No. 3 Syracuse was determined to not let North Carolina’s Jamie Ortega beat them. With Syracuse’s Meghan Tyrrell shadowing Ortega most of the game, the No. 4 Tar Heels turned to Katie Hoeg and Tayler Warehime on offense and beat the Orange 11-5.
Syracuse held Ortega, who came into the game eighth in the country in goals per game, to just a single assist, but Hoeg had a career-high six assists and Warehime tied her career-high with four goals as the Tar Heels improved to 11-3 and 4-2 in the ACC. Syracuse, which lost to North Carolina for the fourth straight time, had a seven-game winning streak snapped to fall to 13-3, 5-2.
After the start of the game was delayed 30 minutes due to weather, North Carolina jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, only to see the Orange respond with three straight goals.
Kara Klages and Hoeg scored before the half to give UNC a 5-3 lead at the break when the game was once again delayed due to weather.
Warehime, a freshman from Maryland high school power Manchester Valley, then seized control of the game for the Tar Heels, scoring the first three goals of the second half, two on assists from Hoeg and the other coming from Ortega.
Syracuse, held to a season-low five goals, had no answers for North Carolina goalie Taylor Moreno. The sophomore made 12 saves to earn the victory.
Emily Hawryschuk led Syracuse with three goals.
Dartmouth Upsets Penn as Ivy League Gets Tight
A week after seeing a second-half lead slip away against Princeton, Dartmouth surged in the final 30 minutes to upset No. 8 Penn 15-11 and move into a tie for first place in the Ivy League.
The Big Green (8-4, 4-1 Ivy) trailed 6-4 at the half and by as many as three goals in the second half before scoring four straight goals to take an 8-7 lead on Michelle Yu’s goal with 18:38 left.
Penn’s Gabby Rosenzweig tied it back up just 37 seconds later, but Dartmouth answered with another four-goal run, three of them by Campbell Brewer, to take control of the contest.
Ellie Carson had a game-high four goals for Darmouth, Kierra Sweeney had three goals and an assist and Kellen D’Alleva made things go, scoring a goal to go along with five assists. Kiera Vrindten made 14 saves in the win.
Erin Barry and Rosensweig each had two goals and two assists for Penn (9-3, 3-1 Ivy).
There are now four Ivy League teams with one loss. Cornell moved into a tie with Dartmouth in first place with a 4-1 record after beating Brown 10-7 on Saturday. The Big Red, who have won four straight overall to improve to 8-4, scored the final three goals of the first half to break a 3-3 tie and led by at least two the rest of the way.
Katie McGahan made 13 saves for Cornell and the offense was led by Olivia Jensen (3g, 1a), Caroline Allen (2g, 2a), Tomasina Leska (3g) and Sarah Phillips (2g, 1a).
Dartmouth hosts Cornell next Saturday.
A half-game back at 3-1 are Penn and Princeton.
Princeton capped off a big week that included a midweek win over No. 9 Loyola with a 14-12 win over Harvard. The Tigers led by just a goal at the half, but scored four straight to open the second half and held the Crimson at bay.
Tess D’Orsi (4g), Kyla Sears (3g, 2a) and Allie Rogers (3g, 1a) led the Tigers. Madison Conklin had four goals and an assist for Harvard and Kelley MacAfee had a goal and four assists.
Mount St. Mary’s Tops Wagner in NEC
Two red-hot teams flying under the radar met up on Saturday in Emmitsburg, Md., and Mount St. Mary’s downed Wagner 11-9. It was the eighth straight win for the Mount, which is off to the best start in school history at 11-2 and snapped Wagner’s eight-game winning streak.
The Mount is now tied with Bryant atop the Northeast Conference at 3-0. Those two teams will meet next weekend in Rhode Island.
The Mount scored the first five goals of the game, but Wagner battled back, trimming the lead to 7-6 early in the second half before the Mount answered with three straight goals to regain control.
Jillian Petito, who came into the weekend ranked second in the country behind Maryland’s Megan Taylor in save percentage, made 11 stops to earn the victory. Alayna Pagnotta had three goals and Jordan Groover had two goals and two assists.
Wagner, led by first-year coach and U.S. team star Michelle Tumolo, fell to 9-3 and 2-1 in the NEC. Madeline Seims scored six goals for the Seahawks.