Notre Dame goalie Bridget Deehan dominated the first half, but possession after possession for the Orange eventually became too much for the Irish defense to withstand. No. 2 Syracuse completed a weekend sweep of No. 3 Notre Dame, winning Sunday’s game 15-12 despite falling behind 7-2 in the first half.

Syracuse sophomore Katelyn Mashewske keyed the victory, registering a career-best 13 draw controls to help the Orange to a 22-7 advantage. Mashewske had just 11 draw controls for the season coming into the weekend, but had 12 in the 18-14 victory on Thursday and followed it up with a dominating performance in the circle on Sunday.

Deehan made seven first half saves to help the Irish click early, but Syracuse scored twice in the final two minutes of the first half to cut the Notre Dame lead to 7-4 and gain some momentum.

The momentum snowballed in the second half with Syracuse eventually scoring eight straight goals to take a 10-7 lead on Megan Carney’s goal with 23:06 to play.

Just a cool straight goals for @CuseWLAX.

Megan Carney puts the Orange up 10-7 over Notre Dame. pic.twitter.com/HcNPufbMY9

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) March 14, 2021

Notre Dame answered with back-to-back goals from Maddie Howe and Kelly Denes to pull within a goal with 18:13 left, but Syracuse ripped off four straight goals in a span of less than two minutes to take control.

Carney had four goals and an assist for the Orange while sisters Meaghan Tyrrell and (3g, 3a) and Emma Tyrrell (3g, 1a) combined for 10 points. Asa Goldstock made 11 saves.

Howe paced the Notre Dame offense with three goals and an assist while Madison Ahern, Samantha Lynch and Jackie Wolak each scored twice. Deehan finished with 14 saves.

Syracuse (5-0, 3-0 ACC) is 5-0 for the first time since the 2017 team opened the season 7-0. Notre Dame fell to 2-2, 0-2 ACC.

Loyola Hands Drexel First Loss of 2021

Sam Fiedler, Elli Kluegel and Livy Rosenzweig put on a show as Loyola beat Drexel 17-12, handing the Dragons (5-1) their first loss of the 2021 season.

Rosenzweig (6g, 3a), Fiedler (5g, 1a) and Kluegel (4g, 1a) combined for 15 goals and 20 points and one of the trio had a hand in 16 of Loyola’s 17 goals for the day. Since losing its first two games, Loyola has won four straight.

Drexel scored three times in the opening 3:20 of the game to jump out to an early 3-1 lead and trailed just 6-5 with a little over 10 minutes to play in the first half, but the Greyhounds scored four of the final five goals of the first half and then scored the first three of the second half.

Notable

Taryn Ohlmiller had three goals and four assists and Kameron Halsall made nine saves as No. 7 Stony Brook (5-2, 2-0 America East) cruised past UMass-Lowell 20-4.

Sam Geiersbach scored five goals, including the 150^th of her career, as No. 12 Richmond (4-1) rolled over Old Dominion 19-2. Arden Tierney added three goals and three assists.

Senior Ally Hall had a career-high five goals as No. 18 Louisville (4-2) bounced back from an early 4-1 deficit to beat Marquette 14-10.

Sadie Grozier and Charlie Rudy each scored five goals as Colorado evened its record at 2-2 with a 14-5 victory over San Diego State.

Hat trick by Charlie Rudy, dominating the game. Score 4-0 Buffs with 21:51 left in the first half! #GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/okJruJ0Qow

— Colorado Buffaloes Lacrosse (@CUBuffsWLax) March 14, 2021

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Syracuse 15, No. 3 Notre Dame 12
No. 7 Stony Brook 20, UMass-Lowell 4
No. 12 Richmond 19, Old Dominion 2
No. 14 Loyola 17, Drexel 12
No. 18 Louisville 14, Marquette 10

No. 16 USC at Stanford, PPD

Other Scores

Arizona State 21, Cal 11
Cincinnati 15, Central Michigan 11
Colorado 14, San Diego State 5
Monmouth 15, Iona 5
Siena 12, Manhattan 5

Oregon at Denver, PPD
Gardner-Webb at Mercer, PPD
Presbyterian at Butler, PPD