Field Hockey

Syracuse drops 3 spots to No. 9 in NFHCA poll

Kate Harrington | Contributing Photographer

Laura Graziosi tallied SU’s only goal, her sixth of the season, against Virginia.

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Syracuse field hockey dropped three spots to No. 9 in this week’s National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll after losing to then-No.16 Virginia 1-2. Prior to the loss, the Orange were riding a nine-game winning streak, their longest since they won the NCAA tournament in 2015.

Last Friday, the Orange outshot the Cavaliers 15-8. However, they couldn’t capitalize until the fourth quarter when midfielder Laura Graziosi tallied SU’s only goal, her sixth of the season. The last time Syracuse scored only one goal during a game was a 1-0 shutout win on Sept. 22 against Cornell.

The loss accounts for Syracuse’s third of the season. Kent State and Rutgers also defeated the Orange in back-to-back, overtime losses in early September. Syracuse then went on a nine-game winning streak, where it won against higher-ranked opponents such as then-No. 3 Boston College and then-No. 5 North Carolina.

The Orange will play its last away game of the regular season on Friday against its final ranked opponent of the season, No. 5 Louisville. SU will round out its schedule on Sunday at home against unranked Cornell.



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