SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 2/3 Notre Dame opens up the 2023 season at home against Marquette at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 15 inside Loftus Sports Center. The game will be broadcast live on ACCNX.
GAME DETAILS
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Loftus Sports Center
Schedule: Feb. 15 — 5 p.m. ET
Live Stream: ACCNX
Live Stats: UND.com
Twitter Updates: @NDlacrosse
For a more in-depth look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame
THE MARQUETTE SERIES
• Wednesday will be the 11th meeting all time between Notre Dame and Marquette.
• The Irish hold a commanding 10-0 lead in the series, including a mark of 6-0 when playing at Marquette.
• The most recent matchup in the series came last season, with Notre Dame winning 18-8 in Milwaukee.
• Jake Taylor led the Irish attack with five goals while Pat Kavanagh totaled five points off two goals and three assists.
• Liam Entenmann was strong between the posts, registering 15 saves while allowing just seven goals.
FANTASTIC FEBRUARYS FOR THE FIGHTING IRISH
• Notre Dame is 32-4 in its last 36 games played in February dating back to the 2006 season.
• Fighting Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan is 41-7 in the month of February during his Notre Dame tenure.
• The Irish split their two February matchups last season, defeating Detroit Mercy before falling to Georgetown.
OWNING THE OPENERS
• Notre Dame is 35-7 all-time in season openers, including a 29-5 record in the Kevin Corrigan era.
• The Irish have won a program-record 20 straight season openers.
• Notre Dame opened the 2022 season with a 24-2 win over Detroit Mercy on Feb. 19.
• The Irish last dropped a season opener in 2002, a 10-9 overtime setback at home against Penn State.
• In home openers, the Irish are 38-4 in program history and 31-3 under Corrigan.
THE BROTHERS KAVANAGH
• Pat Kavanagh became the fourth Tewaaraton Finalist in program history in 2021 and his brother Chris joined the 2022 squad as an attackman.
• Pat led the team during the 2022 season in points (64) and assists (39). He was second in goals (24), caused turnovers (12) and ground balls (39) while Chris was second in points (33) and assists (11) while tied for third in goals (22).
• The brothers linked up on 12 goals during the 2022 season, with one assisting the other’s goal.
• The Kavanagh’s combined for 27 points over the two wins over Syracuse. Pat had 19 points (7G, 12A) and Chris added eight (4G, 4A).
• In just 12 games in the 2022 season, Pat became the all-time single-season ND assist record holder with 39, breaking his own record from the 2021 season.
• Pat owns the single-game points record at ND, recording 10 points in a game twice, both against Syracuse and both coming on May 1. He recorded 10 points on May 1, 2021 with 5G & 5A and then matched his record on May 1, 2022 with 4G & 6A.
PRESEASON ALL-ACC
• Notre Dame placed three players on the Preseason All-ACC Team entering the 2023 season.
• Senior goalie Liam Entenmann, senior attackman Pat Kavanagh and junior midfielder Eric Dobson each earned the honors from the conference’s coaches.
• Also included in the preseason release from the ACC was the annual coaches poll. The Irish were pegged second in the rankings, earning 21 points.
THE ATTACK IS BACK
• The Irish return 78.5 percent of their goals from last season (139 of 177).
• Eight of ND’s top 10 scorers from 2022 are on the 2023 roster, including four that finished with 20+ goals.
DOMINATING DEFENSE
• Notre Dame finished 2022 with the best defense in the ACC and a top-10 unit in the country, allowing just 10.08 goals per game.
• The Irish finished last season holding opposing attacks to single-digit scoring outputs in three of the last five games.
CASHING IN ON THE EMO
• Notre Dame had one of the greatest man-up units in recent memory during the 2022 season, leading the country in efficiency.
• The Irish EMO unit cashed in on 21-of-31 chances (.677) last season.
• Six returners combined to score 19 of the 21 goals, with Eric Dobson leading the team with six goals and Jeffery Ricciardelli adding four. Pat Kavanagh added three goals and Chris Kavanagh have each scored two man-up goals.
CHALLENGING SLATE AHEAD
• Notre Dame has never shied away from putting together a challenging schedule and the 2023 slate is no different.
• Of Notre Dame’s 12 regular-season opponents, nine are currently ranked in the top 20 in both the USILA or Inside Lacrosse Top 20 Polls.
IRISH INDOORS
• Notre Dame has excelled when playing inside the last eight seasons, going 15-1 when playing indoors since the start of the 2015 season.
• Notre Dame is currently riding a 21-game win streak when playing in Loftus Sports Center.
• The Irish haven’t lost in Loftus Sports Center since dropping a 14-11 decision to UNC on March 14, 2004.
• The Irish went 2-0 when playing indoors last season, defeating Detroit Mercy in the home opener in Loftus and then downing Syracuse inside the Carrier Dome.
CORRIGAN ALL-TIME DI PROGRAM WINS LEADER
• With the win over No. 1 Duke on April 10, 2021, Baumer Family Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Kevin Corrigan broke the NCAA record for most wins at a DI program with 311, passing Bob Shillinglaw (Delaware).
• Corrigan became just the third coach in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse history to reach the 300-win mark at a single school with the win over Marquette on April 10, 2019.
• Corrigan is one of just four active Division I coaches to reach the 300-win mark in his career.
• Corrigan has an overall record of 331-172 in his 37 seasons of coaching.
• The head coach is 321-157 in his 35 seasons at Notre Dame.
• Corrigan is the longest tenured men’s lacrosse coach at the DI level.