SU fails to make ACC tournament after loss to Wake Forest

Syracuse dropped its final game of the regular season 4-1 to Wake Forest despite Emil Ekblom scoring his team leading 10^th goal of the season.

Wake Forest claimed the lead halfway through the first half when Ian Harkes capitalized on the scoring opportunity to put the Demon Deacons up 1-0. Sean Okoli followed up a short time later to put his team up 2-0, a deficit that proved to be difficult for the Orange to recover from.

Down 3-0 in the second half, Syracuse finally scored when freshman Emil Ekblom sneaked a shot past goalkeeper Andrew Harris that cut the deficit to 3-1.

But Wake Forest did not allow the Orange to build any momentum from that goal. They managed to execute on one more scoring opportunity on this night, getting a fourth goal past goalkeeper Alex Bono and securing a victory.

The loss eliminates the Orange from contention into the ACC Tournament. Syracuse finished 3-7-1 in its first year in the new conference.