It was certainly a lot better performance against North Carolina than the last time Syracuse faced the Tar Heels in a 14-9 one-sided defeat in Chapel Hill on April 4, but SU's run at defending its ACC Tourney title ended in the semifinals. This time it was a fourth quarter UNC rally that did in the Orange (11-5) Friday night in a 12-10 final score, in front of an underwhelming 'Cuse crowd at American Legion Stadium, and sending SU home to await its NCAA Tournament bracketing on Sunday night (9:30 p.m. ET / ESPNU). Simply way too many errors to knock off a strong rival and national title contender Besides having a short-lived 9-7 lead early into the fourth quarter, after North Carolina scored to close within a goal, two SU veteran players lost their composure in the sequence. Both John Mullen (delayed trip) who had lost the faceoff to UNC's fabulous Brady Wambach, and Billy Dwan (late hit) were penalized, UNC scored less than a minute later, and suddenly the game was tied at 9-9.…