Orange Score Three Goals on Senior Day

Sunday, November 1

Syracuse, NY

12 PM

Syracuse University

Virginia

11/1/2020 1:40:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Syracuse closed out the 2020 season with three goals on Senior Day in a 5-3 loss to #10 Virginia (7-2-1 overall, 5-2-1 ACC).

The Orange (1-7, 1-7) had their first game of the season with multiple scores and finished the year with five goals in their last three contests (Boston College, Miami, Virginia). Three goals is the most 'Cuse has scored in a game since August 29, 2019 against Siena (W, 3-0).

FROM 'CUSE COACH NICKY ADAMS:
"Jenna Tivnan is one of the best players in the nation in the air. She is a weapon, and we have set specific plays to get her head on the ball. (Lindsey) Brick has been serving balls every day in practice so she can play them right on Jenna. Shannon (Aviza) got in there, and when the ball got past Jenna, Shannon did her job and put it in the back of the net for us. We have been working really hard on set pieces, and I'm glad we had some production from them."

SCORING FLURRY IN THE FIRST
Entering today's game, Virginia tied for ninth in the nation in goals (17). The scoring spree continued early as junior Alexa Spaanstra tallied her team-leading fifth goal of the season to give the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead. Moments later, UVA midfielder Anna Sumpter extended the advantage to 2-0 with her second goal of the year after assisting Spaanstra on the Cavs' first tally.

Syracuse got on the board in the first 15 minutes when Tivnan notched her second goal of the season off of an assist from freshman Lindsey Brick. The junior defender has a two-game goal streak after scoring her first-career goal against Miami on Thursday. The season scoring leader for SU notched both of her tallies this season off headers inside the box. Brick also assisted on Tivnan's goal at Miami.

ORANGE AND CAVALIERS STRIKE CLOSE TO HALF
Diana Ordonez gave the Cavaliers their third goal of the half in the 32^nd minute. Lia Godfrey picked up the assist.

In the 39^th minute, Syracuse senior Shannon Aviza notched her first goal of the season to cut the UVA lead to 3-2 on another assist from Brick, giving the Orange their first multi-goal half of the season. The tally was the second of the 2020 team co-captain's career.

CAVALIERS EXTEND LEAD IN SECOND
Early in the second period, junior Rebecca Jarrett slipped a shot home to notch her third goal of the season. The goal, assisted by Diana Ordonez, was the 14th career score for Jarrett and gave UVA a 4-2 lead.

Lia Godfrey extended UVA's lead to three after landing a shot in the high-left corner in the 61^st minute to give the Cavs a 5-2 advantage. Ordonez notched the assist on Godfrey's strike.

With 10 seconds remaining in the contest, Syracuse senior Kate Hostage drilled a penalty kick into the back of the net to to give SU its third goal of the afternoon. Her sixth career goal narrowed the defecit to 5-3.

PROULX ROUNDS OUT RECORD SEASON
Entering the day, Orange goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx stood alone atop the NCAA in saves per game. The Montreal, Quebec-native added an additional nine saves against Virginia after facing 14 shots on the afternoon. Sunday marked the sixth game this season in which Proulx made at least nine saves.

SENIOR NIGHT
The Orange honored nine seniors and two graduate students prior to today's contest. Aviza, Clarke Brown, Kailee Coonan, Stephanie deLaforcade, Kate Donovan, Olivia Erlbeck, Carina Hendley, Hostage, Laurel Ness, Molly Nethercott and Mackenzie Vlachos made up the 2020 senior class for Syracuse.

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