‘Cuse Overpowers BC, Advances to ACC Semifinals

Tuesday, November 1

Durham, NC

1:00 pm

Syracuse University

(15-4, 3-3ACC)

Boston College

(8-10, 3-3ACC)

Syracuse

Boston College

‘Cuse Overpowers BC, Advances to ACC Semifinals

11/1/2022 3:47:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score Highlights

DURHAM, N.C. – Proving why it's one of the top offenses in the country, the No. 10 Syracuse University field hockey team overpowered No. 16 Boston College 6-2 to advance to the ACC Semifinals for a third-straight season.

Syracuse (15-4), seeded fifth in the ACC Tournament, fought past two ties and two lead changes to score three goals in each half. Quirine Comans scored twice while Charlotte de Vries added a three-point day with a goal and an assist. Brooke Borzymowski turned aside eight shots in her 60 minutes of action.

The Orange return to Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium on Wednesday for another 1 p.m. showdown, this time against No. 1 and top-seeded North Carolina. Wednesday's game will be carried on ACC Network with Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush on the call. Tickets can be found here.

Boston College (8-10), the four seed, had goals from Autumn Littlefield and Milagros Arteta, the latter of whom put three chances on goal. Emily Gillespie made five saves while Carine Van Wiechen stopped one in her 10 minutes of relief action.

How it Happened

Boston College jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with just over five minutes elapsed on Littlefield's first of the season.
The Orange tied things up at 1-1 as Comans scored a signature diving goal with 80 seconds left in the first quarter. 'Cuse took its first lead of the day as de Vries laid her stick down for a tip-in goal on a feed from the corner by Joy Haarman.
Four minutes later, the Eagles pulled even again at 2-2 on a strike from Arteta Milagros, who missed on her first shot but snuck the second attempt home.
Taking advantage of a 5-0 corner advantage in the first half, van den Nieuwenhof scored a back-handed, top-shelf goal to regain a 3-2 lead into the break. De Vries provided the assist as Syracuse had its first multi-goal first half since Sept. 16 against Duke.
The best second-half team in the conference, the Orange wasted little time doubling their lead as Haarman knocked home a coast-to-coast play with Lana Hamilton sliding a pass into the circle. Haarman broke down BC's netminder before scoring an empty net goal.
The Orange struck again in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter as Comans went five-hole on the BC keeper, taking a backdoor pass from Laura Graziosi. Willemijn Boogert tripled the lead with her seventh of the season as Sabine van den Eijnden took a rip that Boogert got a flat stick on for a 6-2 'Cuse lead and a final score.

Behind the Numbers

The Orange controlled the pace of play, ripping off 23 total shots, scoring on six of the 11 chances on goal.
Corners were even as each team earned seven. Syracuse did not allow a corner until deep in the third quarter while taking five in the first half.
It was the fourth game this season the Orange hit for six goals and the first time since a 6-0 win over Dartmouth at home.
The Orange improved to 3-0 at neutral site games this season while winning their third-straight against Boston College and bumping the 'Cuse record to 27-10 against the Eagles.
De Vries scored the 38th goal of her Orange career and now sits just two back from a three-way tie for sixth all-time. She has 94 career points, ranking seventh all-time at 'Cuse with Julie Williamson and Yvonne Milionis.
Comans' 16 goals this season are tied for 13th in a single season with Megan Koons' 1997 campaign.
Syracuse has bounced back well this season, now 4-0 when coming off a loss while also improving to 7-4 on the year against top-25 opponents. Syracuse is 13-4 when playing games decided by at least three goals and is a clean 10-0 when scoring four or more goals.

Up Next for Syracuse

The Orange take on No. 1 North Carolina Wednesday afternoon at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium.
The Orange look to avenge a setback early this season against North Carolina, this time on neutral ground.
Game time is set for 1 p.m. on ACC Network. Tickets can be found here.