Bigbie's Late Strike Lifts #14 Orange Past Stanford

Friday, October 23

Syracuse, N.Y.

4:30 p.m.

Syracuse University

(9-5, 4-3)

Stanford

(9-7, 1-6)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Stanford	1	1	0	0	2
Syracuse	0	1	1	1	3

Highlights Press Conference

10/23/2026 7:09:00 PM | Field Hockey

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Taylor Bigbie converted a penalty corner with 7:26 remaining as Syracuse University field hockey rallied twice from one-goal deficits to defeat Stanford 3-2 Friday afternoon at J.S. Coyne Stadium.

Syracuse (8-5, 3-3 ACC) snapped a two-game skid with goals from three different players. Hattie Madden, Aubrey Turner, and Bigbie each scored, while Ellis Cannon and Jess Liddell added assists. Jessie Eiselin went the distance in goal, making three saves, all in the second quarter. The Orange outshot the Cardinal 11-6 and held a 4-1 edge in penalty corners.

Stanford (9-6, 1-5 ACC) got goals from Liv Martin and Star Horlock, who also assisted on Martin's opener. Anya Jackson made three saves in 58:49 of work before the Cardinal pulled her for an extra attacker in the final minutes.

How it Happened

Syracuse tested Jackson early as Madden fired two shots on goal in the ninth and 10th minutes, but both were turned away.
Stanford struck first in the 12th minute when Martin finished a feed from Horlock for a 1-0 lead.
The Orange earned their first penalty corner a minute later, but Liddell's attempt went wide. Stanford carried its 1-0 lead into the first break.
Eiselin made her first save of the night in the 16th minute, denying Gemma Townsend.
Madden evened the score in the 18th minute, notching her sixth goal of the season off an assist from Cannon.
Stanford earned its lone penalty corner of the game in the 20th minute. Eiselin stopped Opal Sparling and then Horlock, but Horlock stayed with the play and scored three seconds later to put the Cardinal back in front 2-1, a lead that held through halftime.
Turner pulled Syracuse level in the 34th minute with an unassisted tally, her seventh goal of the year.
The Orange defense clamped down after the break, allowing just one Stanford shot in the second half, a wide attempt by Jenny O'Grady in the 32nd minute.
Syracuse turned up the pressure in the fourth quarter, earning three penalty corners. Sammie Goin's shot on the first, in the 48th minute, was blocked.
On the next corner in the 53rd minute, Bigbie found the back of the cage for her fifth goal of the season, with Liddell picking up the assist, to give the Orange a 3-2 lead.
Liddell nearly added insurance on another corner in the 56th minute, but Jackson made the save.
Stanford pulled Jackson with 1:11 to play, but the Orange kept the Cardinal without a shot in the fourth quarter to close out the win.

By the Numbers

11-6: Syracuse's advantage in shots, including a 6-5 edge in shots on goal.
4-1: The Orange's edge in penalty corners, with three coming in the fourth quarter.
4: Shots by Madden, a game high, with three on goal.
1: Stanford shots in the second half.

Up Next for Syracuse

No. 14 Syracuse stays home to host No. 16 California on Sunday, October 25 with a noon start at J.S. Coyne Stadium. The game will air on ACC Network with Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush on the call.
The Orange close the regular season Friday, October 30 against Boston College at Coyne. That game will now start at 4 p.m.