Syracuse women’s lacrosse: Defense rules in 9-4 ACC quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech
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Whoever originated the old saying, “Offense wins games, but defense wins championships”, might want to be advised: defense wins games, too.
That was the case on Wednesday evening down at Dorrance Field on the campus of North Carolina, where the No. 2 seed Syracuse Orange defeated the No. 7 seed Virginia Tech Hokies, 9-4, in a veritable slog-fest in the ACC quarterfinals.
Struggling all night to find any consistency on offense, the defense made sure to keep Virginia Tech at bay so that the Orange were never really challenged despite not even reaching double-figures themselves. It takes a special kind of defensive effort to accomplish that.
No. 3 Syracuse women’s lacrosse stifles No. 4 Boston College in revenge win, 16-7
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On Saturday afternoon in the final Dome game of the regular season, the No. 3 Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team continued to find new ways of showing us how good they are in a 16-7 drubbing of the No. 4 Boston College Eagles.
The victory, which improved their record to 12-2 (8-2) to close the regular season, was a complete one on both ends of the field, as the Orange made a statement coming back from their disappointing, last-minute loss against the Eagles on Thursday night.
No. 3 Syracuse women s lacrosse loses Dome thriller to No. 4 Boston College, 14-13
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ACC Thursday Night Lacrosse is legit. There s just no two ways about it. On both the men’s and women’s sides, primetime, televised lacrosse on Thursday nights needs to become a permanent thing for the ACC because it rocks.
This particular Thursday night, however, did not rock for the No. 3 Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team. It was a night that started with celebration for the honoring of Syracuse’s graduate students, and ended with heartbreak on multiple fronts.