No. 5 Princeton vs. No. 2 Syracuse - April 4 2009

Hi and welcome to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for the men's lacrosse showdown between your No. 5 Princeton Tigers and No. 2 Syracuse Orangemen. As part of the Big City Classic - No. 1 Virginia just beat No. 11 UNC 11-10 and Hofstra plays Delaware following this game - today's contest marks the 25th meeting between Princeton and Syracuse. Syracuse leads the series 16-8, but these are historically two of the best programs in the country - the Tigers and Orangemen have combinbed for 15 of the last 21 NCAA titles.

Both teams come into today's game 7-1. Syracuse's lone loss came earlier this year to Virginia by one goal. The sole Princeton loss was two weeks ago against Hofstra. The big things to watch in this game will be the performance of Princeton's young defense against Syracuse's vaunted attack and midfield, the battle on the faceoff x between Princeton middie Paul Barnes and a slew of faceoff men for The Orange, and Syracuse's superb extra man group against Princeton's relatively weak man-down defense.

Princeton will be wearing all-white uniforms, and Syracuse will be wearing all orange. We are about five minutes from gametime, so stay here for realtime updates.