After outscoring its first three opponents 21-4, No. 5 Syracuse (4-0) completed its four-game sweep through the state of Ohio with a 6-1 victory over Kent State on Tuesday afternoon.
Junior forward Emma Russell [10] scored two goals within the first five minutes en route to a hat trick, the second in as many games by a Syracuse player.
The Golden Flashes (0-2) only held SU scoreless for the next 20 minutes, as senior Lauren Brooks increased the Orange lead to three during the 26th minute. About two minutes later, Russell cashed in a Serra Degnan assist for her third tally.
The Flashes' Shannon Martin broke the shutout in the 52nd minute, but goals by Brooks and explosive SU freshman Annalena Ulbrich [11] buried any comeback attempt.
Orange goalkeeper Rebecca Congel made four saves to win her second-consecutive start between the pipes.
Syracuse finally returns home to J.S. Coyne Stadium this weekend to face Albany on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Ball State on Sunday at 1 p.m.