In another tightly contested edition of the battle for the Kraus-Simmons trophy, the Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse team retained the trophy for the eighth consecutive year on Sunday with a 18-16 win over the Hobart Statesmen.
It was the 107th all-time meeting between the upstate rivals, and the 36th meeting since the trophy was first awarded in 1986. The Orange are now 33-3 in trophy games.
This game ended up being a lot closer than it should have been, thanks to a handful of Syracuse errors that kept the Orange from ever establishing a lead of more than three on the Statesmen.