2002 NCAA Tournament
| Syracuse vs. Cornell | L | 16-8 |
Syracuse, the 13th-seed, held an early lead against fourth-seed Cornell, but it was not able to hold off the Big Red in a 16-8 loss in the first round of the NCAA Championship at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.
Carrie Soults started the scoring 2:21 into the game off an assist by Danielle Lillis. After Cornell tied the game a minute later, Soults found the back of the net again to regain the advantage, and Kim Wayne scored her only goal at 11:49 to give SU its largest lead of the game, 3-1. Cornell scored eight unanswered goals before Jessica Trombley tallied SU’s fourth goal of the game at 39:07 to make it 9-4.
Goals by Soults and Courtney Palladino kept SU within six, 11-5 and 12-6, but the Big Red scored the next four goals to extend the lead to 10, 16-6.
Soults led the scoring with four goals. Goalie Carla Gigon made 10 saves in the cage for the Orange.
