#5 Irish Fall To #7 Syracuse On The Road

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish suffered a 14-9 defeat on the road against No. 7 Syracuse in the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday.

Chris Kavanagh paced the Irish attack with four points off two goals and two assists while Devon McLane scored two goals and Jake Taylor and Matt Jeffery each added a goal and assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Irish came out of the gates firing, scoring three goals in the opening four minutes to open up an early 3-0 advantage. Jeffery got the Irish scoring started and then McLane added two of his own to build the early lead.

Syracuse regrouped and cut the Notre Dame lead to one at 3-2 by the end of the first frame. 

The Orange carried it’s momentum into the second quarter, outscoring the Irish 6-0 to take an 8-3 lead into the halftime break.

After a Syracuse goal pushed it’s lead to six at 9-3, the Irish responded with three straight between the end of the third and beginning of the fourth to cut the lead in half at 9-6.

The two sides each scored once over the next two minutes of action before Syracuse pushed the lead back to six at 13-7 just under seven minutes left in regulation.

Jake Taylor and Max Busenkell each found the back of the net in the closing stages of the game but the Irish fell by a score of 14-9 on the road.

UP NEXT

Notre Dame returns to Arlotta Stadium for an ACC matchup against Virginia at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 12. The game will air on ESPNU and admission to the game is free.

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