SU has never won an ACC Tournament game. Will that streak end?
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
Syracuse hasn t won an ACC Tournament game since it joined the conference in 2013.
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Geana Torres spun her bat in her hands and stepped into the batter’s box. Down 5-0 against No. 20 Virginia Tech in the bottom of the fifth on Friday, she needed to spark an SU comeback.
Keely Rochard had just tied the NCAA’s season strikeout leader with her 261st strikeout against Toni Martin. Torres wanted to break up the eventual no-hitter, the first time the team had been no-hit in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Instead, she watched as strike three went by her, and she walked back to the bench frustrated.
Syracuse records 5 hits in sweep against No. 20 Virginia Tech
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
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Down 3-0, with two outs and two runners on base for Syracuse, Gabby Teran faced an 0-2 count against Virginia Tech’s ace Keely Rochard. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Teran rolled over on a changeup, softly grounding out to Hokies’ third baseman Cameron Fagan to end the inning. After failing to beat out the throw, Teran pointed her head toward the Syracuse sky in despair and ripped off her arm guard, knowing that she had just missed the Orange’s best opportunity all game to score off Rochards.
Syracuse pitching struggles continue in doubleheader sweep by Virginia Tech
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
Miranda Hearn pitched two 1-2-3 innings and gave up a 3-run home run in Syracuse s 11-1 loss against Virginia Tech.
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Kaia Oliver threw 21 pitches in game one as a starter. Nineteen of them were balls, two were strikes and two of them were wild pitches. Oliver surrendered four runs and pitched just 0.1 of an inning before being replaced following a career-low of just one out.
First, Oliver allowed Virginia Tech’s fastest player, Kelsey Brown, to walk on just five pitches. Brown then stole second and remained in the game despite being hit on her left leg on Maxine Barnes’ throw home. In the same at-bat Oliver threw her first wild pitch, allowing Brown to take over third before walking Cameron Fagan on the very next pitch on four straight balls.
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In its final road game of the season, Syracuse (19, 16, 11-13 Atlantic Coast) defeated Albany (16-17, 6-6 America East) 10-6. The Orange took advantage of three Great Dane errors and four hit by pitches for a season-high 10 runs, though just two were earned runs.
Albany took an early lead in the first inning after Kaia Oliver allowed two leadoff singles that left Alexis Phillips and Katie Falotico on first and second base, respectively. The Albany players advanced a base each on a fielder’s choice but were quickly brought home on two consecutive singles. That created an early 2-0 deficit for SU with two more runners on base and just an out.
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