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MSOC: 2014 ACC Tournament 11/9/14 1:00 SU 2 vs 0 Duke

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 17m17 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Duke keeper kicks goal kick OB, SU counters but can't get off a shot

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 15m15 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Duke gets a shot off but Bono makes an easy save. Cuse 2-0, 36 minutes left

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 13m13 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Ekblum misses a great chance from 25 yards out. Still Cuse up 2-0, 34:30 left

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 11m11 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Refs calling it tighter as game was getting a little chippy. Duke has good few kick but Bono rules the air...

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 8m8 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Duke wins a corner. Cuse still up 2-0, 28 minutes left

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 6m6 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer great SU counterattack leads to a free kick in front of the Duke goal.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 4m4 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Syracuse player down with 24 minutes left. SU still up 2-0. He is okay.
 
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sutomcat‏@sutomcat 10m10 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Ekblum nice cross but Duke's keeper grabs in just in time...33 left SU up 2-0.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 7m7 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Sun is out, Bono consistently kicking it 30 yards beyond what the Duke keeper can do. Still 2-0, 19 minutes left.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 6m6 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Great block in front of goal by Skylar Thomas...

SU Mens Soccer‏@SUMensSoccer 6m6 minutes ago
72'-Stamoulacatos has a left foot shot at the goal. Syracuse still winning 2-0.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 4m4 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer another promising cross to the goal gobbled up by Bono...16 minutes left

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 3m3 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer #6 gets a yellow card for Syracuse...
 
Duke Men's Soccer‏@Duke_MSOC 4m4 minutes ago
Another great save from Fisher to keep Ekblom off the board. Still 2-0 Syracuse 2-0 w/ 14 to play in the 2nd half. #letsgoduke

Matt Schneidman‏@matt_schneidman 3m3 minutes ago
Ekblom is stopped by the goalie on a 1-on-1 that would've made it 3-0. 14 minutes remaining.

SU Mens Soccer‏@SUMensSoccer 4m4 minutes ago
76'- Ekblom gets player through and almost converts.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 3m3 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Cuse completely dominating play, still up 2-0, under 13 minutes left.
 
sutomcat‏@sutomcat 7m7 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer bad call gives Duke free kick in front of SU goal but they kick it right into a Cuse player...

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 5m5 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Cuse still dominating play, Duke players getting frustrated and making foolish fouls.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 4m4 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer SU free kick from left corner of penalty box just misses. SU up 2-0, 8 minutes left...

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 2m2 minutes ago
@SUMensSoccer Awful pass by Duke to keeper intercepted and a point blank shot careens off the keeper's legs. 6:30 left, Cuse 2-0

SU Mens Soccer‏@SUMensSoccer 3m3 minutes ago
5 minutes left. Syracuse dominating and keep the ball in the Duke half.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 17s17 seconds ago
@SUMensSoccer Dukies get two low pct shots blocked, SU counters and draws another corner. 3:39 left
 
SU Mens Soccer‏@SUMensSoccer 44s45 seconds ago
Full Time- Syracuse 2-0 Duke #DaretoDream ACCMSOCCER

Matt Schneidman‏@matt_schneidman 1m1 minute ago
Syracuse beats Duke 2-0 and advances to the ACC semifinals, where SU will face Louisville on Friday.

sutomcat‏@sutomcat 38s39 seconds ago
@SUMensSoccer SU counter catches Duke keep out of goal but 17 misses open goal. Game over, SU wins 2-0!!!
 
Matt Schneidman‏@matt_schneidman 10m10 minutes ago
No. 1 Syracuse used two 1st-half goals to cushion itself and beat Duke, advancing to the ACC tourney semis, my story: http://bit.ly/1Ei9hVl

Syracuse rides early attack to 2-0 home win over Duke, advances to ACC tournament semifinals
By Matt SchneidmanAsst. Copy Editor
16 minutes ago

Twenty-five seconds into the game, Duke’s Brody Huitema headed the ball off the crossbar.
Syracuse goalkeeper Alex Bono was frozen in place and the Orange was on the back foot before it could even get possession of the ball.
“We looked like we were a bit nervy that first five minutes,” head coach Ian McIntyre said.
But the nerves subsided, and SU responded with two first-half goals, one from forward Alex Halis and one from midfielder Nick Perea, to jump out to a 2-0 lead before the break. The early cushion paced No. 1 Syracuse (15-2-1, 5-2-1 Atlantic Coast) to a 2-0 win over seventh-seeded Duke (9-9-1, 4-4) in the ACC tournament quarterfinals in front of a record 2,533 fans at SU Soccer Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
“It really forced them to kind of change the way they wanted to play,” McIntyre said of putting the Blue Devils in an early hole. “They had to meet us a little higher up.”
The early blitzkrieg may not have been possible, though, if it weren’t for McIntyre inserting Halis into the starting lineup for only the second time this season, and not starting forward Emil Ekblom for the first time in his 36-game career.
Halis verified McIntyre’s decision by winning a 50-50 ball off a Julian Buescher cross at the edge of the 6-yard box less than 10 minutes in. The sophomore toed the ball over Duke goalkeeper Wilson Fisher and into the top of the net to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.
He threw his hands up in the air and ran to the student section behind the goal, hugging a fan before celebrating with his teammates.
“I can’t explain the feeling,” Halis said. “It was good to get that off my back. I know I said that earlier in the season, but postseason, it felt good.”
The Orange continued to pepper Fisher throughout the half, as midfielder Liam Callahan, forward Chris Nanco and Halis were all denied chances from point-blank range.
The mass of SU students behind the goal repeatedly gasped, but it didn’t materialize into an all-out celebration as the Orange couldn’t break through. McIntyre said that on a different day, it could’ve been a “3” or a “4” on the SU scoreboard with the amount of chances his side had in the first half.
But with just less than 13 minutes remaining in the frame, the hosts padded their lead after midfielder Oyvind Alseth curled a high cross from in front of the Duke bench. It met the foot of Callahan beyond the left post on the goal line, and he one-timed a cross to a wide-open Perea, who volleyed it home from the doorstep to give the hosts insurance.
“You get a rush,” Perea said of scoring in front of a record crowd.
As the Orange has repeatedly done with one- and two-goal leads all year, it buckled down. Bono and the back three were a brick wall throughout the entirety of the second half to secure the team’s first postseason win in almost two years.
And while Duke senior Matt Slotnick cried in his teammates’ arms after the buzzer sounded, the Syracuse bench poured onto the field as the team that will get a chance at revenge against sixth-seeded Louisville next Friday in Cary, North Carolina.
Said Halis of the win: “I have goosebumps right now.”
 
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