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ACC Field Hockey Championship Bracket Set
10/29/2021 8:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
DURHAM, N.C.—The Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Championship bracket is set and No. 24 Duke will face No. 2 seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals, Thursday, Nov. 4 at J.S. Coyne Stadium at Syracuse University. All six games in the tournament will be televised on ACC Network with the championship game being played Nov. 7 at noon.
The Blue Devils, the No. 7 seed, are 6-10 overall and went 0-6 in ACC play. Ninth-ranked Syracuse garnered the second seed after posting a 4-2 record against ACC foes. The Orange fell to Louisville, 2-1, in the decisive match for the ACC regular season title and No. 1 seed in the tournament.
The Orange captured the regular season matchup, 7-2, at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. The two goals scored by the Blue Devils are tied for the most allowed in a game by Syracuse this season.
Freshman forward Logan Clouser and graduate student midfielder MaryKate Neff lead the offense with 13 points apiece. Clouser is the top goal scorer with five tallies and three assists, while Neff has four goals and five assists. Lexi Davidson is right behind them with 11 points from three goals and five assists.
Clouser has come on strong in the second half of the season, registering at least one point in seven of the final eight regular season contests. In her first eight games she fired off just two shots. In the final eight, the Bethlehem, Pa., native took 15 shots and put 12 of them on goal.
In goal, Piper Hampsch has been Duke's primary starter with 14 starting assignments. She leads the league and ranks 30th nationally in saves per game at 4.75. Grace Brightbill has a pair of starts in the cage and played in five games overall. She is 2-1 overall and has 22 saves.
Syracuse ranks second in the ACC and sixth nationally with a 0.97 goals against average. Brooke Borzymowski is fourth nationally with a 0.89 goals against average. The Orange is equally as stout offensively, averaging 3.34 goals per game to rank sixth among Division I program.
The winner between the Blue Devils and Orange will face either No. 6 Wake Forest or No. 3 North Carolina in the semifinals, Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m.
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