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 #6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-3) beat the #9 North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3) this past Saturday. It was a great win for the Irish and cemented the Irish as the current #1 team in the ACC. This game was a bit out of the ordinary for the boys, but ultimately in a good [...]
#3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (9-2, 3-2 ACC) dropped a difficult game last Sunday to the #2 Virginia Cavaliers, 8-12 (11-3, 4-2 ACC). The lads regroup and prepare for their regular season finale at #10/#17 North Carolina (7-6, 1-4 ACC) Saturday at noon (ACCN). Mid 70s and sunny weather forecast! The Virginia Plot [...]
The #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (8-1, 2-1 ACC) will host the #10/#14 North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5, 1-3 ACC). The game is scheduled for noon at Arlotta Stadium, ACC Network. The forecast is for high-40s temperature and scattered showers. This is the first of two scheduled games against this ACC opponent, with [...]
Over 1000 fans were in attendance to watch our Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse (6-4, 3-1 ACC) suffocate the North Carolina Tar Heels (8-5, 1-4 ACC), 12-5. The Irish put together an all-around great performance led by ACC Defensive Player of the Week Arden Cohen. The Irish travel to Syracuse for their second to [...]
The #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish mens' lacrosse (6-2, 2-2 ACC) visit the #4 North Carolina Tar Heels (9-2, 2-2 ACC) for the Irish's fourth straight game against a top-5 opponent. Faceoff is at 2:00 pm Sunday, ACC Network. We also have a few notes on the boys' overtime loss to Duke (12-1, 4-1 ACC), [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (RPI#10, 7-5 2-2 ACC) beat North Carolina (7-6, 1-3 ACC) 12-10 on Saturday afternoon at Arlotta. The Irish secure the #3 seed in the ACC Tournament and a rematch against Duke this coming Saturday. The Scoring and the Data Brendan Gleason had a huge day with 5 goals, and Brian [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (6-5, 1-3) managed to still qualify for the ACC Championships despite a frustrating 9-10 loss to North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Even with their win, the season ended for UNC. Our behind schedule 18 Stripes recap: The Scoring Bryan Costabile had three goals for the Irish, and Ryder Garnsey [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (#13/#14/#15, 6-4, 1-2 ACC) travel to Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina (NR, 6-7, 1-2 ACC) this Saturday at noon, ESPNU. What's at stake The Irish have a whole lot to lose, but not much to gain. A win doesn't likely change their seeding in the ACC Tournament next [...]
I was expecting a North Carolina team that, despite heavy injuries and numerous new starters from a year ago, to show up and play a tough game in front of their home crowd. You could say the Tar Heels hung around for a bit and then were slowly strangled by the more talented and determined [...]
For just the second time in 42 years the Fighting Irish will be invading Chapel Hill for a football game. During the 50's and 60's Notre Dame had a nice little rivalry with the Tar Heels and overall have dominated the series. The 2006 game that resumed the series for the first time since 1975 [...]
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 [...]
Due to a water main break near UNC’s campus, Notre Dame had to wait through a 19-hour postponement and relocation fifty miles up the road from Chapel Hill to Greensboro, but Sunday afternoon the Irish finally took the floor against the Tarheels. Any good memories the Irish had left over from their 2015 ACC Tournament [...]
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