006, he’s now made 10 NCAA Tournaments and two Final Fours (with one title). Last Year: Loyola took home the Patriot League title, beating Lehigh, 15-8. After beating Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, they fell to eventual champion Yale, 8-5 in the quarterfinals. Last Game: The Greyhounds lost to Army, 7-5 in a defensive struggle in the Patriot League Tournament. After a low-scoring first half that saw the Black Knights up 3-2, the teams finally started scoring in the fourth, each netting three goals. But it was too late for Loyola to make up the advantage. ”Fear Me, I’ve Killed Hundreds of Timelords”: Pat Spencer plays attack for Loyola, and put up 94 points this season (including 40 goals). Notably, he’s only scored four goals over the last four games (all in a regular season game against Army). But he’s also tallied double-digit points in three different contests this season — as recently as the Lehigh game in early April. If Syracuse Wins: SU will move on to face the winner of 1-seed Penn State and UMBC. The Retrievers have a history of knocking off top seeds in the NCAA Tournament, as you’re very well aware of. If Syracuse Loses: The #FireDesko crowd gets their moment in the sun, and the Orange’s season ends earlier than hoped yet again. Fun Fact No. 1: Syracuse is 3-0 over Loyola in the NCAA Tournament, picking up wins in 1990, 1997 and 1999. The Orange(men) made the Final Four all three of those years and took home the championship in 1990. Fun Fact No. 2: The most saves that SU’s ever tallied in a single home game was against Loyola back in 1994. Alex Rosier and Garrett Esposito combined for 28 stops in the 16-10 win.<doc-sep>The Syracuse Orange will open the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament on the road Saturday against eighth-seeded Loyola at the Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore. It’s the 12th consecutive NCAA bid for the Orange, and 36th in the last 37 seasons. It’s the first time since 2012, though, that Syracuse isn’t opening the tournament at home. The Orange, 9-4 and ranked No. 11 in the latest USILA coaches poll, are coming off an 11-10 loss to North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. Loyola is 11-4 and ranked No. 7. The game is scheduled to start at noon and will be telecast on ESPNU. Below is the list of channel numbers for ESPNU in the Syracuse area: Spectrum: Channel 370 (SD & HD) Verizon Fios: Channel 573 (HD) and 73 (SD) DirectTV: Channel 208 (SD & HD) Dish Network: Channel 141 (SD & HD) New Visions: Channel 759 (HD) and 73 (SD) You can also watch online through Watch ESPN or by using the Watch ESPN app for tablets, mobile and streaming devices. You’ll need the online sign-in info for your cable or satellite provider to access WatchESPN.<doc-sep>
The Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse team opens up the 2019 NCAA Tournament against the 8-seed Loyola Greyhounds at noon ET today, obviously with the entire season at stake. If you’re not heading down to Baltimore to catch the action live, you’re watching on ESPNU/WatchESPN. After going 9-3 in the regular season and 2-2 in ACC play, the Orange had to face North Carolina (a team they already beat) on the road in a 4/5 game as part of the league’s new tournament structure. Syracuse lost, dropping to 9-4 and then falling out of a seeded spot in the bracket. This, despite wins over Army, Duke and Johns Hopkins (all of which made the NCAAs). Loyola, meanwhile, squandered the top seed in the Patriot League Tournament after going 11-3 (7-1 in conference play). They lost to Army in the second round of that event by a score of 7-5. The Black Knights went on to take the league title over Lehigh. If Syracuse can score the mild upset over the Greyhounds, they’ll be off to the quarterfinals to face either top seed Penn State or UMBC. The Nittany Lions have never been to the Final Four in the sport, and this is only their fifth NCAA Tournament bid. Meanwhile, the Orange are looking for their first trip back to the Big Barbeque since 2013 (a crushing loss to Duke in the championship game). But that’s all getting ahead of ourselves... Check out more on the Syracuse vs. Loyola matchup here, and leave your comments below before, during and after the game. G’ORANGE!