Our #6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3) take on the Penn Quakers (4-9) this Saturday in South Bend. The game will be at 2pm EST and streamed on ESPNU. It is the final game of the regular season and Senior Day. Congrats to the boys for their many achievements on the field and in the classroom, and a warm thank you for the special lacrosse memories! 

Our Seniors

Thank you and congratulations to all our seniors and graduate students! We appreciate everything you have done for the program and wish all of them the best of luck in whatever you do!

Before we get to discussing the game, let’s mention them by name:

Seniors:

Jeffery Ricciardelli

Michael Ridgway

Fisher Finley

Logan Gutzwiller

Will Angrick

Ronan Doherty

Tyler Buchner

Will Lynch

Ben Ramsey

Jalen Seymour

Chris Kavanagh

Alex Zepf

Mason Wordelman

Pat Eilers

Grad Students:

Colin Hagstrom

Jake Taylor

Greg Campisi

Casey Doyle

Devon McLane

Ridge Johnson

 

The Opponent

Penn has had a bit of a rough season.  They began the season ranked and with a lot of optimism,  but they are currently on a 6 game losing streak. However, they don’t have much to lose, and that’s when teams are at their most dangerous. The boys need to make sure to stay focused and not let Penn play the role of spoiler.

Offensively, Penn is led by Griffin Scane (22g 4a) and Ben Smith (20g 6a). They are supported by Davis Provost (16g 7a), Cam Rubin (17g 5a), and Chris Patterson (12g 9a). Certainly not a bad offense by any means. The defense will need to keep them in check. Most notably, this Penn team does not generate many assists. This normally means their goals come off solo dodges, which can play right into the Irish’s hands if they are sliding right. 

Defensively, they are led by the excellent Brendan Lavelle (11CT  34GBs) and Matthew Till (12CT 12GBs). Once again, not bad until but also not nearly as good as some that the Irish have played. If the offense is playing like they should, they will have a lot of opportunities to score. Between the pipes for Penn is the steady veteran Emmet Carroll with 148 saves on 52.7%. Carroll seems to be able to keep this Penn team close for a lot longer than they should be, so it would be in the best interest of the boys to keep him from getting hot.

Regarding our normal pregame questions, we have it abundantly clear what the boys need to work on this season. They have to consistently open the defense for a full sixty minutes. While we are still looking for improvement in this area, this game is more about the seniors. Let’s make to go get a win for them, and let’s stay hot going into the ACC tournament!

 

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