For the second time in four days, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s lacrosse team trailed a Top 6 team by five goals with 11 minutes remaining.
And again, as they were against No. 6 Northwestern on Wednesday, the Irish fell 17-16 to their higher-ranked foe — this time an overtime defeat Saturday against the Syracuse Orange at the Loftus Sports Center.
The No. 3 Orange (4-0, 1-0 ACC) and No. 17 Irish (1-4, 0-1 ACC) appeared to be evenly matched in the first half, with the visitors staking at 6-2 lead after one quarter but the Irish charging back to make it 10-8 at half.