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Message: [QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 1127115, member: 469"] [url]http://cuse.com/news/2014/9/10/FH_0910144231.aspx?path=fhockey#.VBHpgbktC1s[/url] Field Hockey to Square Off with UNC in Top-5 Battle Orange and Tar Heels have alternated wins in each of the last five contests between the programs 9/11/2014 8:30:00 AM [B]No. 5 Syracuse (6-0) at No. 1 North Carolina (4-0) Game Details[/B]Friday, Sept. 12; 5 p.m. [B]Location[/B]Chapel Hill, N.C.; Francis E. Henry Stadium [B]Game Coverage[/B]@CuseFH; [USER=3450]Cuse[/USER] [B]Live Stats[/B]Cuse.com [B]Free Video Stream[/B][URL='http://www.goheels.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?SPSID=866910&SPID=12961&SITE=UNC&db_oem_id=3350'][U]GoHeelsTV[/U][/URL] The No. 5 Syracuse field hockey team will play its first ACC contest of the season on Friday in a battle of top-five teams, when the Orange travel to North Carolina to square off with the No. 1 ranked Tar Heels. [B][U]Game Coverage[/U][/B] - Fans can also follow the Orange on Twitter.com/CuseFH, the official Twitter home of Syracuse Field Hockey, or on Facebook at Facebook.com/SUfieldhockey. [B][U]Orange 6-0[/U][/B] - Syracuse starts the season 6-0 for the sixth time in program history. - The start ties the 1981, 1997 and 2013 teams for the best start in school history, trailing just the 2008 team (14-0) and 2012 (12-0) in terms of starts. - Syracuse topped Ball State and Albany (who moved to No. 12 in the NFHCA poll this week) in last weekend's homestand. [B][U]Series History[/U][/B] - This is the 7th meeting between the two teams, with the Tar Heels owning a 5-2 record all-time against 'Cuse. - The series has been tight under head coach [URL='http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=897'][U]Ange Bradley[/U][/URL] though, with the teams alternating wins in the five meetings under her watch, leading to a 3-2 North Carolina advantage. - This is the first time Syracuse has faced North Carolina since losing to them in the ACC tournament on Nov. 11, 2013. - Prior to the loss, Syracuse beat North Carolina at home on November 2, 2013. [B][U]Current Orange vs. the Tar Heels[/U][/B] - Junior [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10852'][U]Emma Russell[/U][/URL] has one goal and one assist in her career against North Carolina, including the overtime winner in a 1-0 win last season. - [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10842'][U]Lauren Brooks[/U][/URL] also has scored against the Tar Heels after scoring the Orange's lone goal in the 2012 NCAA semifinal. - [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10848'][U]Jess Jecko[/U][/URL] has started twice in cage for the Orange against North Carolina, allowing just one goal. [B][U]Scouting North Carolina[/U][/B] - The Tar Heels are averaging 4.25 goals per game. - Senior Charlotte Craddock leads the team with four goals, but classmate Loren Shealy owns a team-high nine points (three goals, three assists). Freshman Gab Major has also found the back of the cage three times. - Sophomore goalkeeper Shannon Johnson has a save percentage of .818 while starting all four games. [B][U]Scouting Syracuse[/U][/B] - Senior [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10842'][U]Lauren Brooks[/U][/URL] has been the Orange's top-scorer through the first six games with seven goals. - [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10851'][U]Jordan Page[/U][/URL] and [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10852'][U]Emma Russell[/U][/URL] have been efficient as well with five goals apiece. - Both goalkeepers have been solid in cage, allowing just 0.82 goals per game thus far. [B][U]Visser the Disher[/U][/B] - Freshman [URL='http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11056'][U]Lieke Visser[/U][/URL] has been dishing out assists at a frantic pace so far this season. - She has accumulated nine assists including five assists to go with her one goal in the Orange's homestand against Ball State and Albany. - Only one goal on the weekend was scored by 'Cuse that Visser didn't score or receive an assist on. [/QUOTE]

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