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North Carolina 8, Syracuse 4: Orange softball season ends in ACC Tournament

Going into Thursday’s ACC Tournament matchup with No. 3 seed North Carolina, the Syracuse Orange pretty much had to win if they had any shot to make the NCAA Tournament.

Unfortunately, SU fell 8-4 to the Heels, in a rain-delayed first round game. The Orange wrap their season at 31-19, and 10-10 in ACC play. It was the. ir best year since 2012, when the program went 43-16 and made the NCAA Tournament.

North Carolina started the game with a six-run first inning, then watched the Orange attempt to battle back from there.