Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse fans are ready for a return to prominence.
Beyond ready. Ready and waiting, you might say. That’s what happens when the most decorated program in NCAA men’s lacrosse history goes six years without winning a single NCAA tournament game, and a decade without making it to Memorial Day weekend.
That wait will go on, as this Sunday, the Orange are going to miss the tournament for the second straight year after finishing the season with a technically-eligible 8-7 record.
But while the wait for the return to national prominence goes on for another year, the outlook has gotten brighter for the first time in a long time about what lies ahead.