The 38th annual Kraus-Simmons Trophy game between Hobart and No. 5 Syracuse will start a little bit earlier than originally scheduled on Saturday, March 23. The Statesmen and Orange will faceoff at 3:30 p.m. on Boswell Field at Urick Stadium.
 
The game will be webcast live on HWS All-Access and can be tracked online with Live Stats. It will be broadcast live on WHWS-FM (105.7).
 
One of the longest running rivalries in collegiate lacrosse, Hobart and Syracuse will play for the 109th time in a series that began in 1916. The Statesmen won the inaugural contest on April 29, 1916, 9-1 in Syracuse. The Orange lead the series 80-26-2.
 
The Kraus-Simmons Trophy honors legendary National Lacrosse Hall of Fame coaches Babe Kraus '24 of Hobart and Roy Simmons Sr. of Syracuse. The Statesmen won the first Kraus-Simmons game in 1986, 16-13 on Boswell Field and claimed the trophy again in 2006 (9-8) and 2013 (13-12) with wins in the Carrier Dome.
 
SCOUTING HOBART

• Hobart (3-4) is coming off a 20-9 win over Le Moyne last Saturday.
• The Statesmen are ranked in the top 20 in the nation in faceoff percentage (7th, .616), man-down defense (10th, .741), and man-up offense (18th, .448).
• Senior Anthony Dattellas leads the offense with 16 goals, 12 assists and 28 points.
• Juniors Will Delano and Alex Rosa are in the top 10 in the nation in extra-man goals. Delano is tied for the lead with four, while Rosa is tied for seventh with three. Rosa scored all three of his extra-man goals in a span of less than two minutes against Le Moyne.
• Graduate student faceoff specialist Adam Shea is 15th in the nation in faceoff percentage (.597) and 18th in ground balls per game (6.57).

 
SCOUTING SYRACUSE

• The Orange (8-2) hit the road following an impressive 10-4 win over Duke on Wednesday.
• SU is ranked in the top 10 in the nation in nine statistical categories, including faceoff percentage (3rd, .623), scoring margin (3rd, +6.4) and assists per game (3rd, 9.7).
• Sophomore Joey Spallina paces the offense with 24 goals, 35 assists and 59 points.
• Fifth-year Mason Kohn is the Orange's top faceoff man, winning 62.6% with a team-leading 80 ground balls.
• In goal, graduate student Will Mark is 8-2 with a 9.31 GAA and a .571 save percentage.