Duke blitzes out of the gate for early lead on Syracuse lacrosse: Live score, updates

Charlotte, NC—The No. 2 seeded Syracuse men’s lacrosse team takes on No. 3 seed Duke in the 2024 ACC Lacrosse Championship semifinal in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday night.

Syracuse vs. Duke will air on the ACC Networkand can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream (free trial) and other live TV services.

Streams: Syracuse Orange Lacrosse with DirecTV Stream (free trial).

Syracuse (11-4, 3-1 ACC) has had two weeks to rest and celebrate since their season-ending 18-17 nail-biter win over the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers. Syracuse has locked down an at-large bid and is now trying to improve its seed for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Syracuse held Duke to just four goals (10-4) in the first meeting back in March, the fewest goals ever surrendered by the Orange in a conference game and Duke’s fewest in a league game since 2012.

Syracuse and Duke have not met in the ACC Tournament since the 2016 title game, a 14-8 Orange win in Georgia.

Follow live updates of the game below:

FIRST QUARTER

5:09 remaining: Duke 6, Syracuse 2

McAdorey has the hat trick as he cranks and fires low-to-high for a goal past Will Mark.

6:16 remaining Duke 5, Syracuse 2

Jake Stevens scores again for the Orange, firing high for the score.

7:28 remaining Duke 5, Syracuse 1

Jake Stevens stops the bleeding for the Orange and gets a score on the board.

10:31 remaining Duke 5, Syracuse 0

Max Sloat scores. This game has been ALL DUKE so far. A 6-0 lead on shots on goal and a 5-0 lead on face-offs. SU looks rusty, to say the least, after two weeks off.

11:02 remaining Duke 4, Syracuse 0

Andrew McAdorey scores his second goal of the game. Duke has already matched its total from SU’s 10-4 regular season win over Duke.

11:32 remaining: Duke 3, Syracuse 0

Josh Zawada scores on the man-up, beating SU goalie Will Marl on the bouncer to give Duke an early 3-goal advantage.

12:08 remaining: Duke 2, Syracuse 0

Andrew McAdorey scores less than a minute later. Duke is already halfway to the point total it had in SU’s 10-4 win over the Blue Devils earlier this season.

12:50 remaining: Duke 1, Syracuse 0

Dyson Williams opens the scoring with Brennan O’Neill picking up the assist on a nice feed. Williams was held without a point in SU’s regular-season win over the Blue Devils. Already on the board in this one.

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