One of the best things about this weekend's NCAA semifinals is an extra meeting this season between Syracuse and Virginia.

The Orange and Cavaliers can be relied upon to produce a visually appealing, fan-friendly game --- the sort the sport could use on its biggest stage.

The schools have met 23 times --- 20 of them since 1994. Here's one highly debatable top five of those games.

1. 1997: Syracuse 22, Virginia 21. The score says absolutely everything. It was just an awesome rock-'em-sock-'em game at the Dome. Casey Powell had seven goals and six assists for Syracuse.

2. 1994: Virginia 15, Syracuse 14 (OT). The Cavaliers completed their march to their first national final under Dom Starsia by knocking out the defending national champions at Byrd Stadium.

3. 2002: Syracuse 12, Virginia 11 (2OT). Michael Springer scored four goals up at Rutgers to send Syracuse back to the national title game. The bigger story in this one? Virginia sophomore Tillman Johnson offered a preview of his future final four theatrics with 18 saves, while Syracuse's Jay Pfeifer stopped 19 shots.

4. 1999: Virginia 12, Syracuse 10. The Cavaliers punched through for their first national title since 1972, nearly blowing a 9-3 lead before outlasting the Orange in College Park.

5. 2008: Virginia 14, Syracuse 13 (OT). It might be the best game of the season, and was played back on March 1 at M&T Bank Stadium. There were nine ties and five lead changes, and a pair of freshmen goalies received a baptism by fire. Brian Carroll scored the game-winner for Virginia in OT, but Syracuse served early notice its losing 2007 season was well in the past.

So, what's missing?

--- Patrick Stevens