SU women’s lacrosse sweeps weekend slate, Orange tennis’ season ends with loss to No. 1 Notre Dame
Women’s lacrosse
Saco’s speech motivates Orange in 2 victories to close series against UConn
Twelve different players scored a goal for SU against Cincinnati, but it was senior midfielder Christina Dove who led the way for the Orange. Dove tallied four goals on the afternoon, including three of the first five of the game.
Syracuse was dominant from start to finish, taking a comfortable 13-1 lead into halftime. Senior attack Jackie DePetris added three goals for the Orange, and senior attack Halley Quillinan and freshman attack Michele Tumolo contributed with two goals and an assist.
Syracuse had a much tighter contest Sunday but was able to pull it out and extend its winning streak to five. The Orange only led 8-7 at the break but ran away with the game in the second half, outscoring the Cardinals 8-4.
Dove scored five goals and had a game-high eight points, becoming Syracuse’s all-time leader in goals with 236. Dove is the active Division I leader in both goals and points (315). Dove wasn’t the only Orange player to get her name in the record books. Tumolo had three goals and three assists, increasing her point total on the season to 60, a new program record for a freshman. Tumolo also holds the freshman record for assists with 31.
Tennis
Syracuse lost to Notre Dame in the semifinal of the Big East championship, ending a record-breaking season. Its program-record 19 regular-season wins were not enough to help take down the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
The No. 4 seed Orange defeated Marquette, 4-3, in the quarterfinals. SU came from behind after dropping the doubles point and two of the first three singles points.
Sophomore Alessondra Parra clinched the win at the No. 4 spot to put away the match. Parra’s match was also a come-from-behind battle. She lost the first set to opponent Christina Ruiz but won the tiebreaker in the second to force a deciding third set. She won the third in a tiebreaker as well.
The tournament took place in South Bend, Ind., which gave Syracuse’s next opponent, Notre Dame, home-court advantage.
The weather Saturday forced the match indoors to the Eck Tennis Pavilion. Although the Orange practices indoors, it was unable to translate that advantage into points.
The Fighting Irish quickly took the doubles point. The Orange’s previously undefeated No. 1 pairing, CC Sardinha and Emily Harman, lost 8-0 to the Notre Dame duo of Kristy Frilling and Kali Krisik. A win at the No. 3 doubles spot left the Orange down 0-1.
From there, Notre Dame made quick work of the singles. Frilling dominated Syracuse’s Sardinha 6-2, 6-0. Parra, whose match won the quarters for the Orange, was the final loss of the dual match against Notre Dame.
The final score of the match was 4-0.
Notre Dame went on to beat DePaul 4-0 Sunday to win the tournament. This is the third year in row Notre Dame has won the Big East championship. It will continue on to the NCAA tournament.
This is the fifth year in a row the Orange has lost in the semifinals of the championships. Despite head coach Luke Jensen’s outstanding regular season, he has not yet found the ingredient necessary to get his team to the finals.
— Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports Staff
