10/30/2026 7:30:00 PM | Field Hockey
'Cuse and Cards Rematch in Chapel Hill
Fourth-seeded Syracuse University field hockey opens the 2026 ACC Field Hockey Championship on Tuesday against No. 5 seed Louisville at Karen Shelton Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The two teams rematch on Tuesday, Nov. 3 with a 12:30 p.m. start.
Syracuse (9-6, 4-4 ACC) enters the postseason after closing the regular season with a 3-1 loss to Boston College on Friday. The Orange are chasing a third consecutive trip to the ACC semifinals, after a 3-1 quarterfinal win over third-seeded Wake Forest last fall sent Syracuse to the semifinal round for the second straight season.
Earlier This Season
Syracuse (9-6, 4-4 ACC) enters the postseason after closing the regular season with a 3-1 loss to Boston College on Friday. The Orange are chasing a third consecutive trip to the ACC semifinals, after a 3-1 quarterfinal win over third-seeded Wake Forest last fall sent Syracuse to the semifinal round for the second straight season.
Earlier This Season
- Syracuse beat Louisville 4-2 on October 9 at J.S. Coyne Stadium, with four different players scoring for the Orange.
- Aubrey Turner opened the scoring on a Hattie Madden assist, and Louisville's Chloe Plumb answered to leave the game tied 1-1 after one quarter. The Orange controlled the second quarter, holding a 9-1 shot advantage and drawing six penalty corners.
- Syracuse broke the game open with two goals in the third quarter. Bo Madden converted a penalty stroke for her first goal of the season, and Jess Liddell scored off assists from Grace Anne McCooey and Ava Brewer. Jessie Eiselin denied Annabel Sep on a Cardinals corner in the 38th minute.
- Gigi Edwards cut the lead to one in the 47th minute off a Lauren Masters assist, and Louisville pulled its goalkeeper with a little more than seven minutes remaining. Jovie Weaver sealed the win with her fourth goal of the year, set up by Fieve Frenken.
- Tuesday marks the third meeting between the programs in the ACC Tournament. Louisville won the first two.
- 2017 Quarterfinals: In the first ACC Championship Louisville ever hosted, the third-seeded Cardinals met sixth-seeded Syracuse in the quarterfinals at Trager Stadium. Louisville won 3-2.
- 2019 Quarterfinals: The seeding mirrored this year's matchup. Fifth-seeded Louisville faced fourth-seeded Syracuse at the Boston College Field Hockey Complex in Newton, Mass. Mercedes Pastor scored in the first quarter, and the goal held up in a 1-0 Louisville win. The loss ended a four-game Orange winning streak.
- Syracuse leads the all-time series 16-10 after knocking off Louisville at Coyne earlier this year.
- Syracuse has won four of the last five meetings. The Orange took the 2022, 2023 and 2024 matchups, and won again this October. The lone loss in that span came in a 3-2 decision at Trager Stadium in the 2025 regular-season finale.
- Louisville owns a 2-0 record against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament.
- North Carolina hosts the eight-team tournament at Karen Shelton Stadium on November 3, 4 and 6.
- The winner of Tuesday's quarterfinal advances to Wednesday's semifinals. The championship game is Friday, November 6.
- Quarterfinal times are set for 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
- Semifinal action is slated for 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
- The 2026 ACC Tournament championship will start at 3 p.m. on Friday.
- All seven games of the ACC Tournament will be carried on ACC Network with Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush on the call.
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