Syracuse Beaten By Irish, 2-0

Sunday, October 4

South Bend, Ind.

12 PM

Syracuse University

0-3-0, 0-3-0

Notre Dame

3-1-0, 3-1-0

Syracuse

Notre Dame

10/4/2020 12:56:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Notre Dame (3-1, 3-1 ACC) forward Kiki Van Zanten scored twice and the host Fighting Irish defeated Syracuse (0-3, 0-3 ACC), 2-0, on Sunday in South Bend. The victory was the third straight for Notre Dame while the Orange lost for the third time this fall.

IRISH FIND THE NET FIRST
Host Notre Dame got on the scoreboard first. Van Zanten received a pass from Brooke Van Dyke in the box and redirected the ball into the goal on the short side. The tally, at 42:03 of the opening half, was the initial goal the Orange have yielded in the first half this fall.

LAST-MINUTE ICER FOR IRISH
Van Zanten closed out the game's scoring. A Syracuse turnover found its way onto Van Zanten's right foot and she connected on an open net. Van Zanten has now scored six times on the season.

PROULX POSTS NINE-SAVE EFFORT
Senior goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx, who led the ACC in saves a season ago, made nine stops for the Orange against the Irish. The total was one shy of her career best of 10, accumulated against Pittsburgh.

NOTRE DAME CONTINUES SERIES DOMINANCE
The Fighting Irish remained unbeaten in the 17-game series with Syracuse. The triumph improved Notre Dame's series advantage to 16-0-1.

ROOT CONTINUES STARTER STREAK
Junior forward Meghan Root was with Syracuse's first 11. It marked her 27th consecutive start with the Orange. Senior defender Shannon Aviza made her team-leading 54th career start for Syracuse.

INJURED ORANGE MISS NOTRE DAME ENCOUNTER
Syracuse was without the services of senior defender Clarke Brown, redshirt junior midfielder Laurel Ness, senior Molly Nethercott and senior midfielder Mackenzie Vlachos because of injuries.

NEXT GAME
Syracuse has its home opener on Thursday, October 15, at the SU Soccer Stadium against defending national runner-up North Carolina. The match is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start.

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