GREENSBORO, N.C. (TheACC.com) – Notre Dame and Syracuse advanced Tuesday in the first round of the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship. The eighth-seeded Fighting Irish rallied to top ninth-seeded Boston College, 2-1 in double overtime, while the 10th-seeded Orange outlasted seventh-seeded North Carolina, 5-3 in penalty kicks, following a scoreless draw.
 
Notre Dame (10-6-1) advances to play top-seeded Clemson at 7 p.m. Sunday in Clemson, South Carolina. Syracuse (7-5-5) moves to take on No. 2 seed Virginia at 1 p.m. Sunday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
 
The ACC Championship continues Wednesday with a pair of first-round matches, as No. 12 seed Duke travels to No. 5 seed NC State for a 2 p.m. match and No. 11 seed Virginia Tech visits No. 6 Louisville at 4 p.m. The Duke-NC State winner advances to take on No. 4 seed Pitt at 3 p.m. Sunday. The winner of the Virginia Tech-Louisville match moves on to battle No. 3 seed Wake Forest at 5 p.m. Sunday.
 
No. 8 Notre Dame 2, No. 9 Boston College 1 (2OT)
Notre Dame rallied from a first-half deficit to pick up the first-round win in Notre Dame, Indiana. Boston College’s Stefan Sigurdarson gave the Eagles (8-5-3) a lead in the 24th minute with a low rocket from outside the box that found the back of the net, just inside the far post. The Irish found the equalizer in the 62nd minute when Jack Casey sent a dangerous cross into the box and Ian Aschieris perfectly tucked his header inside the near post.
 
The game-winning goal came just under two minutes into the second overtime period. Notre Dame’s Aiden McFadden whipped in a dangerous cross into the box and the ball caromed off the foot of a Boston College defender and into the goal for an own goal.
 
No. 10 Syracuse 0, No. 7 North Carolina 0 (2 OT); Syracuse advances, 5-3, on penalty kicks
After an entertaining duel in Chapel Hill that featured great scoring chances and fantastic defense on both sides, the match officially ended in a 0-0 tie, with a shootout needed to decide the advancing team. Syracuse goalkeeper Christian Miesch made a diving stop on UNC’s first attempt in the shootout, and that was all the Orange needed as they converted on each of their five penalties, capped by senior Matt Orr.
 
Massimo Ferrin, Ryan Raposo, Severin Soerlie and Sondre Norheim also converted on their tries for Syracuse, as did Mauricio Pineda, Jack Skahan and Jeremy Kelly for the Tar Heels. UNC goalkeeper Alec Smir made seven saves in the match, while Miesch was credited with three saves.