WLAX: ACCT Semis: Syracuse 14, Duke 10. (4/24/15) | Syracusefan.com

WLAX: ACCT Semis: Syracuse 14, Duke 10. (4/24/15)

ACC Tournament: Championship Preview (IL)

Quarterfinal action has concluded and four Atlantic Coast Conference teams have advanced to semifinal play, as No. 1 seed North Carolina is set to take on fifth-seeded Notre Dame and No. 2 seed Duke will take on sixth-seeded Syracuse. Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know in semifinal and championship ACC action:

2014 Tewaaraton finalist Kayla Treanor is one of the most decorated players to ever put on a Syracuse jersey, as she proved just how valuable she is in the Orange’s 14-13 overtime against Boston College in the ACC quarterfinals. A team that held her scoreless earlier this spring could not do the same, as the All-American notched five points (3g, 2a) to lead Syracuse — including the game-winner. Treanor will lead Syracuse’s charged against Duke tomorrow afternoon.

Despite being two of the most storied programs in the history of the sport, Duke and Syracuse have squared off just two times against one another in program history. Last season’s regular season win over the Blue Devils, 19-15, marked the first time that the Orange had ever faced Duke, and the Blue Devils responded this spring by dropping the Orange, 10-9.
 
Syracuse Surges Into ACC Final With Win Over Duke (LaxMag)

In a conference packed with programs that rank among the nation's elite, tournament seeding usually doesn't mean a lot.

Exhibit A: Sixth-seeded Syracuse in the 2015 ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship.

The nationally seventh-ranked Orange scored their second "upset" victory of this year's tournament, turning back second-seeded and third-ranked Duke, 14-10, in Friday's semifinal game at Klockner Stadium.

Syracuse (13-6) advanced to Sunday's 1 p.m. title game against top-seeded and second-ranked North Carolina (15-2). UNC won by a 15-8 score when the teams met at Chapel Hill, N.C., on April 11.


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