#3 Syracuse 17, #16 Loyola 6 (Syracuse, N.Y.)
What happened? In a spark contrast to last year’s great games in Syracuse, the Orange this time dominated this time with nine straight goals to force off Molly Wolf and dominate 17-6 over Loyola. Syracuse dominated on the draw with Kayla Treanor and easily controlled possession in the game.
Takeaway #1: Treanor on the draw looks promising.
It was a legitimate question going into the year on how Syracuse would replace Kailah Kempney’s draw production. Gary Gait put Treanor, who has some of the best stick skills in all the game, on the draw, and she pulled in 19 out of the team’s 22 draw controls. Time will tell if this continues once opponents look a film and try to strategize against her, but it is rare to see any sort of numbers like that in center circle. Combine that with Syracuse’s high-powered offense of Treanor and Halle Majorana, and that is a hard combination to stop.