Intro the 2024 ACC women's lacrosse tournament begins in blackburg our first round double header starts at Thompson field with the eight-seed Virginia Tech hokes hosting the nine seated Louisville Cardinals the winner of this game taking on top seated Syracuse so we're going to First Quarter see Olivia Vero she's actually limping right now so again that knee has been bothering her and Virginia Tech opens the scoring it's Paige Tyson who draws First Blood three really nice pieces and certainly capable of putting up points here's Peroni right on the money Nicole Peroni woman down goal to tie it at [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] one Caroline little trying to shake free and she scores terrific individual effort by the sophomore Caroline little in Virginia Tech back up by one this is algra Catalano who steps up for the free position one-on-one with Joselyn Torres charges in and scores Catalano fires Louisville in front and Cashes in on the power play good ball good off ball movement for Louisville watch the surrounding players around the perimeter cutting through right on the doorstep and it's kokuro nakazawa [Music] Second Quarter again you always want to have people behind the cage to back up those shots so you can win The Possession going low and squeezing it through perfectly placed Virginia Tech with a much needed goal and it's Grace new who notches her 10th goal of the campaign his paid dividends in this first half hokes win the ball back though an opportunity to tie this game at four and they do a [Applause] flamethrower ties it at four coaches often mention it and it it is huge however it's not the whole story you know goes along with everything so if you win the draw and don't get a great shot off no big deal that's not a good thing and Louisville gets the save on one end and Cashes in on the other the Cardinals back in front Clemson won 121 so interested to see what this battle will be like even though pit finished winless they certainly will go in with confidence taking CLS into overtime just 3 days ago in Louisville you blink and it's backto back goals for the Cardinals as they've grabbed momentum back here in the second quarter a lot working through render 13 in white has it here in attack mode and scores Lauren render blows it by Sarah Dash it pulls one back for the hokes [Music] great feed the Finish Paige Tyson that's her second goal of the afternoon and it ties it at six another goal Rings the pipe and goes in what a shot and Louisville back in front seven six with coming up with some great stick checks but this is going to be a hardfought battle both teams even with shots 13 man it's Paige Tyson again a first half hattrick for the monster in the middle at 5 foot1 Tyson buries her [Music] third 15 seconds on the shot clock kokuro dances her way in and scores so crafty Koko nakazawa and that'll set up an eight meter Mary Griffin will go four meters behind and it's Lauren figas The junor Who steps up one-on-one with Torres steps in fires low and scores Lauren figas notches her second goal of the afternoon and the Cardinals back up by two we'll hear their name called this week in the NFL draft weaving in great save of Dash it stays with the hokes though Downey curling around feed to Tyson what a goal Paige Tyson she's got half of the Hokey goals in this first half that's her Third Quarter fourth if I was her I would take it you still only have 17 seconds left on the shot clock you got to get back up behind the cage in case she misses it Peron rips it low Torres couldn't get there and Nicole Peroni Cashes in on the Louisville woman up they conferred about that because she was in the goal circle area that was not a yellow car but a great score Virginia Tech answers with render so once again Louisville goes up by two for the fourth time today and Virginia Tech answers to cut it back down to one two minutes remaining in this third quarter in a quarter that's been relatively lows scoring considering these teams combined for 17 goals in the first half only one goal a piece in the third quarter great feed there it is exactly what Louisville needed and it's Maggie McMahon who notches her second of the afternoon [Applause] [Music] here's Lauren render they've cleared out for a render takes it in and scores Lauren render makes it a one goal game now just 13 seconds to shoot is he cycle trying to shake free stings the corner isas he cycle what a goal and Louisville back up by two time winding down for Virginia Tech they need a goal in a hurry 90 seconds remaining render On The Run shoots and scores Lauren render gives Virginia Tech a lifeline and it's a twogo goal game with a minute 27 remaining and Louisville comes to blackburg and beats eight- seated Virginia Tech they're moving on into the ACC quarterfinal and what a way to start the ACC Championship in this first round she in a terrific game we've got our first upset this is going to be an exciting week congratulations to Louisville a complete team effort