The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents

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men's

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. The Orange have won 15 national championship titles, and currently compete as a member of the

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men's lacrosse conference. Syracuse plays its home games at the

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History

Syracuse played its first intercollegiate lacrosse game in 1916, and captured United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (USILL) co-championships in 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1925 based on winning the Northern Division. It would claim a coaches' poll national championship in 1957. The men's lacrosse team competed as independents until 2010 when the former Big East Conference began sponsoring men's lacrosse. It joined the

from the 2014 season onwards following the athletics program's switch to the ACC.

NCAA national championships

In the modern

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era, Syracuse has won 10 national championship titles, in

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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, and

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, with one championship in 1990 vacated due to NCAA rules infractions after an investigation revealed that Nancy Simmons, the wife of Coach Roy Simmons, Jr., had co-signed a car loan for the team's star player,

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, in the 1990 season. The Orange's ten NCAA championship titles are the most since the NCAA began holding tournaments in 1971

Big East lacrosse

Syracuse was one of seven

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schools that formally began competing in men's lacrosse in 2010. Previously, Syracuse men's lacrosse had remained independent (''i.e.'', unaffiliated with any athletic conference). The other six Big East schools were Georgetown, Notre Dame,

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, St. John's, and Villanova. Army-Syracuse lacrosse 2010

Head coaches

Syracuse has had five men's lacrosse head coaches since 1916: *

Laurie D. Cox Laurie Davidson Cox (August 18, 1883 – October 1, 1968) was a leading American landscape architect and Hall of Fame coach and contributor to the sport of lacrosse. He was professor of Landscape Engineering at the New York State College of F ...

(1916–1930), 116-40-15 record, .722 winning percentage * Roy Simmons, Sr. (1931–1970), 253-130-1 record, .660 winning percentage * Roy Simmons, Jr. (1971–1998), 287-96-0 record, .749 winning percentage *

John Desko John Terry Desko is a retired lacrosse head coach. Desko coached the men's lacrosse team at Syracuse University for 22 seasons from 1999 to 2021. Desko took over as head coach in 1999 from Hall of Fame coach Roy Simmons Jr. Early life The Des ...

(1999–2021), 258-86-0 record, .750 winning percentage *

Gary Gait Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately. On January 24, 2017, ...

(2021–present), 4-10-0 record, .286 winning percentage, as of 2022 As of 2022, those coaches combined for a 918-362-16 record, which is a .717 winning percentage, with 15 total national titles.

Individual honors and awards

USILA All-Americans

Twelve Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse players have been four-time United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-Americans: *

Brad Kotz Bradley 'Brad' A. Kotz was a four-time All-American NCAA lacrosse player at Syracuse University from 1982 to 1985. Syracuse Orange The Orange won an NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1983 and made two additional appearances in the NCAA fin ...

(1982–85) *

John Zulberti John F. Zulberti (January 20, 1967 – August 1, 2021) was an American four-time All-American NCAA lacrosse player at Syracuse University from 1986 to 1989. The Orange won the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships in 1988 and 1989 with Zulberti t ...

(1986–89) *

(1987–90) * Pat McCabe (1988–91) *

Tom Marechek Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired professional lacrosse player. College career Marechek played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he teamed with Paul and Gary Gait to form one of ...

(1989–92) * Charlie Lockwood (1991–94) *

Roy Colsey Roy Colsey (born July 29, 1973 in Yorktown Heights, New York) is a former professional lacrosse player who last played for the Philadelphia Barrage in Major League Lacrosse. College career Roy attended Syracuse University, where he was a third- ...

(1992–95) * Ric Beardsley (1992–95) *

Casey Powell Casey Powell (born February 18, 1976) is a Hall of Fame American former college and professional lacrosse player from West Carthage, New York. In 1998, he graduated from Syracuse University, where he was a four-time USILA All-American. Powell was ...

(1995–98) * Ryan Powell (1997-2000) * Michael Springer (2000–03) * Mike Powell (2001–04)

Tewaaraton Trophy

Syracuse has also produced two

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winners: * Mike Powell (2002, 2004) * Mike Leveille (2008)

US Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Twenty-three Orange men's lacrosse players and coaches are enshrined in the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame: * Laurie D. Cox (1957) * Irving Lydecker (1960) * Frederick A. Fitch (1961) *

Victor Ross Victor K. Ross (November 13, 1900 – 1974) was an American lacrosse player. Early life Ross was Jewish, and was born in Kiszalo, Hungary. He graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1918. He then attended Syracuse University, where he played o ...

(1962; a three-time All American) * David Periard Sr. (1964) * Evan Corbin Sr. (1965) * Victor J. Jenkins (1967) * William N. Ritch (1972) * Louis Robbins (1975) * Stewart Lindsay Jr. (1977) * John Desko (1979) * William L. Fuller (1982) *

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(1984) * Ron Fraser (1987) * Roy Simmons Jr. (1991) * Oren R. Lyons, Jr. (1992) * Dick Finley (1999) *

(2001) *

(2005) * Thomas Ortese (2005) * Pat McCabe (2006) * Tim Nelson (2011) * Roy Colsey (2011) * John Zulberti (2015) Only

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(63) and

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(31) have more inductees in the Hall of Fame.

Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

At least three former Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse player has been inducted in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame: *

(2012) *

(2014) *

(2014)

National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame

Several former Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse players have been inducted into the

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: * Gary Gait (2006) * Paul Gait (2006) * Tom Marechek (2007)

Traditions

One notable tradition of the Syracuse program is the number 22 jersey, which is given to the player who is expected to be the team's best overall player. The number has been worn by

, Charlie Lockwood,

, Ryan Powell, Mike Powell, Dan Hardy,

Cody Jamieson Cody Jamieson (born July 17, 1987) is a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Turtle Clan at Grand River. He plays for the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League, the New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse, and the Six Nations Chiefs i ...

, Jojo Marasco, Jordan Evans, Chase Scanlan, and most currently Joey Spallina.

Season Results

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References

External links

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