Orange Up to No. 8 in USILA Poll

Men's Lacrosse7

at #10/#7 Princeton11

Feb 27|Final

Men's Lacrosse9

at #19/#19 Penn8

Mar 1|Final

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at #11/#11 Johns Hopkins8

Mar 7|Final

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at Air Force11

Mar 12|Final

Men's Lacrosse13

at #14/#14 Denver12

Mar 16|Final

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Mar 22|1 p.m.

vs Georgetown

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Mar 28|2 p.m.

vs Duke

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Apr 4|2 p.m.

at North Carolina

Men's Lacrosse

Apr 11|4 p.m.

vs Virginia

Men's Lacrosse

Apr 18|5 p.m.

vs Colgate

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

3/6/2017 1:14:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Following Sunday's late comeback win over then No. 11 Virginia, the Syracuse men's lacrosse team (3-1, 1-0 ACC) vaulted back into the top-10 of the USILA poll this week, holding the No. 8 spot.

Notre Dame is the unanimous No. 1 this week, collecting 360 points and 18 first place votes. Maryland (327 points), Penn State (316 points), Denver (297 points), North Carolina (293 points), Johns Hopkins (246 points) and Rutgers (238 points) make up 2-7 ahead of the Orange, which garnered 224 points in the poll.

Complete Poll

The Orange square off with four more teams represented in the poll, in addition to the three they've already faced. 'Cuse travels to No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 5 North Carolina and No. 6 Johns Hopkins on the year, also playing host to No. 16 Duke. SU has already played No. 9 Albany, No. 11 Army and No. 13 Virginia.

Next, Syracuse hits the road for the first time this season to take on St. Johns. That game will be televised on ESPN3.