Syracuse feel behind early and never recovered, dropping its second straight game 11-7 against Duke, on a hot, summer-like April afternoon front of a near sell-out crowd at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.
Here are three takeaways from the SU defeat which dropped the Orange record to 9-4, 2-1:
For the third consecutive game SU fell behind early, a troubling trend for the offense.
Two weeks ago the 'Cuse trailed Notre Dame 3-0 in the first quarter before rallying for its most impressive win of the season against recent nemesis Notre Dame.
Last week, SU trailed Cornell 2-0 before mounting a fourth quarter comeback that fell short.