No. 19 Louisville derailed one of the hottest teams in the country with a 9-8 victory over No. 7 Syracuse. The Orange had won five straight games, including a win over No. 2 North Carolina, coming into the contest.

Louisville, which had lost two straight and three of its last four, held Syracuse (13-5, 5-2 ACC) off the board for the first 20 minutes of the game and Emily Howell’s goal with 1:28 left in the first half gave the Cardinals (11-6, 3-4 ACC) a 5-3 lead at the break. Jillian Balog and Elise Koehl scored early in the second half to stretch the lead to 7-3.

“They said in the locker room, 'We're going to get that first goal,'” said Louisville head coach Kellie Young. “To have that come from the players and not our staff, we know as a staff what a big deal it is for the rest of the season. I think they should be really, really proud of themselves.”

Syracuse answered with three straight goals to pull within one goal with 12:16 to play after a Natalie Wallon goal, but the Cardinals responded. Meghan Siverson scored just 26 seconds after Wallon’s goal and McKayla Conti pushed the Cardinals lead to 9-6.

Wallon scored a pair of goals just 41 seconds apart with under three minutes to play to bring the Orange within 9-8, but Louisville held on for the one-goal victory, its first ever over Syracuse.

Silverson led Louisville with three goals and two assists, Balog had two goals and Madison Hoover had three assists. Brittany Read made nine saves in the victory.

Wallon’s three goals led Syracuse and Riley Donahue had two goals and an assist. The Orange converted just 1-of-8 free position shots in the contest.

Louisville earned the No. 6 seed for the ACC tournament and will play Virginia in the quarterfinals on Thursday in Richmond, Va. Syracuse is the No. 2 seed and will play Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals.

Chanenchuk Leads Princeton in OT

No. 6 Princeton bounced back from its loss to Penn with a 12-11 double overtime victory over No. 10 Cornell to keep its Ivy League regular season title hopes alive. Cornell, Penn and Princeton are all 5-1 in the Ivy League.

Princeton led by four goals early in the second half, but saw Cornell take control of the game. After Princeton’s Kathryn Hallett scored just 56 seconds into the second half, Cornell went on an 8-2 run and led 11-9 after Kristy Gilber’s goal with four minutes remaining.

Tess D’Orsi scored at 2:37 for the Tigers and Princeton got a final chance after Alex Argo forced a turnover with 13.7 seconds left. Anna Doherty threw a long clearing pass to Olivia Hompe who scored to force overtime with just 2.9 seconds left.

Both goalies came up big in overtime with Cornell’s Renee Poullott making four of her 15 saves and Ellie DeGarmo making two of her 14, but Hompe found Colby Chanenchuk for the game winner with 3:04 left in the second overtime.

Goal! Hompe ties it! 2.9 seconds left pic.twitter.com/ZblIba7oZG

— Princeton WLAX (@princetonwlax) April 22, 2017

Cavaliers Win Commonwealth Showdown

Rachel Vander Kolk made 12 saves as No. 14 Virginia edged Virginia Tech, 6-5, in one of the most anticipated showdowns between the two ACC schools. Sammy Mueller scored back-to-back goals in the final 10 minutes to break a 4-4 tie and the Cavaliers (10-7, 4-3 ACC) held off the Hokies (11-7, 2-5 ACC) down the stretch.

Boston College Races Past Notre Dame to Set Up Rematch

Boston College scored 11 second-half goals in a 16-10 Senior Day victory over Notre Dame. The victory sets up a rematch against the Irish this coming Thursday in the ACC quarterfinals in Richmond. Kenzie Kent had five goals and two assists in the victory. Kent scored four of those goals during a seven-goal run in the second half that turned a 9-8 deficit into a 15-9 lead.

Hoyas Upset Denver

Georgetown outscored No. 15 Denver 7-2 in the first half and held on for a 9-7 victory over the Pioneers. Georgetown (9-7, 7-1 Big East) has now won five straight games and will play No. 3 Florida next weekend for the Big East regular season title. Morgan Ryan led the Hoyas with four goals and an assist and Francesca Whitehurst had a goal and four assists. Julia Feiss led Denver (12-3, 6-2 Big East) with five goals, scoring all five of Denver’s second half goals.

Northwestern Secures Big Ten Bid

Rutgers scored the first three goals of the game and led 5-4 at the half, but No. 13 Northwestern dominated the second half to post a 14-7 victory. Christina Esposito had five goals for Northwestern, including three straight during a seven-goal run in the second half that broke the game open. The Wildcats improved to 4-1 in the Big Ten, earning at least the No. 3 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. If Northwestern beats No. 1 Maryland next Thursday, it will earn a share of the Big Ten regular season title. Rutgers, which had the No. 22 RPI in the country entering the week, will need to beat Johns Hopkins next Thursday in order to qualify for the four-team Big Ten tourney.

In other games on Saturday:

• No. 2 North Carolina got a career-high seven goals from Molly Hendrick and beat Duke 19-7. The victory, combined with Syracuse’s loss, gave the Tar Heels their third straight ACC regular season championship. UNC and Duke will meet again on Thursday in the ACC quarterfinals.

• Emma Schait had a career-high six goals as No. 4 Stony Brook downed UMBC 19-8 to wrap up home field advantage for the America East tournament. Kylie Ohlmiller also had four goals and five assists.

• Harvard scored the first four goals of the game, but No. 11 Penn responded for a 13-10 victory. Alex Condon followed up her eight-goal performance against Princeton with a four-goal day and Britt Brown made 13 saves.

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20

No. 2 North Carolina 19, Duke 7
No. 4 Stony Brook 19, UMBC 8
No. 6 Princeton 12, No. 10 Cornell 11 (2 OT)
No. 19 Louisville 9, No. 7 Syracuse 8
No. 11 Penn 13, Harvard 10
No. 17 Boston College 16, No. 12 Notre Dame 10
No. 13 Northwestern 14, Rutgers 7
No. 14 Virginia 6, Virginia Tech 5
Georgetown 9, No. 15 Denver 7

Nike/US Lacrosse Division II Top 20

No. 1 Adelphi 19, Assumption 4
No. 2 Lindenwood 26, Oklahoma Baptist 3
No. 3 LeMoyne 15, Southern Connecticut 7
No. 4 Florida Southern 15, No. 9 Limestone 12
No. 5 Queens (N.C.) 24, Newberry 9
No. 6 NYIT 13, Stonehill 12 (OT)
No. 7 LIU Post 16, No. 12 Mercy 11
No. 9 Limestone 18, Erksine 3
No. 10 Regis (Colo.) 16, Fort Lewis 8
No. 13 Pace 13, Franklin Pierce 12
No. 15 New Haven 12, Saint Anselm 11
No. 16 Mercyhurst 13, Bloomsburg 5
No. 18 West Chester 14, Seton Hill 7
No. 19 Wingate 14, Tusculum 13 (OT)
Millersville 9, No. 20 Slippery Rock 8

Nike/US Lacrosse Division III Top 20

PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER

A pair of top five teams went down in what has proven to be a very volatile season in Division III. No. 11 Colby held defending national champion and third-ranked Middlebury without a goal for nearly 29 minutes to end the game, leading the White Mules to a 9-6 victory. Sasha Fritts had three goals for Colby and Izzy Scribano made nine saves for the win.

Hannah Burrall and Hannah Rubin combined for seven saves as No. 12 Hamilton shut down No. 5 Trinity 7-6. Midfielders Casey File and Morgan Fletcher each had two goals for Hamilton.

No. 1 William Smith 7, Clarkson 4
No. 2 Washington and Lee 15, Guilford 4
No. 11 Colby 9, No. 3 Middlebury 6
No. 12 Hamilton 7, No. 5 Trinity 6
No. 6 Brockport 16, Potsdam 2
No. 7 Gettysburg 20, Bryn Mawr 1
No. 8 York 10, Christopher Newport 8
No. 9 Cortland 16, Oswego 6
No. 10 Ithaca 17, Houghton 4
No. 17 Wesleyan 15, No. 13 Tufts 8
No. 14 Messiah 16, Lycoming 5
No. 15 St. John Fisher 20, Alfred 2
No. 16 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 17, Occidental 5
No. 18 Bowdoin 23, Colorado College 14
No. 19 Franklin & Marshall 11, Washington College 4
No. 20 Salisbury 11, Mary Washington 5