Syracuse’s Dan Guyette named ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
Syracuse senior Dan Guyette allowed 7.81 goals per game and posted a 46.1% saves percentage, both top-two marks in the conference. Avery Magee | Photo Editor
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Syracuse goalie Dan Guyette was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday. The senior was SU’s lone player to earn one of the four ACC awards.
Guyette placed second in the conference in goals against average (7.81) and save percentage (46.1%). She held her opponents to single-digit goals in 12 straight games, a streak lasting from the beginning of March until Friday’s 19-9 ACC Tournament Semifinal battering versus No. 1 seed North Carolina. The netminder conceded five goals or fewer four times.
While the Tar Heels’ 19 goals were the most Guyette’s conceded in her career, she’s rebounded mightily from last year’s debacle. In 2025, she surrendered double-digit scores 13 times to this season’s three.
Last season, the Newbury Park, California, native’s 43.3% saves percentage and 11.37 goals against average barely squeaked into the conference’s top 10. Guyette stopped just nine of her opponents’ 46 shots across the regular-season finale, ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament First Round.
While she nearly rebounded in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Yale, she let up two late goals in the final seven minutes, squandering the Orange’s narrow lead to end their season. But Guyette’s put those doubts to sleep this year, recovering against the Bulldogs with 10 saves. The senior recorded seven saves after the third quarter in SU’s longest game in program history against Notre Dame to keep it afloat.
By embracing a “childlike” mindset with internal rock and roll concerts, drawing smiley faces on her cleats and not taking herself seriously, Guyette unlocked the tools she needed to become the ACC’s top netminder.
