'Cuse Returns to Dome to Host St. John's Saturday

#3/3 SYRACUSE vs. ST. JOHN'S
Details	Saturday, March 12 \| Carrier Dome \| 4 p.m.
Game Coverage	TV: ESPN3 \| Radio: WTKW 99.5 FM (Syracuse) \| WAER Cuse.com: Listen \| WatchESPN.com: Watch \| Cuse.com: Live Stats Twitter: @Cuse, @CuseMLAX
Syracuse Links	News \| Roster \| Schedule \| Notes
St. John's Links	News \| Roster \| Schedule \| Notes

PREVIEWING THE GAME
- The third-ranked Orange returns to the Carrier Dome for its only home contest in the month of March following a road ACC win at Virginia last week.
- The game will be broadcast on ESPN3, Varun Raghupathi (pxp) and Sam Hyman (color) on the call. TK99 will also be the radio home for the Orange on Sunday, with Brian Higgins (pxp) and Kyle Fetterly (color). WAER also will broadcast the game, with Marco Socci (pxp) Conor Green (color) and Michael Tricarico (sideline) as the broadcast team.
- Syracuse enters the game 4-0 after defeating UVA 14-13 last weekend. St. John's enters with a 1-5 record, however gave No. 4 Yale a scare this week, leading by as much as 7-1 in the third quarter.

THE ST. JOHN'S SERIES
- SU has yet to drop a matchup with St. John's in the two teams' nine-game series history. On March 17, 1990, the Orange won the first game of the series, 26-9.
- In the last matchup between the two teams, on March 7, 2015, the Orange defeated the Red Storm 14-6.
- Syracuse has faced the Red Storm six times in regular season play, with one postseason contest coming against the Johnnies in the 2012 BIG EAST Championship Game, with Syracuse winning the innaugural title against them.
- Syracuse is a combined 39-7 all-time against the current BIG EAST, having faced everyone but Marquette.

KEEPING IT 100
- This is the 100th anniversary season of Syracuse men's lacrosse, which began play in 1916 under head coach Laurie Cox.
- Syracuse has only had four head coaches in the 100-year span (Laurie Cox, Roy Simmons Sr., Roy Simmons Jr. and John Desko).
- To celebrate the 100 years, each home game will be broken down into a different era, and the Carrier Dome will feature multiple in-game elements to honor that tradition. Between the first and second quarter there will be a video honoring each 'era' of the program, Saturday's era will be the first-12 years of Roy Simmons Jr.'s career (1971-1982). There's also a feature in each game program on the era as well.
- The Orange will also have other celebrations throughout the season, highlighted by inviting all former players back to be celebrated with the community on April 1, in conjunction with the Notre Dame game on April 2. For more Centennial Celebration info, click here: 100 Years of Syracuse Lacrosse
- Syracuse will also celebrate an all-century team, to be voted on by the fans, later in the season.

POLL POINTS
- Syracuse enters this week's contest maintaining the No. 3 spot in the USILA/NIKE Coaches' Poll and Cascade/Maverik Media Poll.
- Syracuse has appeared in 44 consecutive USILA polls. The last time the Orange was not ranked was April 30, 2012.
- Overall, Syracuse has been ranked in 184 of the 187 USILA polls that have been released since 2000 and 402 of the 431 polls since the USILA began its national rankings in 1973.
- The Orange appeared in 272 straight polls from April 10, 1978 to April 30, 2007.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
- Since joining the ACC, the Orange is 19-2 versus non-conference opponents, including a perfect 19-0 mark in regular-season, non-league contests.
- Syracuse finished 9-1 in 2015 versus non-conference opponents. The Orange's only loss to a non-ACC team came in the NCAA quarterfinals, 16-15, versus Johns Hopkins. 'Cuse is 3-0 to start the year in 2016.
- The last time Syracuse lost a non-conference, regular-season game was on April 16, 2013 to Hobart by the score of 13-12.

DOME-INATION
- Syracuse is 221-32 (.874) in the Carrier Dome since it began playing the majority of its home games there in 1981.
- 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 15-straight home games and 19 of its last-20.

Syracuse will look to continue its home winning streak on Saturday against the Red Storm, with faceoff scheduled for 4 p.m.

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'Cuse Returns to Dome to Host St. John's Saturday

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