The Syracuse Orange went into Louisville on Saturday afternoon looking to lock up the top seed in the ACC Tournament this coming week, but came up short against the Cardinals, 9-8. Losing the game drops the Orange (13-5 overall, 5-2 ACC) to the No. 2 seed and will face seventh-seeded Virginia Tech on Thursday evening in Richmond. Louisville (11-6 overall, 3-4 ACC) got the NCAA Tournament resume win that they so desperately needed and now have a pretty good shot at getting in.
The Cardinals drew first blood at the 24:47 mark on a Hannah Koloski unassisted goal.