Sunday, May 8
Syracuse, NY
12 pm
Syracuse University
25-20, 7-15
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23-28, 6-18
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Orange Earn ACC Tournament Bid!
5/8/2022 2:51:00 PM | Softball
SYRACUSE, N.Y.- Syracuse won the final game of the weekend, 9-1, to sweep its series against North Carolina and advance to the ACC Tournament. The winner of today's game secured the spot in the league tournament in Pittsburgh this coming week. The Orange are the ninth seed and will play eighth seed Louusville on Wednesday.Â
Syracuse's record improves to 25-20 overall, 7-15 ACC while North Carolina's season ends at a 23-28 overall, 6-18 ACC record.Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
Back-to-back singles from Neli Casares-Maher and Kelly Breen started the Orange offense in the bottom of the first inning. Tessa Galipeau's RBI ground ball to the right side of the infield scored Casares-Maher from third to give Syracuse a 1-0 lead.
Rebecca Clyde breaking out with her first hit of the series, scored Carli Campbell from third in the bottom of the second. Senior Paris Woods continued the offensive rally with her single to right field and was knocked in by a triple from Angel Jasso. Casares-Maher rounded out the second inning with a base hit up the middle to add another RBI and extend the Orange lead to 4-0.Â
Two Tar Heels hits and a walk in the top of the third threatened the score but Ariana Adams worked her way out, striking out the final batter of the inning with bases loaded.Â
A bases clearing triple from Woods scored Taylor Posner, Ryan Gallegos and Campbell. The Syracuse lead was now 8-0 going into the fourth inning.Â
Kiersten Licea's leadoff solo home run put the Tar Heels on the board, marking their only run of the game in the top of the fourth inning.Â
The Orange ended the game with their second walk off of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jasso's solo home run to deep center field sealed the final score at 9-1.Â
OF NOTE
NEXT GAME
Syracuse will advance to the ACC Tournament in Pittsburgh beginning on Wednesday, May 11. The schedule has not been determined yet.Â
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Syracuse's record improves to 25-20 overall, 7-15 ACC while North Carolina's season ends at a 23-28 overall, 6-18 ACC record.Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
Back-to-back singles from Neli Casares-Maher and Kelly Breen started the Orange offense in the bottom of the first inning. Tessa Galipeau's RBI ground ball to the right side of the infield scored Casares-Maher from third to give Syracuse a 1-0 lead.
Rebecca Clyde breaking out with her first hit of the series, scored Carli Campbell from third in the bottom of the second. Senior Paris Woods continued the offensive rally with her single to right field and was knocked in by a triple from Angel Jasso. Casares-Maher rounded out the second inning with a base hit up the middle to add another RBI and extend the Orange lead to 4-0.Â
Two Tar Heels hits and a walk in the top of the third threatened the score but Ariana Adams worked her way out, striking out the final batter of the inning with bases loaded.Â
A bases clearing triple from Woods scored Taylor Posner, Ryan Gallegos and Campbell. The Syracuse lead was now 8-0 going into the fourth inning.Â
Kiersten Licea's leadoff solo home run put the Tar Heels on the board, marking their only run of the game in the top of the fourth inning.Â
The Orange ended the game with their second walk off of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jasso's solo home run to deep center field sealed the final score at 9-1.Â
OF NOTE
- The Orange scored runs in each of the first three innings.Â
- Jasso had her second walk off hit of the season with her home run today.Â
- Jasso (3), Casares-Maher (2) and Woods (2) all had multi-hit games.
- Syracuse swept its first three-game ACC series since 2018 when it swept NC State.
NEXT GAME
Syracuse will advance to the ACC Tournament in Pittsburgh beginning on Wednesday, May 11. The schedule has not been determined yet.Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Adams, Ariana (8-8)
L: Hannah George (10-10)
Batting:
2B: Taylor Greene 1
HR: Kiersten Licea 1
RBI: Kiersten Licea 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kiersten Licea 1
SB: Sara Jubas 1
CS: Carsyn Snead 1
Batting:
3B: Jasso, Angel 1 ; Woods, Paris 1
HR: Jasso, Angel 1
RBI: Jasso, Angel 3 ; Casares-Maher, Neli 1 ; Galipeau, Tessa 1 ; Clyde, Rebecca 1 ; Woods, Paris 3
SH: Morales-Alves, Laila 1 ; Woods, Paris 1
SF: Morales-Alves, Laila 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jasso, Angel 2 ; Casares-Maher, Neli 1 ; Gallegos, Ryan 1 ; Campbell, Carli 2 ; Posner, Taylor 1 ; Woods, Paris 2
CS: Jasso, Angel 1
Game Leaders
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