Syracuse’s trip to New Hampshire on Monday turned sour as the team lost its sixth consecutive game to a ranked team, falling 10-7 to No. 20 Dartmouth. The loss came after Syracuse held a two-goal advantage at the half.

SU now falls to 3-6 on the season, and Dartmouth improves to 7-2.

Playing without upperclassmen Tee Ladouceur and Lindsay Rogers due to injury, SU could not maintain a 5-3 lead in the second half against the Big Green. This was partly a result of a 24-minute scoring drought spanning nearly the entire second half.

Syracuse’s last lead of the game, 6-5, came on junior Sarah Holden’s free position conversion at the 25:00 mark.

Statistically, the game was close. SU held a 26-21 shot advantage while also winning the draw-control battle 10-9. The Big Green, however, held the advantage in ground balls, 20-19. Dartmouth’s seven second-half goals mark the fifth time this season the Orange has given up at least that many in a second half.

Senior Catherine Rodriguez scored SU’s first two goals, and Alyssa Murray and Lindsay Connell also chipped in scores. Sophomore Michelle Tumolo contributed two points off of one goal and one assist. Dartmouth junior Sarah Plumb led her team with three goals and two assists, and freshman Kristen Giovanniello recorded 10 saves.

Monday’s game marked the final nonconference contest before an upcoming stretch of five Big East games over the next three weeks. Syracuse returns home to face Connecticut next, on Friday, April 8.

— Compiled by Zuri Irvin, Staff Writer, zoirvin@syr.edu

Published on April 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm