The temperature is cooling off, but the action is heating up. Let’s recap the week that was for the Orange Olympic sports.
Field Hockey (9-6, 4-4)
The Orange lost the season finale 3-1 to Boston College and will enter ACC Tournament play as the #4 seed.
Syracuse will face #5 seed Louisville at 12:30 today on the ACC Network. The Orange won the regular season meeting 4-2, but is 0-2 against the Cardinals in ACC Tournament play.
Congratulations to Aubrey Turner, Hattie Madden and Bo Madden for earning
All-ACC honors.
Ice Hockey (7-3, 5-3)
The Orange split their two games with Delaware last week dropping a 1-0 decision on Thursday before bouncing back with a 4-1 win on Friday. Syracuse will need to rack up some wins to push themselves into the rankings.
The Orange travel to Lindenwood for two games this weekend.
Women’s Soccer (4-10-2, 1-8)
It’s five straight losses for the Orange after they gave up a late goal to fall 2-1 to Miami. Maya Naimoli still leads the ACC with 67 saves on the season.
The Orange will host California on Thursday night in the regular season finale.
Volleyball (6-15, 1-11)
No win streak for Syracuse as the Orange lost 3-0 at UNC and Duke last weekend. Charis Burge (Assists) and Yuka Urano (Service Aces) are 10th in the ACC this season.
The Orange will face BC in a home and home this week as they try to escape the ACC cellar.
Men’s Soccer (7-7-2, 1-5-2)
The Orange lost 2-1 at Virginia Tech and end up as the #13 seed in the ACC Tournament. Due to their struggles down the streatch, Syracuse now will head to the #4 seed, #18th ranked Pittsburgh on Wednesday night at 7. The game will be streaming on the ACCNX.
The regular season meeting between the schools ended in a 1-1 tie.
Cross-Country
Syracuse’s men finished 3rd at the ACC Championships. Wake Forest won with 48 points as Virginia Tech and the Orange each scored 94 points. Connell Alford (11th) and Connor Ackley (17th) were Syracuse’s top two finishers.
The Orange women finished 12th in a loaded conference (the ACC has 8 of the top 25 ranked women’s teams). NC State won their 9th title in the last 10 years finishing with 65 points ahead of Clemson’s 113. Keira Rogan (16th) was Syracuse’s top finisher.
The teams will be back in action next week at the NCAA Northeast Regionals in Bethpage, NY.
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We’ll keep these weekly updates coming throughout the season.
