Syracuse Beats Yale, 19-9; Heads Back To The Final Four

Thursday, May 16

2:30 PM

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Syracuse Beats Yale, 19-9; Heads Back To The Final Four

5/16/2024 2:09:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Syracuse is headed back to Championship Weekend! Emma Tyrrell had seven goals and two assists and the Orange (16-5) never trailed in a 19-9 victory against Yale (17-3) in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Thursday at the JMA Wireless Dome.

Emma Ward had three goals and four assists and Olivia Adamson also found the net three times. Yale's Jenna Collignon and Karina Herrera each scored three times for the visitors.

Kate Mashewske recorded 15 draw controls, increasing her season total to 220. That total breaks the single-season school record for draw controls previously held by head coach Kayla Treanor, who had 217 in 2016.

With the victory, Syracuse advances to its second-straight NCAA Championship Weekend and 10th overall. The Orange will take on No. 2 seed Boston College in the national semifinals on Friday, May 24..

HOW THE GAME WAS DECIDED
Syracuse had four different players score the game's first four goals and never relinquished the advantage. Ward opened the scoring by attacking from behind the net, Adamson and Tyrrell added tallies on free positions and Savannah Sweitzer scored off a pass from Ward in a player-up situation to provide the Orange with a 4-0 margin, less than five minutes into the contest.

BULLDOGS BITE BACK
With Syracuse ahead 8-1 in the second quarter, Yale mounted a comeback. After Yale's Taylor Everson and Syracuse's Olivia Adamson traded goals, the Bulldogs closed out the opening half with back-to-back tallies from Karina Herrera off a free position and Everson again, this time following a steal. The two teams went into intermission with the Orange holding on to a 9-4 advantage.

ORANGE EXTEND ADVANTAGE
Tyrrell scored consecutive goals in the third quarter and Syracuse finished the period with a 13-7 lead. Yale made one last charge, cutting the lead to 13-8 at 11:26 of the final period when Herrera scored her 18th of the season on a free position. The Orange answered with six straight goals, including Tyrrell's 69th and 70th of the season.

NOTES

The victory was the Orange's sixth against a top-10 opponent this season.
Syracuse scored four-or-more times in each of the four quarters.
The Orange had a 28-16 margin in shots on goal.
Tyrrell's seven goals equaled the Orange standard for goals in an NCAA Tournament contest. Her sister, Meaghan Tyrrell, had seven against Loyola in 2021, and Emma also had seven versus Johns Hopkins in 2023.
Tyrrell moved up to eighth on Syracuse's career goals list. She passed Megan Carney (2019-22, 192), and has 197 total in her Orange tenure.
Tyrrell also passed Katie Rowan (2006-09, 26) and current coach Kayla Treanor (2013-16, 32) on Syracuse's career NCAA Tournament goal ledger. Tyrrell moved into a second-place tie at 33 with Alyssa Murray (2011-14).
With nine points in the contest, Tyrrell advanced by Megan Carney (2019-23, 271) into eighth in career points at Syracuse, reaching 272.
Tyrrell's seven goals equaled her career-best effort from a 2023 NCAA Tournament encounter with Johns Hopkins.
With seven saves, Delaney Sweitzer took over fifth place on the program's career NCAA Tournament saves list. She now has 36.
The Orange had a 22-9 advantage in draw controls.
Syracuse scored 10-or-more goals for the 17th straight game.