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"No better way to finish Senior Day than with a career high goals by Ziegler," head coach Gary Gait said.
Ziegler finished the afternoon with five goals and Kayla Treanor with three.
First Half
The Great Danes took a quick 2-0 lead before the Orange got on the board with a goal by Ziegler five minutes into the game.
UAlbany's fan section booed and yelled when a foul was called on the Great Danes, giving the Orange the free position. SU took advantage with Erica Bodt scoring to give the Orange its first lead of the game with a score of 6-5.
Syracuse and Albany had the score tied at seven at halftime.
Four of the seven SU goals belonged to Ziegler.
Second Half
Syracuse looked like it had a spark coming out of halftime.
UAlbany held SU's leading, Halle Majorana, to only one goal. But her one goal, only 26 seconds into the second half, got the Orange started.
A goal by Ziegler gave Syracuse a four-point lead with 23:30 left to play. The Orange finally had some momentum.
"We just had to do it," Ziegler said. The Senior Day gave us the extra push."
But, UAlbany began to chip away at that lead. Four unanswered goals later the score was tied at 12.
An Erica Bodt goal gave the lead back to Syracuse.
Riley Donahue put the Orange up by two points with less than three minutes left. Her first shot was blocked but there was scramble by the net and the ball found its way past the UAlbany's goalie.
"I'm proud that we finished the game and got through it," Gait said. "In a tight game we found the answers and we came back and made a play. Today we stepped up and got it done."
Next
SU heads down to the ACC Tournament at Virginia as the no. 6 seed, where the Orange women will face the no. 3 seed Boston College in the quarterfinals on Thursday. SU lost to the Eagles 10-9 on Feb. 28 at the Carrier Dome.
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