Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Dominates North Carolina in Top-10 Matchup

The Orange controlled the Tar Heels right from the start to remain undefeated in ACC play.

Mike McAllister | Mar 16, 2024

Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Dominates North Carolina in Top-10 Matchup /

Syracuse women's lacrosse jumped out to a 5-0 lead on North Carolina in the first few minutes of the game and never looked back on its way to a 20-5 victory over the ninth ranked Tar Heels. With the win, the Orange improved to 5-3 (4-0) on the season to remain in first place in the ACC. Next up for SU is a matchup with Albany in the JMA Wireless Dome on Tuesday, March 19th. That game starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast on the ACC Network Xtra. It was the largest margin of defeat for North Carolina in program history.

Emma Tyrrell, Olivia Adamson and Natalie Smith all had hat tricks for Syracuse. Tyrrell added three assists to her five goals for eight total points to lead Syracuse. Emma Ward added two goals and three assists. Those four led an attack that helped SU jump out to a 5-0 lead in the first four minutes of the first quarter. While the offense did not score the rest of the quarter, the defense remained stingy allowing only one goal in the quarter, three in the first half, and six overall. The defense allowed only eight shots on goal all afternoon.

On the other hand, the Syracuse offense had 26 shots on goal. That was in part do to dominating the draw control 18-9. It was a complete performance all the way around as the 20 goals scored set a Syracuse record for most goals against the Tar Heels. UNC boasted one of the best defenses in the country coming in.

The only real momentum North Carolina had was scoring back to back goals in the second quarter to trim the lead to 7-3. However, the Orange would respond with seven straight scores between the second and third quarters to put the game out of reach.

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Published Mar 16, 2024

MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting. EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans. After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years. Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports. Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College.