No. 3 Syracuse was determined to not let North Carolina’s Jamie Ortega beat them. With Syracuse’s Meghan Tyrrell shadowing Ortega most of the game, the No. 4 Tar Heels turned to Katie Hoeg and Tayler Warehime on offense and beat the Orange 11-5.

Syracuse held Ortega, who came into the game eighth in the country in goals per game, to just a single assist, but Hoeg had a career-high six assists and Warehime tied her career-high with four goals as the Tar Heels improved to 11-3 and 4-2 in the ACC. Syracuse, which lost to North Carolina for the fourth straight time, had a seven-game winning streak snapped to fall to 13-3, 5-2.

After the start of the game was delayed 30 minutes due to weather, North Carolina jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, only to see the Orange respond with three straight goals.

Kara Klages and Hoeg scored before the half to give UNC a 5-3 lead at the break when the game was once again delayed due to weather.

Warehime, a freshman from Maryland high school power Manchester Valley, then seized control of the game for the Tar Heels, scoring the first three goals of the second half, two on assists from Hoeg and the other coming from Ortega.

Syracuse, held to a season-low five goals, had no answers for North Carolina goalie Taylor Moreno. The sophomore made 12 saves to earn the victory.

Emily Hawryschuk led Syracuse with three goals.

Dartmouth Upsets Penn as Ivy League Gets Tight

A week after seeing a second-half lead slip away against Princeton, Dartmouth surged in the final 30 minutes to upset No. 8 Penn 15-11 and move into a tie for first place in the Ivy League.

The Big Green (8-4, 4-1 Ivy) trailed 6-4 at the half and by as many as three goals in the second half before scoring four straight goals to take an 8-7 lead on Michelle Yu’s goal with 18:38 left.

Penn’s Gabby Rosenzweig tied it back up just 37 seconds later, but Dartmouth answered with another four-goal run, three of them by Campbell Brewer, to take control of the contest.

Ellie Carson had a game-high four goals for Darmouth, Kierra Sweeney had three goals and an assist and Kellen D’Alleva made things go, scoring a goal to go along with five assists. Kiera Vrindten made 14 saves in the win.

And the @IvyLeague women's race gets crazy. Ellie Carson scores four as @DartmouthWLax hands @PennWomensLax its first league loss. Big Green win 15-11. pic.twitter.com/HBbPkKGlAK

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 13, 2019

Erin Barry and Rosensweig each had two goals and two assists for Penn (9-3, 3-1 Ivy).

There are now four Ivy League teams with one loss. Cornell moved into a tie with Dartmouth in first place with a 4-1 record after beating Brown 10-7 on Saturday. The Big Red, who have won four straight overall to improve to 8-4, scored the final three goals of the first half to break a 3-3 tie and led by at least two the rest of the way.

Katie McGahan made 13 saves for Cornell and the offense was led by Olivia Jensen (3g, 1a), Caroline Allen (2g, 2a), Tomasina Leska (3g) and Sarah Phillips (2g, 1a).

Dartmouth hosts Cornell next Saturday.

A half-game back at 3-1 are Penn and Princeton.

Princeton capped off a big week that included a midweek win over No. 9 Loyola with a 14-12 win over Harvard. The Tigers led by just a goal at the half, but scored four straight to open the second half and held the Crimson at bay.

Pass, pass, shoot #GOAL by D'Orsi from Rogers! https://t.co/Q6OUFtAOd0 Score 8-6/2nd Princeton pic.twitter.com/NbV3mKqazC

— Princeton WLAX (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2019

Tess D’Orsi (4g), Kyla Sears (3g, 2a) and Allie Rogers (3g, 1a) led the Tigers. Madison Conklin had four goals and an assist for Harvard and Kelley MacAfee had a goal and four assists.

Mount St. Mary’s Tops Wagner in NEC

Two red-hot teams flying under the radar met up on Saturday in Emmitsburg, Md., and Mount St. Mary’s downed Wagner 11-9. It was the eighth straight win for the Mount, which is off to the best start in school history at 11-2 and snapped Wagner’s eight-game winning streak.

The Mount is now tied with Bryant atop the Northeast Conference at 3-0. Those two teams will meet next weekend in Rhode Island.

: Perfect weather for a W today! Check out the highlights from our win over Wagner to remain undefeated in NEC play! #LGMount pic.twitter.com/emtimdkB3d

— Mount Women’s Lacrosse (@Mount_WLAX) April 13, 2019

The Mount scored the first five goals of the game, but Wagner battled back, trimming the lead to 7-6 early in the second half before the Mount answered with three straight goals to regain control.

Jillian Petito, who came into the weekend ranked second in the country behind Maryland’s Megan Taylor in save percentage, made 11 stops to earn the victory. Alayna Pagnotta had three goals and Jordan Groover had two goals and two assists.

Wagner, led by first-year coach and U.S. team star Michelle Tumolo, fell to 9-3 and 2-1 in the NEC. Madeline Seims scored six goals for the Seahawks.

Fairfield Retains Control of the MAAC

Taylor Mitchell scored the game-winning goal with 2:16 remaining as Fairfield beat Siena 12-11 to retain control of first place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Stags improved to 6-0 in the league while Siena fell to 5-2.

Siena scored four straight goals to take an 11-10 lead with 6:52 left on a goal by Kerry Gerety, but Fairifield’s Cameryn Dera scored the equalizer with 5:08 left  and then Mitchell scored the winner off an assist from Brooke Gallagher.

Kathleeen Hulseman and Kelly Horning each scored three goals for Fairfield. Horning also had seven groundballs and three caused turnovers.

Siena goalie Sammy Horton made 15 saves and Kaitlyn Dowsett and Annie Brennan each scored three goals.

Notable

• No. 1 Boston College continued its dominant march through the season, leading by eight goals before Virginia Tech scored five goals in the final six plus minutes in a 16-13 win for the Eagles. BC improved to 15-0 overall and has won 14 straight ACC regular season games dating to 2017. Sam Apuzzo had a team-high six points (3g, 3a) and Dempsey Arsenault, Kenzie Kent and Cara Urbank all added hat tricks. Paige Petty scored five for Virginia Tech.

• Sammy Mueller had a career-high eight points (6g, 2a) and Maggie Jackson had two goals and four assists. as No. 7 Virginia downed Louisville 16-12.

• No. 9 Loyola got a career-best six points from Sam Fiedler (5g, 1a) and Hannah Powers tied her career-high of seven assists in the Greyhounds 21-9 win over Lafayette.

• Caitlin Muir had five goals and Lilly Grass had five assists as No. 10 Michigan beat Rutgers 12-8.

• Halley Crosson had a career-high 15 saves as No. 13 Johns Hopkins downed Ohio State 12-7. Miranda Ibello scored three of Hopkins’ first four goals and had a game-high six points with her three goals and three assists.

• No. 15 Navy improved to 4-0 all-time against service academy rival Army with a 21-8 victory over the Black Knights in a nationally-televised game on CBS Sports Network. Kelly Larkin had four goals and five assists, Nicole Victory had two goals and six assists and Kayla Harris had four goals.

• Lindsey Ronbeck followed up an eight-goal performance in Thursday’s win over Jacksonville by scoring seven in No. 17 Florida’s 20-10 victory over East Carolina. Since starting 3-6 against a difficult schedule, the Gators have won six straight games and are 3-0 in the American Athletic Conference.

• On Thursday, No. 18 Denver (11-2) had a second game cancelled this season due to weather preventing its opponent from arriving, but the Pioneers were sharp in a 16-5 win over Butler to stay perfect in the Big East (3-0). Bea Behrins had four goals and an assist.

• Cincinnati won its sixth straight game and improved to 3-0 in the American Athletic Conference with a 12-9 win over Temple. The Bearcats, who trailed 4-0 early, were led by Monica Borzillo with four goals and four assists.

• Georgetown scored four of the game’s final five goals to break open a one-goal game and beat Villnova 12-8, handing the Wildcats their first Big East loss. Morgan Ryan scored five goals for the Hoyas.

• Taylor Cuenin scored six goals as UC Davis beat San Diego State 16-12 to earn the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament.

Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 1 Boston College 16, Virginia Tech 13
No. 4 North Carolina 11, No. 3 Syracuse 5
No. 7 Virginia 16, Louisville 12
Dartmouth 15, No. 8 Penn 11
No. 9 Loyola 21, Lafayette 9
No. 10 Michigan 12, Rutgers 8
No. 13 Johns Hopkins 12, Ohio State 7
No. 14 Princeton 14, Harvard 12
No. 15 Navy 21, Army 8
No. 17 Florida 20, East Carolina 10
No. 18 Denver 16, Butler 5

Other Scores

Binghmaton 17, Hartford 5
Boston University 19, Bucknell 7
Campbell 18, Gardner-Webb 12
Cincinnati 12, Temple 9
Colgate 13, American 11
Cornell 10, Brown 7
Fairfield 12, Siena 11
Georgetown 12, Villanova 8
High Point 21, Radford 4
Lehigh 12, Holy Cross 8
Longwood 14, Winthrop 4
Manhattan 11, Quinnipiac 9
Marquette 17, Old Dominion 7
Massachusetts-Lowell 19, Vermont 18
Monmouth 16, Canisius 6
Mount St. Mary’s 11, Wagner 9
New Hampshire 15, UMBC 10
Niagara 18, Iona 9
Stetson 21, Delaware State 1
UC Davis 16, San Diego State 12
Yale 17, Columbia 10