In last Thursday’s 13-7 NCAA Quarterfinal win over James Madison, the Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team did something that they haven’t done a ton of this season: they won a game primarily on the strength of their defense.
We’ve spent much of our time on the defensive end of the field this season lauding the incredible performances of Delaney Sweitzer in net as the backbone of this Orange team.
And while Delaney played great in this game, making seven saves for a .500 save percentage and grabbing three ground balls and one caused turnover, it was really the defense in front of her that shone the brightest in helping to send SU back to Championship Weekend.