The women's soccer team could not stop Maryland, eventually losing 3-1 in the final home game of the year.
With its season on the line, the Syracuse Orange took to the field at the SU Soccer Stadium for the last time in 2013 on a cold and rainy Thursday night. Syracuse (7-9-1) took on a strong ACC opponent in Maryland (8-8-0), with both teams looking to make a push for the ACC tournament. In the first ever meeting between the two, Maryland managed to pull off a 3-1 win, effectively ending SU’s chances of making the ACC tournament.
It was a tight contest for over 90 minutes, but in the end the Seminoles squeaked out the 1-0 overtime victory against the Orange.
The Syracuse Orange (5-7-1) women took the field Thursday night against No. 3Florida State University (10-0-3). SU was looking to keep the momentum going after a 4-0 win at Pitt, its first ever ACC win, while FSU was coming off a win against Boston College.
Orange played tough until the final moments of the game, forcing FSU into overtime in order to draw a result, 1-0 in favor of the Seminoles.
Miscommunication and other problems contributed to a 1-0 loss at home.
Syracuse (4-5-1) was looking for its first ACC victory in women’s soccer Thursday night against Clemson (5-2-2), but they would be denied in a 1-0 loss to the Tigers. The Tigers also snapped SU’s five-game home win-streak.
“Clemson’s a very athletic team, I can’t take anything away from them,” head coach Phil Wheddon said. “They had a game plan, they put us under a lot of pressure and we didn’t cope with it.”
The Orange used two second-half goals to tie and snap a four-game losing streak.
On a cool, windy afternoon at SU Soccer Stadium, the Syracuse Orange (4-5) took on the No. 18 Duke Blue Devils (4-4-1) for the first time in franchise history. The Orange looked to snap a four game losing streak while the Blue Devils just came off a loss against No. 3 Wake Forest. Both teams were looking to rebound in what was also the first ACC home game for SU, but only came out with a 2-2 draw.
The women's soccer team scored two goals early on, but had to fend off a vicious attack from the Knights to hold on to the win.
The Syracuse women’s soccer team used a first half surge and defended a second half counterattack to defeat the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 2-1 Thursday night at the SU Soccer Stadium. Syracuse (4-1) and Fairleigh Dickson (2-2) had only met three times prior to Thursday, with the Orange having won two of those three matches. With the win, the team is off to its best start since 2003.