Nick Mellen, Syracuse lacrosse (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
Syracuse lacrosse has seen more of its players taken in the MLL Draft than any other program, with Nick Mellen adding to the Orange’s total.
Syracuse lacrosse finished the abbreviated 2020 campaign ranked as the No. 1 squad in the country, and earlier this week the Orange maintained its dominance in the Major League Lacrosse Draft, when two-time All-American Nick Mellen got chosen fourth overall by the Boston Cannons.
Mellen, one of the country’s top cover defenders since joining the ‘Cuse from West Genesee High School in nearby Camillus, N.