Ahead of the Irish’s first round matchup against Marquette on Sunday at noon (ESPNU), we had the pleasure of speaking with Brewtown Andy of AnonymousEagle.com , the Marquette sports supersite (twitter: @brewtownandy). The Golden Eagles have won the Big East title for the second year in a row, and in only their 5th year as [...]
Notre Dame lost to army in overtime, 10-9, before a crowd of 12,233 at Michie Stadium. Next stop for the Irish, the NCAA tournament. Brendan Gleason led the Irish with 4 goals, and Mikey Wynne added 3 (including his career 100th). John Sexton and Bobby Gray each added a goal. Sexton's stat line also include [...]
#4 Notre Dame will play #17 Army at West Point, this Saturday at 2:30, CBS sports network. The Irish have one last tuneup before the NCAAs at Michie Stadium. The Stakes The 10-3 Cadets have had a good season and will present a difficult challenge for Notre Dame. An additional challenge comes from the reality [...]
The Fighting Irish lost to UNC, 14-10, in the ACC Championship finals on the campus of Duke. While the loss itself probably does not impact Notre Dame's NCAA prospects, the injuries to Ryder Garnsey and Sergio Perkovic in particular are of serious concern. Brendan Gleason scored 3 goals, Bryan Costabile 2 goals and an assist, [...]
With a sublime defensive performance and while overcoming injuries, Notre Dame prevailed over Duke, 7-6, in the ACC Championship semifinal. The Irish face North Carolina in the finals, Sunday, 12:00, ESPNU. The Irish held the Blue Devils scoreless for the first 35 minutes of the game. So good was the defense that Duke didn't even [...]
#6 Notre Dame plays #3 Duke in the ACC semifinal, Friday at 8:30 pm, Durham, NC, ESPNNEWS. The post-season is upon us. Syracuse will play North Carolina in the first semi, followed by Notre Dame vs. Duke. Virginia will play in a showcase game (some may say the Toilet Bowl) on Saturday versus Penn. The winners [...]
Before a record crowd of 5000 at Arlotta Stadium and wearing fancy new uniforms, Notre Dame took care of business and beat the defending national champion Tar Heels, 14-13. Mikey Wynne led the Irish with 5 goals, with Sergio Perkovic playing another great game with a hat trick and 2 assists. Brendan Gleason and Bryan [...]
#6/#6/#9 Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse hosts #16/#17/#17 North Carolina this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, 12:00, ESPNU. Tickets are sold out. We'll be brief today to get you all back to our 18 Stripes Blue-Gold Game coverage. Background: The Tar Heels torpedoed the Irish's 2016 season. After a long mediocre season, North Carolina came back from [...]
With immediate effect, the NCAA banned all Division I lacrosse schools from any contact with players and their families until Sept. 1 of their junior year of high school. Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan is vindicated as one of the last hold-outs opposed to the practice of recruiting eighth graders and younger. Recruiting got so [...]
#7/#10 Notre Dame wins over Marquette, 11-10, on last-minute Perkovic goal. The #MotorCityHitman had a personal best 6 goals. The Fighting Irish were up 8-2 in the 2nd quarter and looking to put the Golden Eagles away when things started to dry up. Marquette clawed their way back into the game and tied it 10-10 with eight [...]
#7/#10 Notre Dame Lacrosse takes on Marquette this afternoon at 4:00 pm at Arlotta Stadium, ESPN3. We identified this game as the classic trap game in our preseason article. The Irish don't play many midweek games, and it is always a struggled to prepare on such a short turnaround. Marquette (6-3) has been hovering around [...]
#4 Notre Dame lacrosse lost to #10 Duke this afternoon 8-11 in Durham, NC. A rough start, an inability to put away easy shots, and perhaps a questionable defensive strategy, was more than the Irish could overcome against Duke. Perkovic had two goals (including his career 100th), Garnsey and Wynne with two each, and Gleason and [...]
Notre Dame men's lacrosse has reached the midpoint of the season, 5-2, ranked ~#4 in the polls but retaining #1 position in the all-important RPI. The Irish remain well positioned for home-game seeding in the NCAA tournament. Here at ND-Atl, we had an internal argument as to the mid-season status of the team. We've reduced [...]
Notre Dame lost to the visiting Syracuse Orangemen, 11-10, this afternoon at Arlotta Stadium. The Irish should think they let this one get away from them. The Irish made some critical mistakes in transition defense in the first half that gave the Orange too much of a lead. Syracuse took a few pages out of [...]
#1 Notre Dame lacrosse hosts #3 Syracuse this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, 12:00 pm, ESPNU. This game has been circled on the Orangemen's calendar after the Irish embarrassed Syracuse last year 17-7 at the Carrier Dome on the occasion of their 100th lacrosse anniversary celebration. Further, Notre Dame dispatched the then #1 Orange in 2015 [...]
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