Feb. 27, 2009

Cavaliers Upset No. 3 Syracuse, 14-11
The No. 4 Virginia women's lacrosse team came out firing in the second half to overcome an even 6-6 halftime score and upset the No. 3 Syracuse Orange 14-11 Friday night in the Carrier Dome. The win keeps the Cavaliers undefeated this season at 4-0, while the loss was the first for Syracuse this year, dropping the Orange to 3-1.

Senior All-Americans Ashley McCulloch and Jenny Hauser led the attack, with McCulloch dishing out a career-high five assists to go with two goals and Hauser notching four goals and two assists for a career-high six points. Junior Whitaker Hagerman proved an offensive threat as well, as she fired five goals and tallied an assist, tying a personal-best.

Junior Brittany Kalkstein jump-started the Cavaliers' offense throughout the game, winning a career-high eight draw controls to move into third on the program's all-time career draw control records. Early in the opening half, Kalkstein won three-straight draws in which Hauser was able to converted into goals for the Cavaliers, giving Virginia an early 4-2 advantage at 20:31.