3 takeaways from No. 8 Syracuse’s 22-8 blowout loss to No. 4 Notre Dame Courtesy of Rich Barnes | USA Today Sports Syracuse’s defense struggled to stop Pat Kavanagh, who finished with a Notre Dame record of 10 points. Facebook Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. In the final six seconds of the first half, short-stick defensive midfielder Peter Dearth received a pass from Stephen Rehfuss and charged toward the cage. The most unlikely scorer, Dearth, unloaded a strike into the back of the net. He walked into the locker room at halftime as the Orange’s leading scorer, with two goals. Dearth’s offensive success was telling of SU’s failures against Notre Dame. The Orange collapsed in the second quarter, conceding a 10-2 run to close out the half. Plagued by turnovers, limited possessions and a porous zone defense, Syracuse couldn’t prevent a losing record in conference play.