Maryland improved to 9-2 in the NCAA semifinals under John Tillman and can clinch its fifth national championship against No. 1 Cornell.

FOXBOROUGH, Ma — Maryland men’s lacrosse allowed a goal to Syracuse less than a minute in on Saturday. It looked like the Orange’s sixth-ranked scoring offense — which put up 19 goals in the previous round — may have found answers against the Terps’ defense.

The semifinal matchup went exactly as the Terps wanted it to, sending the Orange home one step short of Memorial Day.