Syracuse men’s lacrosse stayed alive in the NCAA tournament, edging North Carolina 13-11 to improve to 13-5 on the season. The Tar Heels came in with the same record, making it a tight matchup, and the Orange had just enough to pull away.
In the NHL playoffs, Buffalo rallied in a big way, beating Montreal 8-3 to force a Game 7. The Sabres, now 50-23-9, weren’t ready to go home, and the lopsided score suggests they found something in this one. The series goes the distance.
In baseball, Rochester shut out Lehigh Valley 5-0 to grab a clean win in Triple-A action. Over in the majors, the Mets evened the Subway Series with a 6-3 win over the Yankees. Luke Weaver worked out of a bases-loaded jam against his former club, which was the kind of moment that tends to define a series. New York falls to 28-18, while the Mets climb a little closer to respectability at 19-26.
