Friday, February 28
Syracuse, N.Y.
7 PM
Syracuse University
21
vs
13
Hobart
Kraus-Simmons Trophy Stays in 'Cuse
2/28/2020 10:25:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Orange roll Hobart
The trophy is back where it belongs for the seventh-straight season after No. 3 Syracuse (4-0) successfully retained the Kraus-Simmons trophy by defeating Hobart (3-1), 21-13.
Career days from Tucker Dordevic (5-2) and Brendan Curry (5-1) in the first midfield propelled the Orange offense to its second 21-goal output on the year and secures a five-goal game from every member of the top midfield in the last-two outings. The success brought the trophy home for the 32nd time in the 35 years it has been awarded.
The Orange never trailed in the contest, but the Statesmen were within a goal heading into the final 20 minutes or regulation. 'Cuse doubled the Statesmen's goal total in the second half, erupting for 14 goals to Hobart's seven, with Chase Scanlan (4-1), Jamie Trimboli (2-2), Stephen Rehfuss (1-2) and Jacob Buttermore (2-0) all having multi-point days.
"I felt like for us is was nice to come out in the second half and start off pretty well again," said Syracuse head coach John Desko. "They matched our goals then and finally we settled down in the fourth quarter and we outscored them 6-2."
'Cuse won the ground ball battle 39-35, was successful on 14-of-16 clears and turned the ball over 13 times to Hobart's 22. SU also won 20-of-38 faceoffs behind Danny Varello's 15-of-26 day.
The Orange came out firing in the first quarter, finding the back of the net three times in the first five minutes with tallies from Dordevic, Curry and Jared Fernandez to jump out to a 3-0 lead. The tally was the first of Fernandez's career and the first by an Orange longpole this season.
Hobart quickly stormed back, getting two quick tallies in the span of 28 seconds from Tommy Mott and Derrek Madonna to make the score 3-2 with 4:47 to play in the quarter.
Syracuse extended their advantage back to two when Jamie Trimboli found a wide-open Scanlan, who stepped up and fired home his 10th goal of the season, allowing the Orange to close the opening frame with a 4-2 lead.
The second stanza opened with both sides trading pairs of goals. Jason Knox and Eric Holden found the back of the net for the Statesmen while Jacob Buttermore ripped two shots past Sam Lucchesi back-to-back.
After Dordevic extended Syracuse's lead to 7-4 with under four minutes to play before halftime, Holden brought the Statesmen back within reach, scoring twice in an 11 second span to cut the Orange advantage to 7-6 at the break.
Neither team broke away early in the start of the second half, with the teams trading three goals apiece. A key moment came when Griffin Cook scored a man-down goal by splitting a double-team from X and scoring in front. The Statesmen had a man-up opportunity that could have tied the game at nine, but Cook pushed the Orange lead to a pair instead.
Then, Dordevic single-handedly pulled the Orange away with back-to-back highlight reel goals that extended the lead to 14-11, before Curry gave the team its largest lead of the game to close the third with a 15-11 advantage.
Curry continued his run in the fourth quarter, scoring his fourth and fifth tallies of the night to set a new career high in goals. His fourth goal kicked off a run of four unanswered goals to close to contest and give the Orange their fourth straight victory to open the season.
Syracuse is back on Saturday, March 7, when they hit the road to take on Johns Hopkins at 1 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Tucker Dordevic's five goals bested his previous career high of four at Virginia on March 4, 2018 and his point total was three more than his previous high of four from the same game. It was also his first multi-assist game of his career … Brendan Curry's six points and five goals best his previous high of five points and three goals vs. Binghamton this season … Jared Fernandez's goal was the first of his career … Griffin Cook now has seven caused turnovers on the season after two more tonight. Since CTs became an official NCAA statistic in 2010, only two players in Syracuse history have posted more than his seven in a single season. Cody Jamieson (9 in 2010) and Chris Daniello (8 in 2010) are the only attackmen with more in a single-season and he's now tied with Dylan Donahue (7 in 2015) for third … Brendan Curry has now scored a goal in 10-straight games and a point in 19-straight, both team highs … David Lipka's assist extended his point total to 16-straight games with a point … Syracuse improved its all-time record to 78-26-2 against Hobart … The Orange are now 415-160-10 against New York teams … The win is the 916th in program history, second all-time behind Johns Hopkins … John Desko nets his 257th career win, tying him with longtime Cornell head coach Richie Moran for 18th in NCAA Division I history … The win gives Syracuse its first 4-0 start since 2016 and 10th 4-0 start since the team's first NCAA title in 1983
Career days from Tucker Dordevic (5-2) and Brendan Curry (5-1) in the first midfield propelled the Orange offense to its second 21-goal output on the year and secures a five-goal game from every member of the top midfield in the last-two outings. The success brought the trophy home for the 32nd time in the 35 years it has been awarded.
The Orange never trailed in the contest, but the Statesmen were within a goal heading into the final 20 minutes or regulation. 'Cuse doubled the Statesmen's goal total in the second half, erupting for 14 goals to Hobart's seven, with Chase Scanlan (4-1), Jamie Trimboli (2-2), Stephen Rehfuss (1-2) and Jacob Buttermore (2-0) all having multi-point days.
"I felt like for us is was nice to come out in the second half and start off pretty well again," said Syracuse head coach John Desko. "They matched our goals then and finally we settled down in the fourth quarter and we outscored them 6-2."
'Cuse won the ground ball battle 39-35, was successful on 14-of-16 clears and turned the ball over 13 times to Hobart's 22. SU also won 20-of-38 faceoffs behind Danny Varello's 15-of-26 day.
The Orange came out firing in the first quarter, finding the back of the net three times in the first five minutes with tallies from Dordevic, Curry and Jared Fernandez to jump out to a 3-0 lead. The tally was the first of Fernandez's career and the first by an Orange longpole this season.
Hobart quickly stormed back, getting two quick tallies in the span of 28 seconds from Tommy Mott and Derrek Madonna to make the score 3-2 with 4:47 to play in the quarter.
Syracuse extended their advantage back to two when Jamie Trimboli found a wide-open Scanlan, who stepped up and fired home his 10th goal of the season, allowing the Orange to close the opening frame with a 4-2 lead.
The second stanza opened with both sides trading pairs of goals. Jason Knox and Eric Holden found the back of the net for the Statesmen while Jacob Buttermore ripped two shots past Sam Lucchesi back-to-back.
After Dordevic extended Syracuse's lead to 7-4 with under four minutes to play before halftime, Holden brought the Statesmen back within reach, scoring twice in an 11 second span to cut the Orange advantage to 7-6 at the break.
Neither team broke away early in the start of the second half, with the teams trading three goals apiece. A key moment came when Griffin Cook scored a man-down goal by splitting a double-team from X and scoring in front. The Statesmen had a man-up opportunity that could have tied the game at nine, but Cook pushed the Orange lead to a pair instead.
Then, Dordevic single-handedly pulled the Orange away with back-to-back highlight reel goals that extended the lead to 14-11, before Curry gave the team its largest lead of the game to close the third with a 15-11 advantage.
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Curry continued his run in the fourth quarter, scoring his fourth and fifth tallies of the night to set a new career high in goals. His fourth goal kicked off a run of four unanswered goals to close to contest and give the Orange their fourth straight victory to open the season.
Syracuse is back on Saturday, March 7, when they hit the road to take on Johns Hopkins at 1 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Tucker Dordevic's five goals bested his previous career high of four at Virginia on March 4, 2018 and his point total was three more than his previous high of four from the same game. It was also his first multi-assist game of his career … Brendan Curry's six points and five goals best his previous high of five points and three goals vs. Binghamton this season … Jared Fernandez's goal was the first of his career … Griffin Cook now has seven caused turnovers on the season after two more tonight. Since CTs became an official NCAA statistic in 2010, only two players in Syracuse history have posted more than his seven in a single season. Cody Jamieson (9 in 2010) and Chris Daniello (8 in 2010) are the only attackmen with more in a single-season and he's now tied with Dylan Donahue (7 in 2015) for third … Brendan Curry has now scored a goal in 10-straight games and a point in 19-straight, both team highs … David Lipka's assist extended his point total to 16-straight games with a point … Syracuse improved its all-time record to 78-26-2 against Hobart … The Orange are now 415-160-10 against New York teams … The win is the 916th in program history, second all-time behind Johns Hopkins … John Desko nets his 257th career win, tying him with longtime Cornell head coach Richie Moran for 18th in NCAA Division I history … The win gives Syracuse its first 4-0 start since 2016 and 10th 4-0 start since the team's first NCAA title in 1983
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