2010 NCAA Tournament
| Syracuse vs. Georgetown | W | 15-8 |
| Syracuse vs. James Madison | W | 7-3 |
| Syracuse vs. Maryland | L | 14-5 |
Syracuse made its fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship, earning an at-large bid for the fifth time in school history. The Orange was certainly no stranger to its first-round opponent – No. 4 seed Georgetown. Syracuse faced the Hoyas in the regular-season finale and again in the finals of the BIG EAST Tournament. Georgetown was victorious in both meetings. The Orange took an early lead when Christina Dove scored 45 seconds into the contest. After the Hoyas tied the score, Syracuse scored five consecutive goals and led 6-2 at intermission. Dove netted four goals in the first half, including one with 11.2 seconds remaining to give SU a four-goal advantage. Georgetown struck first in the second half to cut the lead to 6-3, but the Orange answered on Jackie DePetris’ goal with 22:43 remaining. The goal sparked Syracuse on a 6-0 scoring run that gave the Orange its largest lead of the game. Tegan Brown recorded three goals during the run, which gave Syracuse a 12-3 lead at the 19:07 mark. The Hoyas netted back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 12-5, but that was as close as Georgetown could get. Halley Quillinan’s first goal of the game increaseed SU’s lead to 13-5, and Brown scored twice in the final six minutes as Syracuse recorded the 15-8 victory. Brown finished with a career-high seven points, and goalkeeper Liz Hogan made 13 saves.
The Orange advanced to the quarterfinals for the fourth straight year where it faced No. 5 seed James Madison. Syracuse controlled the opening minutes with goals by Quillinan and Michelle Tumolo to take a 2-0 lead at the 25:16 mark. That would be the Orange’s only goals of the first half as James Madison recorded three unanswered tallies to take a 3-2 halftime lead. Hogan made nine saves in the first half to keep the Orange close. Following a 30-minute weather delay to extend halftime, Quillinan scored at the 28:41 mark to even the score at 3-3. More than two minutes later, Tee Ladouceur scored on an assist from Quillinan to give the Orange the lead for good. Syracuse continued to turn up the pressure on defense, and Quillinan netted her third goal of the day to extend the Orange’s lead to 5-3 with 17:14 remaining. Tumolo and DePetris closed out the scoring to give SU a 7-3 victory and a spot in the national semifinals. Quillinan led the Orange with four points, while Hogan finished with 12 saves and broke the school’s single-season record for saves (202).
Syracuse took on No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Maryland in the semifinals, marking the second consecutive season the two teams met in the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins took an early 2-0 lead with 15:11 remaining before Quillinan put Syracuse on the scoreboard off an assist from Ladouceur. Maryland responded with a 5-0 scoring run to take a 7-1 lead with 5:21 remaining in the half. Dove ended Syracuse’s scoring drought with 23 seconds left on the clock to cut Maryland’s lead to 7-2 at halftime.
The Terrapins increased its lead to 8-2 with a goal to start the second half, but then went 21:48 without scoring, allowing Syracuse to close the gap to three with just more than 11 minutes remaining. Dove scored her second goal of the game and then assisted on Tumolo’s first goal of the night. Tumolo scored again on a pass from Ladouceur to cut the lead to 8-5 with 11:23 on the clock. That was as close as Syracuse would get as Maryland netted the last six goals of the game for a 14-5 victory. Dove and Ladouceur paced the Orange offense with three points apiece, while Hogan recorded nine saves.
