Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (5-4, 1-2 ACC) lost to Duke (10-2, 2-1 ACC), 2-8, on Saturday before a packed 5000 person crowd at Arlotta Stadium. Gametime temperatures were below freezing, but neither this nor the howling winds kept away the expected huge crowd. The Scoring Unfortunately, not much to write here. Brian Willets had [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (#12/#10, 5-3 (1-1 ACC) host the Duke Blue Devils (9-2, 1-1 ACC) at Arlotta Stadium this Saturday at 4:00 pm EDT, ESPNU. Don't let the April date fool you, near-freezing temperatures are expected at game time. The Irish are hosting a pregame biergarten, and a near sellout is expected if [...]
Notre Dame defeated Mississippi State in the final game of the NCAA Tournament to bring home the program’s second national championship. I keep waiting for this to somehow be an elaborate April Fool’s joke, but now that I’ve ordered my championship hat and t-shirt, it’s sinking in that it was real. I’ll have a more [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (5-3, 1-1 ACC) lost 6-10 to the Syracuse Orangemen (5-3, 3-0 ACC) in the Carrier Dome. The Scoring Brian Willets led the Irish with 2 goals, with Schantz, Costabile, Collins and Drake each having 1 goal. Garnsey provided the only assist. Travisano won the faceoff battle with an 11 of [...]
They missed out on a trip to the Final Four the last two years. They dealt with a seemingly endless parade of injuries this season. They got blown out by Louisville during the ACC season. They lost the ACC Tournament for the first time since joining the conference. Many experts predicted they wouldn’t make it [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (#6/#7, 5-2, 1-0 ACC) visit the Syracuse Orangemen (#9/#10. 4-3, 2-0 ACC) at the Carrier Dome for an ACC matchup, Saturday, March 31, 5:00 pm, ESPNU. At a minimum, we hope you will all tune in to watch the Irish for a while before the Final Four games start. The [...]
After back-to-back nail-biters, the Notre Dame Hockey team punched their tickets to the Frozen Four. The Irish knocked off the Michigan Tech Huskies in overtime 3-2 in the tournament's opening game. The following night, the Irish beat Providence 2-1 to win the region and earn a trip to St. Paul. The rest tournament was a [...]
For the sixth time in eight years, and under challenging circumstances, the Notre Dame women’s basketball team is headed to the Final Four. After defeating the talented 2-seed Oregon Ducks in the Elite Eight, the Irish will face perennial foe UConn on Friday in Columbus. Elite Eight: ND vs. Oregon The Elite Eight matchup kicked [...]
The Fighting Irish repeated as National Champions this weekend, their 10th title! Freshman Nick Itkin is also an individual national champion, besting his competition in foil. Congratulation to coaches Gia Kvaratskhelia and the entire fencing team! The program also had 10 fencers earn All-American honors: Nick Itkin (foil) Axel Kiefer (foil) Ariel Simmons (epee) Nicholas [...]
Following a win over 4-seed Texas A&M, the Irish will be advancing to the Elite Eight for the seventh time in the last eight years. They won’t have an easy road to the Final Four, as they will face talented 2-seed Oregon on Monday. Sweet Sixteen: ND vs. Texas A&M Kathryn Westbeld returned to the [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish mens' lacrosse (#4, 4-2, 1-0 ACC) visit the Ohio State Buckeyes (NR, 5-3, 0-0 B1G) this Sunday at noon, ESPNU. The game will be played in Ohio Stadium. The Irish hope to earn win number 300 for Coach Kevin Corrigan on this important road trip. Notre Dame arrives in Columbus on [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (4-2) fell at home to Michigan (6-2), 13-12. There was no defeated enemy, the hordes were not driven before us, and we did not hear the lamentations of their women. Conan would not be impressed. After two top-10 wins, Wednesday indeed went to the hunter. Scoring Ryder Garnsey paced the [...]
The top-seeded Irish have advanced to their ninth straight Sweet Sixteen after victories over 16-seed California State Northridge and 9-seed Villanova. They will travel to Spokane to face 4-seed Texas A&M, who are coming off a thrilling win in their second round matchup. We’ll look at how they got here and then look ahead to [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish mens' lacrosse (#4, 4-1, 1-0 ACC) host the Michigan Wolverines (NR, 5-2, 0-0 B1G), Wednesday at 4:00 pm, WatchESPN. This is the third meeting between the two teams, with the Irish winning 16-5 at home last year, and 17-8 in Ann Arbor in 2015. The Wolverines haven't played the meat of [...]
Another top-10 win for Notre Dame (4-1) as they beat Virginia (6-2), 9-7, on St. Patrick's Day evening at Arlotta Stadium. The Irish have won their ACC opener every year they have been in the conference, while Virginia continues its in-conference struggles. The Scoring Mikey Wynne led the Irish with four goals, two of them [...]
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