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Book Three, Chapter One

– The ultimate e-book of the story is right here because the Orange earned a berth to the 2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship for a fifth-straight yr and nineteenth time in program historical past.

– Syracuse has certified for the postseason in every of Lynn Farquhar‘s first three years on the helm of the Orange because the ‘Cuse seems to be to bounce again from a first-round exit final season.

– The Orange are certainly one of 5 groups out of the ACC to achieve the postseason, joined by top-seeded North Carolina, the 4 seed in Virginia, Duke, and Wake Forest.

– The Ivy League had the second-most qualifiers with three: this weekend’s host and nationwide three seed Princeton, second-seeded Harvard, and Yale.

– Six opponents from the 2025 common are within the 18-team discipline: North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest, Princeton, and Fairfield. Additionally, UConn, which Syracuse scrimmaged in August, is within the discipline.

– The Orange and Liberty meet for simply the third time in sequence historical past and the second time within the final three seasons. Syracuse outlasted the Flames 2-1 in time beyond regulation within the first spherical of the 2023 version, Farquhar’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory.

– Syracuse and Liberty meet at Bedford Field Friday afternoon for a 2:30 p.m. first push on Friday, with ESPN+ readily available for video protection.

With a Win Friday Syracuse Would…

– Reach the NCAA Quarterfinals for the third time within the final 4 seasons, solely lacking in 2024.

– IMprove to 3-0 all-time in opposition to Liberty, together with 2-0 within the postseason.

– Pick up its thirteenth win, tying for essentially the most single-season wins within the Lynn Farquhar Era (2023-Present) after going 13-7 a yr in the past.

– Win a first-round recreation for the 14th time in program historical past.

– Even its file in NCAA Tournament play at Princeton to 2-2 all-time.

– Win its first NCAA Tournament recreation in Princeton, New Jersey since 2009.

– Improve Syracuse to 3-1 in impartial web site video games.

Against the Field

– Syracuse once more put collectively one of many hardest schedules within the nation and that’s paying dividends for the Orange.

– Earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, Syracuse had the ninth-best RPI rating within the nation at 0.61171.

– Syracuse is not any stranger to one-third of the NCAA Tournament discipline because the Orange have performed six groups included within the 18-team bracket this season.

– Syracuse is 4-4 in opposition to the sphere coming into the postseason, choosing wins over Wake Forest (1-1), Fairfield (1-0) and this weekend’s host, Princeton (1-0).

– Of the 4 losses in opposition to 2025 NCAA Tournament groups, all have been by one objective, together with a shootout setback in opposition to Virginia within the ACC Tournament Semifinals on Thursday.

– In addition to the six groups Syracuse noticed within the common season, the Orange received a preseason tuneup in in opposition to UConn. 

– The Orange performed three eventual convention champions: North Carolina (ACC), Princeton (Ivy) and Fairfield (NEC), going 2-1 in opposition to these groups this season.

Sister Act

– Friday’s recreation will function just a few units of sisters between the Orange and Liberty.

– Syracuse’s roster sports activities a pair of twins, Bo and Hattie Madden, whereas two sisters will faceoff, albeit from the sidelines of Bedford Field and never between the strains.

– The Maddens have linked on two objectives this yr, as soon as in opposition to Lock Haven (Aug. 29) and once more on the highway at Stanford (Oct. 10). The Lock Haven recreation was the primary time of their collegiate careers the Twins have linked for a objective.

– Syracuse director of discipline hockey operations, Bryn Underwood, will sq. off along with her an identical twin sister, Reagan Underwood, an assistant coach for the Flames.

– This will not be the primary assembly between the Underwood sisters. They met on the sphere on Sept. 3, 2023 as Bryn’s American Eagles fell 1-0 in a shootout choice in opposition to Reagan’s Flames. Reagan took one shot in opposition to American, but it surely was not on objective in opposition to Bryn, who made 5 saves in that contest.