Men's Lacrosse Meets Syracuse For Neutral Site Clash

OLNEY, MD. - The 12th-ranked North Carolina men's lacrosse program (7-4, 1-2 ACC) travels north to the DMV, meeting No. 18 Syracuse (7-5, 0-3 ACC) just north of the nation's capital at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Saturday at 4 PM.

Game Information
Date/Time: Saturday, April 15 - 4 PM
Location: Dancel Field - Olney, Md.
Watch: ESPNU
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Scouting Syracuse
• The Orange enter Saturday's matchup ranked No. 18 in the USILA Coaches' Poll and No. 17 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Freshman Joey Spallina leads 'Cuse offensively, with 32 goals and 25 assists.
• Jack Fine (61-124 - .491) and Johnny Richiusa (86-209 - .411) have split time at the faceoff X this season, with Fine taking a majority of the draws in the Orange win against Princeton.
• Will Mark has started all 12 games for Syracuse this season, holding a .577 save percentage.
• Gary Gait is in his second season leading the men's program at Syracuse, after 14 seasons leading their women's team.

Earlier This Season
• On Feb. 25, the Tar Heels defeated Syracuse 19-13, at the JMA Wireless Dome.
• Logan McGovern's eight-point showing led all players in the matchup, with Lance Tillman and Antonio DeMarco each scoring a hat trick.
• Six different Tar Heels collected three-ormore groundballs in the win. • Andrew Tyeryar (15-28) and George Kalos (4-7) combined to win the faceoff battle.
• Collin Krieg stopped 12 shots between the pipes for UNC.

Neutral Site Against The Orange
• Saturday's matchup is the eighth all-time against the Orange at a neutral site:

- 3/10/84 - L, 10-9 (Baltimore, Md.)
- 5/26/90 - L, 21-10 (NCAA Semifinals - Piscataway, N.J.)
- 5/31/93 - L, 13-12 (NCAA Championship - College Park, Md.)
- 5/11/96 - L, 19-12 (NCAA Quarterfinals - Piscataway, N.J.)
- 4/24/15 - L, 9-8 (ACC Tournament - Chester, Pa.)
- 4/29/16 - L, 10-7 (ACC Tournament - Kennesaw, Ga.)
- 4/28/17 - W, 16-15 (ACC Tournament - Durham, N.C.)

Coming Down The Stretch
• With just around one month remaining, the Tar Heels face arguably one of the toughest stretches in the country.
• Three of the final four games for UNC are against the top-three in the NCAA RPI rankings (As of 4/9).
• After facing Virginia (No. 3 in RPI), the Tar Heels square off with Syracuse (No. 27 in RPI), and close with back-to-back games against Notre Dame (No. 1 in RPI).

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Players Mentioned

Antonio DeMarco

George Kalos

Collin Krieg

Logan McGovern

Lance Tillman

Andrew Tyeryar