Orange Plays for ACC Title Sunday

No. 1 SYRACUSE vs. No. 3 NORTH CAROLINA, ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
Date & Time	Sunday, 1 p.m.
Location	Charlottesville, Va.
TV	RSN (click for affiliates)
Live Stream	ESPN3
Live Stats	TheACC.com
Game Notes	Syracuse
Cuse Twitter	@Cuse
Field Hockey Twitter	@CuseFH
Buy Tickets	VirginiaSports.com

How They Got Here
- Syracuse moved to 17-0 in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over No. 5 Virginia in the ACC Semifinal.
- Senior Alma Fenne scored the game's first goal on a backhand shot in the first-10 minutes, while senior Emma Russell netted the team's second goal after right halftime before the Cavaliers scored twice in the final-26 minutes to send the game to overtime.
- Russell then scored the game winner in the 76th minute after taking a feed from Lies Lagerweij to send 'Cuse to its second-straight ACC Championship game.

Perfect Regular Season
- By defeating Duke 1-0 in overtime during the regular-season finale, the Syracuse field hockey team became the first women's program at Syracuse and 10th team total to record a perfect regular season.
- This year's squad is the first team to accomplish the feat in 25 years, with the last team to do so being the 1990 men's lacrosse team.
- Football (1959, 1987), men's basketball (1913-14) and men's lacrosse (1922, 1924, 1957, 1984, 1988, 1990) are the only previous teams to accomplish the feat at Syracuse.
- Five of those previous nine teams went on to win national championships (men's lacrosse: 1922 and 1924 USILA Champions, 1988, 1990 NCAA Champions and football: 1959 national champions)

Syracuse in the ACC Tournament
- The Orange is 3-2 in ACC Tournament play since joining the league in 2013, and the current seniors are a combined 4-3 in conference tournament play dating back to the final season in the BIG EAST.
- The Orange reached its first ACC title game last season by defeating Boston College and North Carolina before falling to Wake Forest. 'Cuse followed a similar path in 2013, opening with a win over Boston College and again facing UNC in the semis, however the Tar Heels took that contest 1-0.

All-ACC
- The Orange swept all-four major postseason awards for the ACC, marking the first time since North Carolina in 1994 that one team has claimed all the awards.
- Senior Alma Fenne earned ACC Offensive Player of the Year, senior Alyssa Manleyearned ACC Defensive Player of the Year, freshman back Roos Weers won ACC Freshman of the Year and head coach Ange Bradley won ACC Coach of the Year.
- Fenne, Weers and Manley earned All-ACC First Team Accolades, while Emma Russell, Jess Jecko and Laura Hurff were honored on the All-ACC Second Team.

Ms. Postseason
- Senior Emma Russell has been nothing but dominant in ACC Tournament play in her career, burying eight goals and recording two assists in six-career games.
- She owns the ACC Tournament single-game records in both goals (4) and points (9) and tournament record in goals (5) at last season's ACC Tournament.
- Russell earned ACC All-Tournament Team honors in 2014, while teammate Alyssa Manley has earned the honor in both years in the league.
- Netminder Jess Jecko has also been solid in cage in the postseason, recording a combined 16 saves in three games last season during the ACC Tournament for the Orange.

'Cuse vs. North Carolina

- SU is 5-6 all-time against North Carolina in a series that first started in 1991 and has been consistently played since the 2011 season.
- Most recently, the Orange has won three-straight games over the Tar Heels, including a 4-2 comeback win this season.
- Senior forward Emma Russell has led the way for 'Cuse against North Carolina. The senior captain has 12-career points on five goals and two assists vs. UNC, including three game-winners.
- Senior captain Alyssa Manley (one assist) Laura Hurff (one goal), Roos Weers (one goal, one assist), Serra Degnan (one assist), Lies Lagerweij (one goal) and Emma Lamison also have points against North Carolina.
- Jess Jecko has started six games against UNC in her career, allowing 10 goals over 465 minutes between starts in the last three seasons. Jecko boasts a 1.42 goals against average vs. UNC and a .742 save percentage.
- The Orange won the prior matchup between the two teams by overcoming a halftime decifit
- Head coach Ange Bradley is 5-6 all-time in her career against North Carolina. She's 5-4 at Syracuse and went 0-2 at Richmond.-

Sunday's game will get underway at 1 p.m. and be televised on RSN and ESPN3.