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Syracuse Downs Tar Heels, 13-11, In NCAA Quarterfinals
May 17, 2008 | Women's Lacrosse
May 17, 2008
Syracuse, N.Y. - Katie Rowan had two goals and four assists and Christina Dove had three goals and two assists as fifth-seeded Syracuse defeated unseeded North Carolina, 13-11, on Saturday afternoon in the Carrier Dome in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. The Orange gathered 11 of 15 second-half draw controls to help provide the winning margin in a back-and-forth contest.
With the victory, its 11th in a row, Syracuse improves to 18-2 this season and advances to next weekend's NCAA Final Four in Towson, Md. Carolina falls to 13-7 and sees its season come to a close.
"Congratulations to Syracuse on a great win," UNC head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. "You saw two teams really going after it today. Unfortunately, someone has to win and someone has to lose. We had to end our season a little earlier than we'd like, but my team was playing its best at the end of the season and I'm proud of them."
For the Tar Heels, Megan Bosica scored four second-half goals and Kristen Taylor had two goals and an assist in the contest. Julia Ryan scored twice for UNC, with Meg Freshwater, Corey Donohoe and Jenn Russell each adding single goals.
The Orange struck first, with Kristin Brady scoring at 25:58 from the center, just inside the eight-meter arc off a pass from Rowan. Megan Mosenson followed with an unassisted goal at the 22:36 mark to make it 2-0 Syracuse and force an early Tar Heel timeout.
UNC's Freshwater responded with an unassisted goal at 21:12, bringing the ball up the field after a Syracuse turnover, circling to the left of the cage and cutting into the middle to score and make it 2-1. Donohoe tied the score at 2-2 at the 18:06 mark, intercepting a pass in the UNC defensive half of the field and taking it in for the unassisted score.
Syracuse retook the lead with 15:22 left in the half when Rowan spun into the middle and tallied an unassisted goal to make it 3-2. The Orange made it 4-2 less than 30 seconds later when Halley Quillinan took a pass from Dove and scored with 14:37 left before the break. Dove made it 5-2 with a free position goal from the top of the eight-meter arc with 13:24 left in the opening half.
Russell scored an unassisted goal with 8:22 left before the break to cut the Orange lead to 5-3, cutting in from the right of the cage to score and force a Syracuse timeout. Ryan made it 5-4 with a goal off a pass from Taylor with 7:47 left in the half. Syracuse upped its lead to 6-4 with nine seconds left in the half when Mosenson scored off a pass from Dove on a free position attempt. The statistical tally was fairly even at the break with UNC holding a 14-12 edge in shots and Syracuse winning six draws to Carolina's five.
In the second half, Ryan scored her second goal to make it 6-5 Syracuse, taking a pass from Taylor, spinning and scoring unassisted at 26:10 off a fast break after a save by goalkeeper Amanda Barnes. Bosica tied the score at 6-6 with 25:38 left to play, faking a pass after a Syracuse foul and putting it into the cage past SU keeper Liz Hogan.
Less than four minutes later, Syracuse was back up by three goals. Dove's second goal, an unassisted tally, came with 24:27 left in regulation and put Syracuse back up by a score of 7-6. Dove scored again at 23:48 on a free position attempt to make the score 8-6 Orange. With 21:09 left, Awehiyo Thomas took a pass from Rowan and scored to make it 9-6 and force a UNC timeout.
Less than seven minutes later, the score was tied again. UNC's Taylor cut the lead to 9-7 with a free position goal with 17:12 left to play. Bosica's unassisted goal with 15:37 left came on a spin move to the right of the cage and made the score 9-8 Orange. Taylor scored again to tie the score at nine apiece with 14:11 left to play. Bosica's third goal came with 9:50 left and gave UNC its first lead of the game at 10-9.
After winning the subsequent draw and calling timeout, Syracuse tied the score at 10-10 on an unassisted goal by Rowan with 9:15 left in regulation. Rowan helped the Orange take an 11-10 lead when she fed Quillilan for a goal from point-blank range with 8:30 to play. Mosenson's third goal, coming off an assist from Rowan, made it 12-10 with 4:26 to play.
Bosica's fourth score cut it to 12-11 less than a minute later at 3:21 but Jackie DePetris scored in an open net off a long assist from goalkeeper Liz Hogan with 55 seconds left after UNC keeper Barnes was away from the cage trying to regain possession.
Goals -
UNC: Megan Bosica 4, Julia Ryan 2, Kristen Taylor 2, Meg Freshwater 1, Corey Donohoe 1, Jenn Russell 1
Syracuse: Christina Dove 3, Megan Mosenson 3, Katie Rowan 2, Halley Quillinan 2, Kristin Brady 1, Awehiyo Thomas 1, Jackie DePetris 1
Assists -
UNC: Kristen Taylor 1
Syracuse: Katie Rowan 4, Christina Dove 2. Liz Hogan 1
Goalkeepers -
UNC: Amanda Barnes 60 minutes, 9 saves, 13 goals allowed
Syracuse: Liz Hogan 60 minuets, 7 saves, 11 goals allowed
