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No. 14 Virginia Hosts No. 3 Syracuse Saturday in ACC Action

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 14 Virginia women’s lacrosse (4-4, 0-2 ACC) returns to ACC play on Saturday (March 12) when it hosts No. 3 Syracuse (5-1, 2-0 ACC) at noon at Klöckner Stadium.

HOW TO WATCH

The game will be streamed live on ACCNX for authenticated ACC Network subscribers. Links for the live stats and live stream are available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can follow @UVAWomensLax on Twitter for in-game updates.

AGAINST SYRACUSE

  • Virginia and Syracuse are meeting for the 26th time in the series.
  • The Orange have a slight 13-12 edge and have won the last three meetings.
  • UVA is 6-4 against Syracuse in Charlottesville.
  • The Last win for the Cavaliers was a 17-16 victory on March 4, 2018, in Charlottesville to end a seven-game losing stream to Syracuse.
  • Most recently, Syracuse won 15-12 in Syracuse.

LAST TIME OUT

  • Virginia is coming off a midweek win over No. 22 Richmond on Wednesday.
  • The Cavaliers held the Spiders to three goals in the second half, outscoring them 8-3.
  • Freshman six points on five goals and one assist and sophomore Jaime Biskup scored four goals.
  • Junior goalkeeper Ashley Vernon made 11 saves in goal for the Cavaliers.
  • Clark leads the team with five hat tricks this season, while Biskup has three of UVA’s four game-winners.

HOOS HOT

  • Senior Ashlyn McGovern has a team-high seven multiple-goal games.
  • Sophomore Aubrey Williams had 14 draw controls against Richmond, the second highest in a single game at UVA and just one behind her record 15 against Stanford.
  • Sophomore Ellena Schildmeyer had a season-high three ground balls against Richmond.
  • Wednesday’s win was the second over a ranked opponent for the Cavaliers this season.
  • Virginia is 4-0 when scoring 16 or more goals.
  • The Cavaliers have led in draw controls in all but one contest this season.

UP NEXT

Virginia hosts Pitt on Friday, March 18 at 5 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.

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