The Syracuse men’s soccer team saw its unbeaten streak snapped Saturday after losing 4-0 to South Florida in Tampa, Fla. SU (1-5-3, 0-1-1) drops back to fifth place in the Big East’s Red Division with the loss.

For the sixth time in nine games this season, the Orange allowed its opponent to score in the first half. USF’s Hasani Sinclair got on the board in the 20th minute after putting away a loose ball inside the box.

SU kept the score 1-0 until the 78th minute, when everything went wrong for the Orange. Syracuse goalkeeper Jeremy Vuolo received a red card for his takedown of Sinclair inside the penalty box. With Vuolo’s ejection, sophomore Ryan Jones was called upon to step in. He failed to save the penalty kick, and Sinclair registered his second goal of the game.

The Bulls would add two more goals in a span of less than three minutes. In eight minutes total, the Orange went from one goal down to four goals down.

USF outshot Syracuse 12-4 Saturday. The four shots by SU is the third lowest total this season. Of those four shots, junior midfielder Nick Roydhouse contributed three and put two on goal. He remains the only consistent offensive attack for the Orange. Forwards Federico Agreda, Fredrik Forsman and Brett Jankouskas failed to get off a single shot among the three of them.

With the loss, Syracuse has been shut out in two of its last three games. The Orange has the fewest goals and second fewest shots of any team in the Big East.

Syracuse returns to action Wednesday when it hosts Colgate in a non-conference matchup. Big East play resumes Saturday against DePaul at the SU Soccer Stadium.

Field hockey

The Syracuse field hockey team rode the momentum from its thrilling win over Louisville into the first swing of a five-game road trip, but even that victory couldn’t prevent a repeat of every other weekend on the road this season. The Orange took the Saturday game with a 3-0 shutout at Providence (2-9, 0-2 Big East), but dropped the Sunday game 2-0 to Massachusetts (5-6).

The weekend began as well as the No. 8 Orange (7-4, 3-0) could have hoped for, as the team stayed undefeated in conference. Junior midfielder Martina Loncarica put SU on the board as the first half ended, putting in a deflection from freshman midfielder Leonie Geyer off of a penalty corner. The score held until junior midfielder Liz McInerney scored her first career goal with just over 11 minutes remaining. Loncarica added another goal five minutes later to cement the victory.

The Orange outshot the Friars 16-2 in the game and failed to allow a single penalty corner. Sophomore goalkeeper Leann Stiver only needed to record one save in the shutout. Loncarica is tied for the team lead with six goals and leads the team with 16 points, and Geyer now has a team-leading seven assists on the season.

The game at UMass was a different story, but essentially the exact same story that has plagued SU all season. After big road wins on Saturdays, the Orange has not been able to win on Sunday.

SU outshot its opponent 23-11 in the game, but could not capitalize on the abundance of chances. The Minutewomen took the lead with just over four minutes left in the first half and held it for the rest of the game, handing the Orange another devastating loss. Stiver recorded three saves for SU.

The Orange will attempt to bounce back on Oct. 10 at No. 17 Albany and won’t play another home game until Oct. 23 against No. 5 Connecticut.

Women’s soccer

The Syracuse women’s soccer team lost two Big East contests this weekend. SU dropped its second and third consecutive games and now has a record of 5-6-3 and 2-3 in the Big East.

The Orange dropped its Friday contest at No. 5 Notre Dame 3-0. The Fighting Irish dominated the game, outshooting SU by a 27-1 margin.

Notre Dame started off with a goal in the 26th minute, when Elizabeth Tucker connected off of a pass from Jessica Schuveiller. Melissa Henderson would score two second-half goals to widen the goal disparity.

SU goalkeeper Brittany Anghel made eight saves in the contest. The Fighting Irish earned 10 corner kicks during the game.

Syracuse lost to Depaul 2-1 in overtime on Sunday. The Orange took an early lead in the 23rd minute when Alyscha Mottershead scored on a slow roller from 18 yards out.

But Depaul would answer when Natasa Radosavljevic scored two minutes before halftime. The Blue Demons scored two minutes into the overtime session on a pass from Arianna Foster to Ashleigh Goddard.

Depaul outshot Syracuse by a 10-7 margin, but SU held a 5-2 advantage in corner kicks.

The Orange returns home for two Big East contests with West Virginia and Pittsburgh this Friday and Sunday.

— Compiled by The Daily Orange sports staff

Published on October 3, 2010 at 12:00 pm