Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse Advance to 2025 NCAA Field Hockey Second Round

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Three Atlantic Coast Conference subject hockey groups superior to the Second Round of the 2025 NCAA Field Hockey Championship following victories in Friday’s first spherical. The quarterfinals will probably be performed on Sunday, November 16, at campus websites across the nation.
 
Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse every secured a victory within the opening spherical of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. With Duke and North Carolina set for a gathering on Sunday, the ACC will as soon as once more be represented within the nationwide semifinals.
 
The ACC has positioned a minimum of one group within the NCAA title sport in 23 of the final 26 NCAA Championships – and 31 instances within the final 35 years. In the ACC’s first 44 years as an NCAA Field Hockey convention, league groups have accounted for half of the entire appearances within the nationwide title sport (44 of 88).
 
#1 North Carolina 2, Saint Joseph’s 1
North Carolina avenged its loss to Saint Joseph’s within the 2024 nationwide semifinals afternoon with a 2-1 victory within the First Round of the 2025 NCAA Field Hockey Championship.
 
The Tar Heels took a 1-0 benefit into the halftime break after Ryleigh Heck discovered the again of the cage within the second quarter. The Hawks evened the sport at 1-1 within the third quarter.
 
In the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, Charly Bruder scored the eventual game-winner off a penalty nook. With assists from Dani Mendez and Sanne Hak, Bruder unleashed a powerful shot into the left facet of the cage to provide the Tar Heels a 2-1 benefit that they might not give up.
 
Duke 2, Iowa 1
After trailing 1-0 at halftime, Duke managed to log a come-from-behind effort to maneuver on to the second spherical. The Blue Devils bought on the scoreboard within the forty first minute when Juliette Schulten used her personal rebound to create a scoring alternative. Schulten ripped a shot on a penalty nook try, however the shot was blocked by an Iowa defender. The shot landed on Schulten’s stick and she or he transformed on the second-chance try, beating the goalkeeper over her left shoulder.
 
Five minutes into the fourth quarter, Alaina McVeigh ripped a backhanded shot in direction of the correct facet of the cage and used the submit to her benefit. The All-ACC standout beat the keeper earlier than her shot ricocheted off the correct submit and into the again of the cage for the eventual game-winning purpose.
 
Duke goalkeeper Kaiya Chepow made three of her 4 saves within the fourth quarter to safe the first-round victory for the Blue Devils. Duke will meet North Carolina within the NCAA Second Round on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
 
Syracuse 3, Liberty 2 (Syracuse advances 4-2 in penalty strokes)
Syracuse and Liberty traded targets within the second quarter to go to halftime tied at 1-1. Syracuse’s purpose got here off a penalty nook from Bo van Kempen with assists from Pati Strunk and Lana Hamilton. Liberty would tie the sport within the twenty eighth minute.
 
After an help from Aubrey Turner, Hattie Madden would give the Orange a 2-1 benefit as the 2 groups headed to the fourth quarter. In the ultimate minute of regulation, nonetheless, Liberty would rating off a scoring alternative created by penalty nook, tying the sport at 2-2.  
 
The Orange wanted to combat off penalty corners within the closing seconds of each time beyond regulation intervals. At the tip of the second time beyond regulation, Jessie Eiselin made an enormous save as time expired to ship the sport to penalty strokes. The Flames managed possession all through the second half and overtimes, forcing the Syracuse protection to combat off 10 penalty corners all through the 50 minutes after halftime.
 
Turner, a real freshman, performed the hero for the Orange on Friday night. With the Orange main the shootout 3-2 heading into the fifth spherical, a purpose from Turner would push Syracuse into Sunday’s second spherical. The Downingtown, Pennsylvania, native spun to her left earlier than beating the goalkeeper to the correct and sending Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
 
The Orange will meet the No. 2 nationwide seed Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey, on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Syracuse seems to be to make its first journey to the nationwide semifinals since 2015.
 
Miami (Ohio) 2, #4 Virginia 1
Virginia’s Mia Abello opened the scoring lower than three minutes into the first-round contest, however that was the final offensive success for the Cavaliers on Friday afternoon. Miami scored an equalizer earlier than the tip of the primary quarter, earlier than taking a 2-1 lead within the third quarter.  Virginia landed only one shot on purpose within the second half because the PinkHawks held on to upset the No. 4 nationwide seed.
 
UConn 2, Wake Forest 0
UConn took a 1-0 lead within the opening minutes of the second quarter and would by no means give up the benefit. In the fourth quarter, the Huskies pushed the result in 2-0 on a penalty stroke. Throughout the sport, the UConn again line was dominant, permitting Wake Forest to land simply two pictures on purpose.