2001 NCAA Tournament
| Syracuse vs. North Carolina | L | 14-9 |
Syracuse, ranked No. 11 nationally, lost its first round NCAA Championship game, 14-9, to the sixth-ranked University of North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill. Carrie Soults and Leigh-Ann Zimmer paced the Orange with three goals each.
Senior Jenna Szyluk tallied SU’s first goal of the game at the 21:50 mark in the first half. Eleven seconds later Szyluk found Lauren Brady on a fast-break for one of her two goals, cutting the North Carolina lead to two, 4-2. Later in the half Zimmer tallied the first of her three goals to cut the lead to 7-4. Syracuse trailed 10-4 at the intermission.
In the second half the Orange rallied to score three consecutive goals, cutting the Tar Heel lead to three, 12-9, with 6:33 remaining in the contest. UNC responded, however, scoring the final two goals of the game in the final five minutes to seal the victory.
