The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team released its schedule for the 2013 season on Thursday. The Orange will play 14 games, with eight of them being played in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse will also have two road games, and two neutral-site matchups.

The Orange will have exhibition games against Hofstra and Holy Cross on Jan. 26, and will then travel to Ohio State to scrimmage the Buckeyes and Robert Morris on Feb. 2.

Syracuse has three straight home games to open the season, including matchups with Albany and Army before rival Virginia comes to the Carrier dome on March 1. Other marquee home games include Johns Hopkins (March 16) and Cornell (April 10).

Syracuse will also be a part of the first-ever Whitman’s Sampler Independence Classic at PPL Park in Philadelphia, Pa. on March 9, where the Orange will take on St. John’s. The other neutral-site game for SU will come against Notre Dame in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

The Big East tournament, which will include the top four teams in the conference, will be from March 2 to March 4 at Villanova. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid tot the NCAA tournament. The Orange won the Big East tournament last year after beating Villanova and St. John’s.

This will be Syracuse’s final Big East season before it moves to the Atlantic Coast Conference next year, which is a league loaded with strong lacrosse programs.

The Orange went 9-8 last year and had its season end with a 12-9 loss to Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Here’s Syracuse’s whole 2013 schedule with home games bolded:

February                           

Sat., Jan. 26 – Hofstra/Holy Cross (scrimmage), 10 a.m.

Sat., Feb. 2 – at Ohio State/Robert Morris (scrimmage), 11:30 a.m.

Sun., Feb. 17 – Albany, 4 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 24 – Army, 4 p.m.

March

Fri., March 1 – Virginia, TBA

Sat., March 9 – vs. St. John’s (Chester, Pa.), 12 p.m.

Sat., March 16 – Johns Hopkins, TBA

Tues., March 19 – at Providence, TBA

Sat., March 23 – at Villanova, TBA

TBA – Canisius, TBA

April

Sat., April 6 – at Princeton, TBA

Wed., April 10 – Cornell, 6 p.m.

Sat., April 13 – Rutgers, 1 p.m.

Tues., April 16 – Hobart, 7 p.m.

Sat., April 20 – at Georgetown, 1 p.m.

Sat., April 27 – vs. Notre Dame (E. Rutherford, N.J.), 6:30 p.m.

May

Thurs., May 2 – BIG EAST Championship Semifinals (Villanova, Pa.), TBA

Sat., May 4 – BIG EAST Championship Final (Villanova, Pa.), TBA

Published on December 6, 2012 at 4:51 pm

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