newsday.com —
It's Final Four weekend for men's college lacrosse and the matchups in Philadelphia are intriguing. In Saturday's opener, Duke, which has reached seven consecutive Final Fours, faces Cornell, in a game matching two of the nation's highest-scoring teams. In the second semifinal, top-seeded Syracuse, more of a defensive team the last couple of years, must try to stop high-scoring Denver, a relative newbie in the sport whose coach, Bill Tierney, won a record six national titles at Princeton.