Road Trip Continues for No. 13/No. 12 Men's Lacrosse

No. 13/No. 12 SYRACUSE at No. 3/No. 4 Virginia
Game Details	Saturday, April 22, 2023 \| Charlottesville, Va. \| 2 p.m.
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THE GAME
- Another weekend, another road trip for the Orange as Syracuse, now ranked 13th in the USILA Coaches Poll, heads for the Blue Ridge Mountains to take on another longtime rival, third-ranked Virginia.
- Opening faceoff is set for 2 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia, the lone regular season meeting between 'Cuse and Virginia this season.
- Chris Cotter and Paul Carcaterra '97 will have the call on ESPNU, the third-straight TV game for the Orange.
- Tim Leonard '20 (PxP) and Kyle Fetterly '09 (analyst) will broadcast the action on TK99/105, Cuse.com, The Varsity App and the TuneIn App, while WAER will also carry the game.

ROADS? WHERE WE'RE GOING WE'LL NEED PLENTY OF ROADS
- Like Willie Nelson said, we're on the road again as Syracuse continues its four-game road swing to round out the 2023 regular season. Saturday will be the second of three true road games in this set, with the outlier last weekend's game in Olney, Maryland against No. 12 North Carolina.
- This stretch is a gauntlet, featuring four teams in the top 15 of the USILA Coaches Poll: then-No. 14 Princeton, then-No. 12 North Carolina, Virginia, currently ranked third by the Coaches, and rounding out next weekend at No. 2 Duke.
- Syracuse has played four games away from the JMA Wireless Dome this season, currently holding a 3-1 record outside of Central New York this year. Syracuse dropped a close contest at No. 4 Maryland before later doubling Hofstra 16-8. The last two games have been ranked wins over No. 14 Princeton (16-13) and No. 12 North Carolina (15-14).
- The Orange have not played four regular season games away from home since the 2014 campaign. 'Cuse split those four games 2-2, falling at No. 4 Virginia and No. 3 Duke. The middle two games saw the Orange pick off No. 19 St. John's and No. 2 Johns Hopkins at Historic Homewood Field. Syracuse and the Red Storm met in Kennesaw, Georgia for the Cobb County Classic.

THE VIRGINIA SERIES
- Saturday sees longtime rivals Syracuse and Virginia meet for the 41st time, and like many series for the Orange, this one predates World War II.
- Deadlocked at 20-20-0 in series history, 'Cuse and Virginia began playing against one another back in 1938, a 13-4 win for Syracuse down in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
- The sides met sporadically after that initial contest, but have squared off at least once every year since 1994 (sans 2020, though a league game was scheduled).
- Syracuse is 6-4 against Virginia in ACC games, and holds a 6-5 record since joining the ACC for the 2014 campaign.
- Virginia won both contests last season, clipping the Orange 20-11 in Charlottesville before edging Syracuse 21-15 in the JMA Wireless Dome in late April.
- The Orange are looking for their first win at Klöckner since knocking off the 'Hoos 13-11 on April 24, 2021.
- Syracuse and Virginia have met twice in each of the previous two regular seasons, splitting those four games as the Orange won both in 2021 and the Cavaliers taking both in 2022.

ALL-TIME VERSUS #3
- Saturday will be the 28th time Syracuse faces a team ranked third in that week's USILA Coaches' Poll, and second time this season.
- The Orange hold a 15-12 record against third-ranked foes, including an even 2-2 mark for ACC contests.
- Syracuse dropped a decision against third-ranked Notre Dame earlier this season at home.
- 'Cuse is looking for its first road win over a third-ranked team since the 13th-ranked Orange nipped No. 3 Duke 15-14 on March 24, 2013 in Durham.
- Syracuse is 2-3 all-time against Virginia when the Cavaliers occupy the number three spot in the Coaches' Poll. The Orange won the last such show down 20-10 on February 27, 2021.
- Saturday's tilt will be the first time Syracuse takes on a third-ranked Virginia team in Charlottesville. Two of the previous meetings have been in Syracuse, while three other meetings have been neutral site in Newark, Delaware, Piscataway, New Jersey and Baltimore, Maryland.
- 'Cuse has won two of its last three against third-ranked foes.

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