Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-2) will take on the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (10-5) in the quarterfinals tomorrow! Given what happened to the boys last year in the quarterfinals, we expect the guys to be extremely ready. A Stroll Down Memory Lane To get everyone in the proper mood for a critical quarterfinal [...]
Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-2) beat the Jacksonville Dolphins (11-6) 18-5 this past weekend. It was a great bounce back game that sends the Irish to the quarterfinals The Dolphins gave the boys their best shot. Watching the first six minutes of the game, there was no doubt Jacksonville had a good plan [...]
Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost to the #5 Virginia Cavaliers (10-6), 15-10, in the ACC tournament semi-finals this past Friday in Charlotte. There isn’t any way to sugar coat this, it looked bad. The boys will have to refocus before the NCAA playoffs. It's an issue we unavoidably have to address before moving [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) beat the #6 Syracuse Orange, 16-11, this past weekend. This win gives the boys the #1 seed for the ACC Tournament. The Good I feel once again obligated to say a great game from Ricciardelli. He had 9 saves on the day, sitting at just under 50%. However, [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (9-1, 2-1 ACC) dropped the #15 Duke Blue Devils (8-4, 0-3 ACC), 7-6. The score was a bit closer than we would like, but a road win that effectively eliminated a rival from the ACC and NCAA Tournaments is a satisfying win. What We Liked Thomas Ricciardelli [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1) beat the then-#1, now #3, North Carolina Tar Heels (10-2), 10-5, this past weekend. It was a well played game with many welcome surprises. Specialist Dominance Right off the opening face-off, Spano dominated at the face-off X, going 10-17 on the day. North Carolina’s Wambach came into the [...]
Our #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse comfortably beat the then-#1 Richmond Spiders on the shore of Lake Michigan at Northwestern University. We held back on our recap of last week’s surprise loss to #14 Virginia after reflecting on the words of our colleague David Brogan. He suggested the Cavalier loss was probably more [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0) prepare to head into ACC conference play to end out the regular season, with the inclusion of a bonus #1 v #2 matchup against Richmond on the shores of Lake Michigan. Here is what we expect to see for the rest of the season. Virginia The Cavaliers are [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-0) beat the #7 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1), 9-8 this past Saturday. It was a hard fought defensive battle. It is a great sign that the highest scoring offense in the county can also engage in defensive challenges! Ohio State The headline from this match was Ricciardelli’s performance to [...]
Our #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-0) beat the #14 Maryland Terrapins (1-3) 11-8 in College Park this past Saturday. Irish crush in College Park Domination is the only way this game can be described. While the final score ended up being a 3 point win, taking out a couple Maryland garbage time goals tells [...]
Our now #1/#1/#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0) convincingly beat the now #12 Georgetown Hoyas (1-1) 15-9 this past week. With the lack of a broadcast, we aren’t 100% sure how it went down, but a 6 goal win over a team who came into the match-up in the top 3 is nothing to complain [...]
Our #6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) handled business in dominant fashion this past weekend with wins over Marquette (16-11) and Bellarmine (29-10). Recapping the Wins While opening the season with two wins is nothing to complain about, there are still a few concerns with the week. Mainly some unexpected defensive struggles. Giving up a [...]
Our #6/#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse will take on the Marquette Golden Eagles(0-1) this Saturday at 3:00 EST at Valley Fields. The team will then quickly pivot to hosting Bellarmine Knights(1-2) on Tuesday at 3:00. These match-ups are shaping up to be great predictors of how this rebranded Irish team will look. Before [...]
The wait is over, we have white smoke over Arlotta Stadium! Habemus bagpiper! After the sudden end to the 2025 season in the NCAA quarterfinals, there was considerable emotion and reflection on the conclusion of a difficult and hard-fought Notre Dame lacrosse campaign. But it also necessitated the special selection of a player right then [...]
With the Spring 2026 lacrosse season just a month away, our Notre Dame Fighting Irish (preseason #7) are set to face arguably the hardest schedule in lacrosse (again). Warming up the engine After late-January exhibitions against Utah and Air Force, the schedule starts with the only truly manageable part of the season. The Irish start [...]
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