FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Maryland men’s lacrosse team produced another mostly stout defensive performance in the NCAA tournament semifinals Saturday afternoon. Throw in some scoring fireworks, and the result was a 14-8 triumph over No. 6 seed Syracuse at Gillette Stadium that sent the second-seeded Terrapins back to the national title game.
The Terps got four goals from Eric Spanos for the senior’s fifth hat trick this season, and graduate goalie Logan McNaney contributed 14 saves to help Maryland reach the title game against Cornell at 1 p.m. Monday (ESPN). The top-seeded Big Red defeated No. 5 seed Penn State, 11-9, in Saturday’s first semifinal.