Syracuse men’s lacrosse: Yale preview with Christian De Guzman

PROVIDENCE, RI - MAY 08: A Yale Bulldogs flag waves in the wind during the Ivy League Tournament championship college lacrosse game between the Pennsylvania Quakers and the Yale Bulldogs on May 8, 2022, at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, RI. (Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NCAA Tournament has arrived, and the sixth-seeded Syracuse Orange have drawn the Yale Bulldogs as their first round opponent. It’s their fourth Ivy League team of the year, but the first time they’ve met Yale since the 2017 NCAA First Round.

In order to take a closer look at the team from New Haven, we’re talking with Nunes Magician’s own Christian De Guzman . For those of you who don’t know, Christian is the play-by-play announcer for all Cornell lacrosse home games, and he got an up-close look at Yale this season when they visited Schoellkopf Field in late March, a game they won 13-12 over the hosts. Let’s take a look at what Christian had to say about the Bulldogs ahead of this weekend’s First Round game: TNIAAM: So, Christian, Yale started this year slowly but recently went on a six-game winning streak to get themselves into the tournament.

You were calling the game when they started that win streak on the road against Cornell. They’ve also beaten Harvard and lost twice to Princeton by a combined three goals. What do they do so well as a team that makes them such a threat against top competition?

Christian De Guzman : They always say defense wins championships, right? Well, Yale’s defense was horrible last year. The Bulldogs allowed 13.