Sunday, September 28
Amherst, Mass.
1 p.m.
Syracuse University
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at
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Massachusetts
Senor midfielder Shannon Taylor recorded one goal and two assists in the 5-4 win.
SU Survives UMass Rally, Leaves with 5-4 Victory
9/28/2008 5:19:20 PM | Field Hockey
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AMHERST, Mass. – Five different players scored for the Orange as the No. 2 Syracuse field hockey team outlasted Massachusetts, 5-4, today at Garber Park. SU improves to 10-0, while the Minutewomen move to 7-3. The four goals by UMass are the most the Orange has allowed the year. It is also only the second time Syracuse has played a one-goal game, with the first being the 2-1 win at then-No. 1 Maryland.
“We overcame a really difficult weekend and came out 2-0. We survived,” said head coach Ange Bradley “The challenge in front of us will be the finding the effort it takes to play a full 70 minutes together.
The Orange took control of the game in the first half, outshooting the Minutewomen, 15-3, in the period and drawing 11 penalty corners to UMass' one. Freshman forward Kristin Girouard started the scoring with a tip-in in the sixth minute. Sophomore back Kim Coyle scored her first career goal in the 12th minutes and senior midfielder Shannon Taylor put one in off a penalty corner in the 16th minute to make it 3-0 Orange. Syracuse extended the lead to four when freshman midfielder Mariana Vernet scored with less than four minutes left in the half.
Jill Powers got UMass on the board just one minute into the second half by sticking in the rebound of a Mary Shea shot. In the 45th minute, Katie Kelly brought the ball into the circle on the left side and found Katelyn Orlando open in front of the goal, who tipped it in to get UMass within two, 4-2.
Syracuse got the lead back to three in the 50th minute when freshman midfielder Martina Loncarica scored her ninth goal of the season on a flick shot off a penalty corner.
Just 25 seconds later Orlando struck again, this time taking a crossing pass from Powers on the right and finding the back of the goal for the second time of the game and fifth time this season, making it a 5-3 game.
With just over seven minutes left in the game, Makaela Potts sent a pass across the circle that found the stick of Powers for her second marker of the game.
Syracuse's defense was able to hold off the UMass attack in the closing minutes to hang on for the victory.
For the game, Syracuse outshot UMass, 22-14, and outcornered the Minutewomen, 16-6. Senior goalkeeper Heather Hess three saves, while Massachusetts’ Alesha Widdall stopped seven shots.
The Orange remains on the road for one more game as it travels No. 18 Albany on Wednesday, October 1 at 4 p.m.
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