Ward's Career High Leads #2 Orange Past #12 Irish

Saturday, March 11

12 PM

Syracuse University

7-0, 3-0ACC

Notre Dame

4-2, 2-1ACC

Notre Dame

Syracuse

Ward's Career High Leads #2 Orange Past #12 Irish

3/11/2023 4:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Junior Emma Ward recorded a career-high eight points to lead the No. 2 Syracuse to a 15-7 victory against No. 12 Notre Dame in the JMA Wireless Dome. With the win, the Orange match their best start in program history with a 7-0 record.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Ward assisted on four of Syracuse's first five goals as the Orange jumped out to a 6-1 lead. Meaghan Tyrrell scored three of her four goals in the first half, helping 'Cuse to an 10-3 halftime lead.

Notre Dame (4-2, 2-1) fought back in the third quarter. Megan Carney scored on an assist from Natalie Smith to open the second half and push the advantage to 11-3. Abby Maichin answered at the 11:54 mark, sparking the Fighting Irish on a 4-0 scoring run that cut the lead to 11-7 heading into the fourth quarter.

Tyrrell halted the scoring drought with her fourth goal of the day before Carney followed with her fourth of the afternoon to give the Orange a 13-7 lead with six minutes to play. Ward and Emma Tyrrell found the back of the net in the final minute to give the Orange a 15-7 victory and improve their ACC record to 3-0.

OF NOTE
Ward's seven assists tie for second on Syracuse's single-game record list. She is the fifth player in program history to record seven or more assists in a game.

Syracuse's defense has now held its last four opponents to less than 10 goals. In those four games, the Orange have allowed one goal or less in 12 of 16 quarters. Goalkeeper Delaney Sweitzer finished with eight saves and lowered her goals-against average this season to 7.30. She also picked up six ground balls for the second straight game. Hallie Simkins had a career-high four ground balls as the Orange held a 24-15 advantage in that category.

A crowd of 2,197 watched the Orange defeat the Fighting Irish. It marks the second-largest single-game crowd in program history. Syracuse has drawn a crowd of more than 1,000 fans in five of six home games this season.

Saturday's game begins a stretch of four consecutive games against teams ranked in the top 15.

UP NEXT
The Orange go on the road for a pair of games, beginning Wednesday, March 15 at No. 7 Loyola at 6 p.m. The trip concludes at No. 13 Duke on Saturday, March 18 at noon.