Orange Scoring Margin is Nation's Best

Men's Lacrosse20

vs Saint Joseph's2

Feb 7|Final

Men's Lacrosse11

vs #1/#1 Maryland9

Feb 13|Final

Men's Lacrosse12

at #13/#14 Harvard13

Feb 21|Final

Men's Lacrosse7

at #10/#7 Princeton11

Feb 27|Final

Men's Lacrosse9

at #19/#19 Penn8

Mar 1|Final

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 7|1 p.m.

at #11/#11 Johns Hopkins

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 12|5 p.m. ET (3 p.m. MT)

at Air Force

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 16|8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. MT)

at Denver

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 22|1 p.m.

vs Georgetown

Men's Lacrosse

Mar 28|2 p.m.

vs Duke

Kenny Nims led the Orange with 74 points off 32 goals and 42 assists.

6/23/2009 8:59:55 AM | Men's Lacrosse

SYRACUSE - The 2009 NCAA champion Syracuse University men's lacrosse team was recognized by the NCAA as the Division I statistical champion for scoring margin. The Orange outscored its opponents by an average of 5.56 goals per game. SU scored 233 goals, which was second in the nation, while allowing only 133.

Head coach John Desko led the Orange to a school-record tying 16 victories and an overall mark of 16-2 for the second straight season. Syracuse capped it season with its NCAA record 11th men's lacrosse championship. The Orange secured the title with a dramatic 10-9 overtime win against Cornell on May 25. It was fifth NCAA Championship for the Orange under Desko. His five NCAA titles are the third-most by a Division I lacrosse coach.