GENEVA, N.Y.—The No. 20 Hobart College lacrosse team will host the 34th edition of the Kraus-Simmons Trophy game when No. 11 Syracuse University visits Boswell Field at David J Urick Stadium on Tuesday, April 2. The opening faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Adult general admission tickets are $5. Children 12 and under are $2. Tickets can be purchased at the Urick Stadium box office beginning at 5:30 p.m. on game day.
Parking in the lot at Urick Stadium is reserved for Statesmen Athletic Association permit holders only. General fan parking is available in the Odell's South Lot and Medbury Lot on campus as well as the Geneva Centre Plaza parking lot. Media parking will be at the HWS Sports Dome, which is accessed off of St. Clair Street. [Click here to view the parking map as a
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There is no game day parking in any of the business adjacent to or across Hamilton Street from the stadium.
The game will be broadcast live on WEOS-FM (89.5/90.3 in Geneva). Fans can track the game online with HWS All-Access video and Live Stats.
The game will be the first between the longtime Central New York rivals with both teams nationally ranked since 2009. Hobart (8-1) features one of the top offenses in the nation, ranking second in goals per game (16.11), assists per game (10.22), points per game (26.33) and scoring margin (+6.0). Senior
Chris Aslanian and junior
Eric Holden share the team lead with 39 points apiece. Holden leads the Northeast Conference and is 10th in the nation in goals per game (3.11), while Aslanian leads the NEC and is eighth in the country in assists per game (2.78).
The Statesmen, behind senior
Matthew Pedicine, have dominated at the X, ranking fourth in the country in faceoff winning percentage (.664) and ground balls per game (37.89). Pedicine is third in Division I in ground balls per game (12.22) and fourth in faceoff percentage (.672). With five games remaining in the regular season, he needs just six ground balls to break Hobart's Division I era season record of 115 set by Eric Curry '96 in 1996.
Hobart's defense is limiting opponents to 10.11 goals per game, which ranks 21st in the nation. Junior goalie
Sam Lucchesi is seventh in the country in goals against average (9.05) and 10th in save percentage (.573).
Syracuse (5-3) aims to rebound from a 13-10 loss at then No. 12 Notre Dame on Saturday. The Orange average 12.13 goals per game (21st in the nation) while allowing 10.63 (33rd). SU is in the top 10 in the country in extra-man offense (4th, .533), turnovers per game (4th, 14.0), ground balls per game (6th, 36.5) and faceoff winning percentage (9th, .610).
The Orange have won 30 of the 33 Kraus-Simmons Trophy games and hold a 76-26-2 all-time series lead.
