Syracuse Upsets No. 7 Loyola on the Road
from press release
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Alyssa Murray had two goals and two assists as No. 18 Syracuse upset No. 7 Loyola. © John Strohsacker/LaxPhotos.com |
BALTIMORE – No. 18 Syracuse scored five
consecutive goals to start the second half while holding No. 7
Loyola without a goal for more than 20 minutes to upset the
Greyhounds, 10-9, in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, April 29. With its
fourth consecutive victory, the Orange improves to 9-7 overall and
6-1 in the BIG EAST. Loyola goes to 13-2, 5-2 in league play.
Syracuse, which has won five of its last six contests, is now tied
for first in the BIG EAST with Georgetown. The Orange will play for
a share of the conference regular-season title on Sunday against
Villanova.
“We’re a really young team, especially in the
midfield,” said head coach Gary Gait. “We had the
toughest schedule in the country on the road for the most part.
I’m hoping that we learned from that and our freshman grew up
a lot. We got the job done today and did what we had to. If that
game was earlier in the season, we probably we have let that one
get away.”
Sophomore Michelle Tumolo snapped a 5-5 halftime tie with an
unassisted goal 1:04 into the second half. That goal started
Syracuse on a 5-0 scoring run that covered a span of more than 20
minutes that gave the Orange a 10-5 lead with 8:17 to play.
Freshman Alyssa Murray recorded an unassisted goal before senior
Tee Ladouceur scored off an assist from Tumolo on a failed Loyola
clear. Murray then assisted on two consecutive goals off restarts
– the first by Tumolo and the second by junior Sarah Holden,
which gave the Orange its largest lead of the game at 10-5.
Loyola’s Grace Gavin halted the Syracuse scoring outburst
with an unassisted goal at the 7:19 mark, and Taryn Vanthof
recorded two consecutive goals to cut SU’s lead to 10-8 with
1:28 to play. Marlee Paton scored on a free position with 25
seconds remaining to bring Loyola to within one, but that was as
close as the Greyhounds would get as the Orange held on for the
one-goal victory.
The first half featured back-and-fourth action as neither team
could pull away. Senior Catherine Rodriguez netted the first goal
of the game on an assist from Tumolo less than two minutes into the
game. Caroline Hager put Loyola on the scoreboard with an
unassisted goal at the 27:45 mark, starting the Greyhounds on a 4-1
scoring run that gave them a 4-2 lead with 18:04 to play in the
first half. Freshman Katie Webster found the back of the net on a
shot to the left side of the goal at the 10:35 mark, sparking the
Orange on a 3-0 scoring run that gave SU a one-goal advantage with
6:01 remaining. Tumolo and Ladouceur also netted goals during the
scoring run to give the Orange a 5-4 lead. Meg Decker recorded the
final goal of the first half with 2:46 remaining as the teams went
into the locker room tied, 5-5.
Tumolo led the Orange with five points (3g, 2a), while Murray
added four points (2g, 2a), Ladouceur had two goals and an assist.
One of Ladouceur’s goals came on the first career assist for
freshman Amy Cross.
Syracuse outshot Loyola, 23-22. Loyola picked up 18 ground balls
to 15 for Syracuse, and held an 11-10 advantage in draw controls.
Senior goalkeeper Liz Hogan made six saves for Syracuse. Kerry
Stoothoff also recorded six saves for Loyola.
The Orange closes out the regular season on Sunday at Villanova at
noon.
