I Know You: Orange, Hoyas Will Meet Again
from press release
INDIANAPOLIS – Syracuse has earned an at-large bid
to the 2010 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament and takes on BIG EAST
foe and No. 4 seed Georgetown in Washington D.C. in the first round
on Saturday, May 15 at 1 p.m. The Orange is making its ninth
appearance in the national tournament.
Syracuse, under the guidance of third-year head coach Gary Gait,
earned an at-large bid after winning six of its last eight games
and posting a 13-6 record this season. It marks the fourth straight
year the Orange has won 13 or more games. Syracuse tied for second
place in the BIG EAST regular-season standings with a 6-2 league
record and advanced to the final of the conference tournament.
Georgetown won the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament titles
and enters the tournament with a 13-5 record.
It will mark the third time the Orange and Hoyas have faced each
other in the last three weeks. The teams met in the regular-season
finale on May 1 in the Carrier Dome. The Hoyas posted a 10-9
victory to claim the BIG EAST regular-season championship. The
squads met again in the finals of the BIG EAST Tournament last
Saturday. Georgetown defeated Syracuse, 13-11, to win its first
conference tournament title. The first-round NCAA Tournament
matchup marks the 17th meeting between the two schools. The Hoyas
own a 13-3 advantage in the series.
Syracuse and Georgetown are two of three BIG EAST schools to make
the 16-team tournament field. Notre Dame also earned an at-large
bid and will face No. 2 seed Northwestern in the first round.
Maryland earned the No. 1 seed in this year's tournament.
The winner of the Syracuse-Georgetown game will take on the winner
between No. 5 seed James Madison and Stanford in the
quarterfinals.
Syracuse is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA
Tournament and its fifth in the last six years. The Orange appeared
in four straight NCAA Tournaments from 2000-03 and then returned to
the national tournament in 2005. Syracuse has an all-time record of
4-8 in NCAA Tournament play. Last season, the Orange earned the No.
7 seed and hosted a playoff game in the Carrier Dome for the second
consecutive year. Syracuse won its first-round contest for the
third straight year, defeating Boston University, 20-10. In the
quarterfinals, the Orange lost to No. 2 seed Maryland, 12-10.
