The Syracuse women’s lacrosse team fell 16-11 to Florida on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla. The loss drops the Orange to 2-4 on the young season.

Attack Tee Ladouceur had four goals for the No. 14 Orange and moved into eighth place among Syracuse’s all-time leading scorers.

Freshman Katie Webster continued her strong start to the season, tallying three goals in the game. Sophomore Michelle Tumolo was the only other player to score more than one goal for the Orange, who struggled against an 8-1 Florida team.

Syracuse took a 4-3 lead on Tumolo’s first goal, an unassisted shot, but the Gators scored two straight goals and never looked back in the win.

The team was coming off a win at Towson on March 15 but was unable to create any sort of winning streak against UF.

This was its third game of a six-game road trip. Syracuse is 1-4 since its opening-game win over Colgate back on Feb. 17.

SU will look to get back on track when it travels to Northwestern on Wednesday. The Orange starts Big East play on Saturday at Rutgers.

Softball

The Syracuse softball team swept Penn on Friday in a doubleheader in Philadelphia. The Orange took the first game, 6-1, and the second game, 8-1, to improve to 21-5 on the season.

Jenna Caira shut down the Quakers offense in the first game, throwing a complete game three-hitter and striking out six. The junior pitcher improved to 12-4 on the season. Freshman Jasmine Watson went 2-for-2 and hit her third home run of the season.

In the second game, SU was led by another strong pitching performance. Sophomore Stacy Kuwik threw a three-hitter, striking out 10. She carried a no-hitter into the bottom of the sixth inning. Lacey Kohl went 3-for-4 and hit a three-run home run to pace the SU offense.

Syracuse has three games this weekend at Rutgers, with a doubleheader Saturday and the finale Sunday. The three games mark the start of Big East conference play for the Orange.

— Compiled by The Daily Orange Sports staff 

Published on March 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm