Hitting the road to take on Princeton (3-7, 2-1 Ivy), Syracuse pulled out a thrilling 4-3 double-overtime victory on Sunday. Back Annalena Ulbrich provided two goals for the Orange (8-3, 0-3 Atlantic Coast) before junior forward Emma Russell netted the game-winner.

Continuing her impressive freshman year, Ulbrich pushed the Orange out to an early 2-0 lead in the first 30 minutes. She buried the first goal of the game just 1:50 in off of a penalty corner. Freshman midfielder Lieke Visser and senior back Jordan Page were credited with assists.

Holding a 1-0 lead just before halftime, Ulbrich struck again on another penalty corner at the 28:41 mark as Visser and Page again recorded assists.

But, the momentum that Syracuse appeared to build was nearly wiped out at the 35-minute mark. Princeton’s Cassidy Arner snuck a shot past SU goalkeeper Jess Jecko on a feed from Annabeth Donovan.

Thirty-one seconds after halftime, the Tigers’ Maddie Copeland drew things even at 2-2.

Just more than four minutes later, Copeland struck again. After a backhand from Ryan McCarthy trickled through the goalmouth, Copeland was right there to tap it in, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

At the 47:51 point, Visser chipped in a rebound off Princeton goalkeeper Anya Gersoff, knotting the score at 3-3.

Still tied at three goals each after 70 minutes, Princeton and Syracuse headed to overtime. In the first overtime period, the Orange registered eight shots on goal, but wasn’t able to score the winning goal. The Tigers registered four shots on goal in the first overtime period.

However, in the second overtime period, on SU’s third shot on goal of the period, Russell buried a shot from the left post to give SU the victory.

Facing 16 shots on goal, Gersoff stopped 12 Syracuse shots. Jecko saved five of the Tigers’ eight shots.

After losing its first three ACC games, the Orange has rebounded with nonconference wins over Hofstra and Princeton in the past week, outscoring the two by a combined score of 10-5.

Syracuse now turns its attention to its meeting with Louisville (10-2, 3-1) on Saturday at J.S. Coyne Stadium starting at 11 a.m.

Compiled by Josh Carney, contributing writer.

Published on October 5, 2014 at 8:17 pm