Unit testing exception property

I have exception

class SyntaxError : Exception {
    public SyntaxError(int l) {
        line = l;
    }
    public int line;
}

I'm using unit tests to test class Parser which on specific input should throw exception above. I'm using code like this:

    [TestMethod]
    [ExpectedException(typeof(Parser.SyntaxError))]
    public void eolSyntaxError()
    {
        parser.reader = new StringReader("; alfa\n; beta\n\n\n\na");
        parser.eol();
    }

Is there any smart simple way to check if SyntaxError.line == 1?

Best I come up with is:

    [TestMethod]
    public void eolSyntaxError()
    {
        try {
            parser.reader = new StringReader("; alfa\n; beta\n\n\n\na");
            parser.eol();
            Assert.Fail();
        } catch (SyntaxError e) {
            Assert.AreEqual(1, e.line);
        }
    }

I don't like it very much, is there better way?