Five-Seed Virginia Takes on Four-Seed Syracuse in ACC Quarterfinals

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (12-5) will face No. 4 Syracuse (14-3) in the 2019 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals on Wednesday, April 24 at 2 p.m. at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
 
HOW TO WATCH
All of the games will be broadcast on the ACC Regional Sports Network and streamed on ACC Network Extra through ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app. Fans can follow @UVAWomensLax on Twitter for in-game updates.
 
CAVALIER TIDBITS

• UVA is 7-3 all-time in the ACC quarterfinals.
• The Cavaliers fell to 5-seed Notre Dame last season, 11-10, in the ACC tournament.
• Virginia is coming off a 13-10 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
• Seniors Maggie Jackson (Alexandria, Va.) and Avery Shoemaker (Wyndmoor, Pa.) led the Cavaliers with six and five points, respectively.
• Jackson also had 10 draw controls against Virginia Tech to set the new UVA school record with 292 career draw controls.

 
VIRGINIA VS SYRACUSE

• Virginia is 0-1 against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament.
• The only meeting was on April 28, 2017 in Richmond, Va., when Syracuse won 15-12.
• UVA has a 12-11 edge in the all-time series with Syracuse.
• The Orange hold a 2-0 lead in neutral site games.
• The two teams met in the regular season, with Syracuse taking the win 16-11.

 
SYRACUSE

• The Orange are averaging 14.24 goals per game and 10.06 goals against.
• Syracuse ranks second in the ACC in caused turnovers per game (10.29) and ground balls per game (19.76).
• Sarah Cooper leads the ACC with 1.71 caused turnovers per game.
• Emily Hawryschuk is fifth in the conference with 3.35 goals per game to lead Syracuse.
• Goalkeeper Asa Goldstock is third in the ACC with a 9.72 goals-against average.

 
UP NEXT
The winner of Wednesday’s game will advance to the ACC Semifinals to play either No. 1 seed Boston College or No. 8 seed Louisville.