The No. 1 Syracuse field hockey team rebounded from its first loss of the season to beat No. 13 Stanford 4-1 on Friday afternoon at Garber Field in Amherst, Mass.

Alyssa Manley and Kelsey Millman scored two goals each to lead the Orange (13-1, 4-0 Big East). Ange Bradley recorded her 100th win as head coach at Syracuse, a day after the Orange’s undefeated season came to an end in its 2-1 loss to Massachusetts.

The Cardinal (9-5) opened the scoring with a goal by Becky Dru just more than 12 minutes into the game. In the 27th minute, Alyssa Manley dribbled into the shooting circle and fired a shot through the legs of Stanford goaltender Dulcie Davies to tie the game.

In the 56th minute, Millman put the Orange ahead by redirecting a centering pass from Gillian Pinder into the back of the net. Five minutes later, Millman added an insurance goal from close range, assisted by Leonie Geyer, for a 3-1 lead.

With less than four minutes remaining, Manley capped off the scoring with a goal, also assisted by Geyer. Manley has four goals on the season.

The Orange will return to Big East play on Friday when it takes on Georgetown in College Park, Md.

Women’s soccer

Syracuse lost two road games over the weekend, falling to 8-6-2 on the season and 5-3-1 in the Big East. The Orange had its four-game winning streak snapped in a 1-0 loss to South Florida on Friday and lost 2-0 to Marquette on Sunday.

SU outshot the Bulls 18-6 and had six corner kicks compared to USF’s three, but couldn’t find the back of the net against USF goalkeeper Christiane Endler. Jackie Firenze led the team with six shots while Alexis Koval had four.

On Sunday, the Orange was outshot 18-8 and only had one corner kick compared to nine for Marquette in another loss.

With the losses, the Orange fell to third place in the American division of the Big East. The team concludes its regular season against St. John’s on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at SU Soccer Stadium.

Volleyball

Syracuse (9-13, 1-6 Big East) dropped a pair of Big East matchups last weekend, falling to Rutgers and Seton Hall.

The Orange lost 3-1 to Rutgers (16-6, 2-5) on Friday in East Brunswick, N.J.

SU fell behind early in the match, dropping the first two sets. The Orange took the third set 27-25 thanks to a late kill by Monika Salkute and an attack error by RU’s Megan Stephenson. But Rutgers rebounded and won the fourth set 25-18.

Salkute led SU with seven blocks. Silvi Uattara added 16 kills and 16 digs. Serratore and sophomore Melina Violas combined for 26 digs.

The Orange couldn’t overcome Seton Hall (16-5, 4-4) on Sunday afternoon. SU lost 3-1 to the Pirates in South Orange, N.J.

Syracuse won the first set 25-23, but went on to lose the final three sets to seal a winless road trip. Uattara had 12 kills and 10 digs, and sophomore Emily Betteridge had 40 assists.

The Orange will play Louisville and Cincinnati this weekend at the Women’s Building. The first matchup will be against the Cardinals on Friday at 3 p.m.

Ice hockey

Syracuse spoiled Penn State’s opening weekend with a pair of shutout wins.

The Orange (2-2-0, 2-0-0 CHA) defeated the Nittany Lions 4-0 on Saturday before closing out the series with a 6-0 win on Sunday.

Holly Carrie-Mattimoe scored the final goal of the first win, capping a dominant performance in which Melissa Piacentini, Nicole Ferrara and Shiann Darkangelo all scored their first goals of the season.

The Orange outshot Penn State 28-3 in the scoreless first period on its way to setting a team record for shots in a game with 57. The previous high was 53 in a 10-0 win against Sacred Heart in February 2009.

SU was similarly dominant Sunday, beating the hosts 6-0. The Orange outshot the Nittany Lions 101-41 in the series.

Syracuse returns to Tennity Ice Pavillion for a pair of games with Quinnipiac on Friday and Saturday, with the opener set for 4 p.m.

Cross country

The Syracuse cross country team competed at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational last Friday, with the men’s team finishing 11th and the women’s team placing 22nd.

Sophomore Andrew Palmer was SU’s top men’s finisher at 56th with a time of 24:03. Martin Hehir finished 72nd, just three seconds in front of teammate Joe Whelan.

Sarah Pagano paced the women’s team with a 24th-place finish in 20:06. No other Syracuse runners placed in the top 100.

The Orange will compete at the John Reif Memorial in Ithaca at 5 p.m. Friday.

Published on October 15, 2012 at 12:16 am