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Syracuse lacrosse loses overtime heartbreaker to No. 5 Cornell: ‘Just an emotional game’

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Syracuse, N.Y. — Brendan Curry sat at the end of a table of grim-faced Syracuse teammates. His coach, Gary Gait, occupied the other end.

The Orange had just lost an overtime heartbreaker to neighboring Cornell, 16-15, in a Carrier Dome game SU once led 7-2. Curry’s voice wavered only slightly when he was asked why he seemed so emotionally depleted after the defeat.

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