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Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Earns Five Seed in NCAA Tournament

The Orange will open postseason play against Fairfield.
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Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Earns Five Seed in NCAA Tournament
Syracuse Women's Lacrosse Earns Five Seed in NCAA Tournament

Syracuse women's lacrosse has earned the five seed in the NCAA Tournament. The seeding was announced during the selection show Sunday night. The Orange will face Fairfield in its first round matchup on Friday, May 13th. 

Normally, as a ranked opponent, Syracuse would host the first and second round games. However, due to the Dome being used for graduation, Princeton will host the games. If Syracuse beats Fairfield, Princeton could be the second round opponent. The other seeded team in Syracuse's bracket is fourth seeded Northwestern, who the Orange would likely face in the quarterfinals with a berth in the Final Four on the line. Northwestern beat Syracuse in overtime earlier this season. 

The Orange finished the 2022 regular season 13-5 (6-2). In its most recent game, Syracuse was upset by Virginia 18-14 in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals. Syracuse also lost at Northwestern, at Florida, at Boston College and against North Carolina at home. 

Syracuse has dealt with its share of injuries this season. Emma Ward was lost for the season during the preseason. Sierra Cockerille played in only five games before suffering a season ending injury. Emma Tyrrell suffered a season ending injury in practice the week leading up to the North Carolina game. Megan Carney has also missed multiple games due to injury. 

Despite all of that, the Orange is still considered one of the best teams in the country. Syracuse is led by Meaghan Tyrrell, who leads the team in goals (67), assists (32) and points (99). Emily Hawrischuk, who missed most of the 2021 campaign due to injury, has had a stellar year as well with 60 goals, 23 assists and 83 points. Each is good for second on the team in that respective category. 

Syracuse advanced to the National Championship game during the 2021 NCAA Tournament before falling to Boston College. 

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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. 

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