The Orange were beaten by Princeton on Friday.
After rising to No. 1 in the country following a win over previously No. 1 Maryland, the Syracuse University men's lacrosse team slipped up again on Friday afternoon, dropping an 11-7 affair against Princeton (No. 7/10).
The Orange, who came in ranked No. 7, are now 3-2 on the season. They've dropped consecutive games and could fall out of the top 10 in the rankings that are released on Monday.
This game was part of the ACC/Ivy League Challenge.
Syracuse won't have much time to wallow in defeat. They'll play Penn on Sunday afternoon (12 p.m. ET) as they try to stay inside the Top 10.
Top scorer Joey Spallina was held scoreless for the Orange. Michael Leo had a goal and three assists to lead the Orange in scoring with four points.
Jimmy McCool had 17 saves in the cage.
In other SU news....
--The Syracuse women's basketball team is coming off a disappointing 72-62 loss against Notre Dame on Thursday night. The Orange are now 21-7 overall and 11-6 inside league play. With one regular season game to go, the Orange are in a five-way tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Syracuse will take on last-place Boston College on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET and then will wait for the ACC tournament bracket to come out. Syracuse is projected to make the NCAA Tournament, earning a No. 9 seed in the most recent ESPN bracketology.
--As for the Syracuse men's team: The Orange have three regular season games remaining. They'll take on Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon (5:45 p.m. ET) before visiting Louisville and hosting Pitt to close out the regular season. Syracuse is currently tied for 12th in the ACC with Stanford at 6-9 in the league. It's been a generally disappointing year for Adrian Autry's team and it could result in major changes to the program and coaching staff.
Syracuse closes out the season with these two winnable games and then will learn its own ACC Tournament fate. The Orange haven't been to the NCAA Tournament in the last four years and appear set to miss out for a fifth straight campaign. Hard to believe.
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