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 [...]
In their first season in the conference, the #3 Irish hockey team completed the Big Ten Tournament and regular season sweep after beating #4 Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. Cam Morrison scored nine minutes into the overtime period on a pass from Jake Evans to clinch the title for ND. The win earns [...]
Notre Dame mens' lacrosse (3-1, #4/#4/#4) will face Virginia (6-1, #9/#7/#8) on St. Patrick's Day, 6:00 pm at Arlotta Stadium, ESPNU Another day, another top-10 matchup. The Fighting Irish have won the last five games in this series. The last two have been epic overtime wins that qualify as two of the most exciting finishes [...]
It wasn't supposed to be like this. This was the Golden Era of Irish Basketball. The run of success that started in 2015 would continue. Last year, the Irish were a mis-timed rolled ankle from hanging another ACC banner and deep NCAA run. This year, they returned the rightful ACC player of the year and [...]
The boys did it! Notre Dame (3-1) finally took down the Denver Pioneers (4-2), 11-9 on a cold but sunny afternoon in South Bend. The Irish jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the first, and let the defense control the action the rest of the way. The Denver six game streak is finally over! [...]
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1, #8/#10/#11) host the Denver Pioneers (4-1, #4/#5/#4) this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, 2:30 pm EST, ESPNU. Of all the games on the schedule, we consider this game the litmus test for the Irish. The Western Rivalry The Irish and Pios were for years the distant western outposts for [...]
The story line leading into this year's ACC Tournament was Notre Dame's shot to get revenge on the Louisville team that embarrassed them on national television earlier this season, but the happy ending was not to be. After defeating Virginia in the quarterfinal and Florida State in the semifinal, the Irish couldn't quite pull off [...]
Saturday marked the end of Notre Dame's fifth ACC regular season. In a hard-fought battle, Mike Brey's squad attempted to claw to 9-9 in the league. Sadly, the Irish fell short and top-ranked Virginia prevailed 62-57. In only his second game back from injury, Bonzie Colson put up another heroic performance. In the end, Notre [...]
Notre Dame (2-1) lost Saturday to Maryland (5-0) in College Park. It was a difficult game for the Irish, with many positives to take from the game, but also a handful of challenges to address. The Scoring This game will be remembered for 3 goal 7 assist performance by Maryland's Connor Kelly. More on this [...]
The Irish won games against Virginia Tech and North Carolina State this week to finish out the regular season. This brought them to a 15-1 conference record and a tie with Louisville for the regular season ACC title. Since joining the conference, the Irish have won five consecutive regular season titles, four consecutive ACC Tournaments, [...]
My impetus to begin writing about Irish football was pretty simple. What pushed me over the edge was wondering, "Why did 2007 happen?" The 2010 Michigan game doesn't get talked about enough for how weird it was, maybe not the weirdest of the Kelly era (2011 USF take a bow) but super strange in so [...]
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