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 [...]
#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 [...]
#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 [...]
#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 [...]
The #2 Fighting Irish play the #4 Ohio State Buckeyes this Saturday at 2:00, Arlotta Stadium, ESPN3. Another top 5 matchup for the 4-1 Irish. Now that women's hoops has dusted off the Buckeyes, let's hope men's lacrosse can do the same. Ohio State has surprised the nation and enters this game with a perfect [...]
#2 Notre Dame men's lacrosse will play ACC foe #12 Virginia Cavaliers in the ESPNU Old Spice game o' the week in Charlottesville, Saturday, 6:00 pm. We can't imagine there would be any conflicting game you'd rather be watching on Saturday, since the onlyhoops game worth watching should end by 2:30. However, if you do have [...]
#1/#1 Notre Dame lacrosse will challenge the #4/#5 Denver Pioneers this Sunday, 3:00 EST in Denver. The game will be broadcast on Altitude TV (DishNetwork channel 413, DirecTV channel 681) and streamed on Pioneer Vision. This game has for quite some time decided bragging rights for the whole western U.S. lacrosse world. 5 of the [...]
Previewing Notre Dame's trip to North Carolina State with advanced stats. Raise your hand if you saw this turning into a critical contest for the Irish to ensure bowl eligibility at the end of the season. If looking for additional information on the statistics and terms used here, great starting points are Football Studyhall’s Advanced Stats [...]
Praying that the defense will have better luck against this Art Briles disciple than the last one, and anticipating a shootout with two defenses that have been shredded by every good offense they've encountered. If looking for additional information on the statistics and terms used here, great starting points are Football Studyhall’s Advanced Stats Glossary, Bill [...]
Our advanced stats preview takes a look at Notre Dame versus Duke as the Irish try to rebound from a 1-2 start. If looking for additional information on the statistics and terms used here, great starting points are Football Studyhall’s Advanced Stats Glossary, Bill Connelly’s Five Factors, and Brian Fremeau’s FEI ratings. Duke Offense vs. Notre [...]
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