SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 1 Notre Dame caps off the home portion of its regular-season schedule with an ACC tilt against No. 15/14 North Carolina at noon ET on Saturday, April 22 at Arlotta Stadium. Admission is free. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
GAME DETAILS
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Arlotta Stadium
Schedule: April 22 — Noon ET
TV: ESPNU
Live Stats: UND.com
Twitter Updates: @NDlacrosse
For a more in-depth look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame
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PARKING
With the ongoing construction in the Joyce parking lots please plan and both the Blue & Gold Game and baseball having a home game on Saturday, please plan on arriving early for the game. Parking in the Stadium Lot will be extremely limited due to construction and event closures of the Compton, Joyce, and Baseball Lots. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and park in the Gold (White Field) or Bulla lots, and utilize our free shuttle service in operation from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
THE UNC SERIES
• Saturday will be the 22nd meeting all-time between Notre Dame and UNC.
• The Irish trail in the series with the Tar Heels by a close margin, as Notre Dame has a 10-11 record in the matchup.
• The matchup has been extremely competitive, as 15 of the 21 games in the series have been decided by two goals or less.
• Notre Dame won the most recent matchup, earning a 12-5 victory last season on April 21.
• Entnemann was masterful in last season’s win, making 14 saves while allowing just five goals. Eric Dobson paced the attack with four goals and Jake Taylor added three in the victory.
PAT KAVANAGH: TEWAARATON FAVORITE
• Pat Kavanagh leads the nation in points per game (5.67) despite facing some of the best defenders in the country week in and week out.
• The senior has 51 points on the season off 17 goals and 34 assists.
• Kavanagh’s average of 3.78 assists per game ranks first in the country.
• The attackman also ranks second on the team in ground balls (25), trailing only Irish FOGO Will Lynch.
• Kavanagh has had a pair of monster performances against teams currently ranked in the national polls, tying his own ND record for points in a game with 10 (4G, 6A) against Michigan and posting eigh (3G, 5A) in the win over then No. 1 Duke.
• The senior also has delivered in some of the biggest moments, scoring the game winner against No. 4 Maryland in triple OT to snap the Terrapins’ 22-game home win streak.
• Kavanagh is currently playing his best lacrosse of the season, as he has posted 27 points over his last four games, all coming against teams currently ranked in the top 20 of the USILA and IL polls.
BEATING THE BEST
• The matchup against No. 15/14 UNC will be Notre Dame’s seventh game this season against a team ranked in the top 20 in the InsideLacrosse poll at the time of the game.
• Notre Dame has recorded wins over then No. 15 Georgetown, No. 4 Maryland, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 20 Michigan and No. 1 Duke.
• The Irish have a record of 44-39 against top 10 teams since the start of the 2010 season, including a record of 3-1 this season.
STRONG STARTS
• The Irish have wasted no time jumping on opponents early in games this season, outscoring the opposition by a combined score of 41-23 in first quarters.
• Notre Dame has scored on its first possession in seven of its eight games this season
• Eric Dobson has scored Notre Dame’s opening goal in five games this season.
• Chris Kavanagh and Eric Dobson have thrived in first quarters, as Dobson leads the Irish with nine goals and Kavanagh has added eight on the season in the opening 15 minutes of play.
FITTING RIGHT IN
• Notre Dame welcomed four transfers to the 2023 roster and each player made has made significant contributions through two games.
• Chris Fake and Chris Conlin have each earned starts as defensemen in every game this season, combining for 18 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls.
• Brian Tevlin and Jack Simmons have played major minutes in the midfield, as Simmons has nine goals and five assists while Tevlin has seven goals and three assists while adding 22 ground balls.
• Tevlin has also traded his short stick in for a long stick on the Irish man-down unit at times this season.
DOMINATING DEFENSE
• The Irish enter the weekend allowing just 9.78 goals per game, leading the ACC and ranking sixth in the country.
• Notre Dame ranks eighth in the country in caused turnovers per game this season, averaging 9.89.
• The Irish have recorded at least 10 caused turnovers in six of nine games this season.
• Notre Dame has posted a shutout quarter in five games this season against Marquette (3rd), Georgetown (2nd), Maryland (2nd), Ohio State (3rd) and Michigan (2nd).
• ND recorded a season-high 14 caused turnovers in the win over No. 10/9 Ohio State.
ENTENMANN IS ELITE
• Senior Liam Entenmann has cemented his status as one of the top goalies in the country with his play in 2023.
• Entenmann leads the ACC and ranks seventh in the country in goals against average, allowing just 9.39 goals per game.
• The senior has a save percentage of .559 (104 saves, 82 goals allowed), ranking eighth in the country.
• Entnemann has made double-digit saves in each of the last seven games, including a season-high 15 in the win over No. 1 Duke.
• Entenmann currently ranks seventh on the ND all-time saves list with 457 in his career and is 40 saves shy of Shane Doss who is in sixth (497).
• He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks following his performances in wins over No. 4 Maryland and No. 10/9 Ohio State.
SHARING IS CARING
• Notre Dame’s ball movement has been dizzying at times this season, as the Irish have dished out 81 assists this season.
• ND ranks sixth in the country in assists per game, averaging 9.0.
• Pat Kavanagh leads the Irish in assists per game (3.78) and ranks first in the nation.
• Fifteen different players have recorded at least one assist this season.
• Pat Kavanagh is the program’s all-time career assist leader, tallying 117 in his career.
ATTACKING MIDFIELD DEPTH
• Despite the Kavanagh brothers earning much of the national headlines, the Irish midfield units have been very productive in 2023.
• The starting midfield trio of Eric Dobson, Quinn McCahon and Reilly Gray have combined for 44 goals in 2023.
• Dobson leads the group with 21 goals, while Gray has 12 and McCahon has added 11.
• The second midfield has combined for 22 goals, as Jack Simmons has scored nine while Brian Tevlin has seven and Bryce Walker has chipped in six.
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 enter the weekend 14-for-22 (.609) on the EMO through this season, leading the ACC and ranking second in the country.
• Chris Kavanagh is ninth in the nation in EMO goals with six despite being the only player in the top 25 that has played fewer than 10 games this season.
• The Irish EMO unit cashed in on 21-of-31 chances (.677) during the 2022 season.
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.
• The two brothers have combined for 91 points this season, Pat totaling 51 (17G, 34A) and Chris recording 40 (31G, 9A).
• Chris and Pat became the first set of ND teammates to each record eight or more points in the same game in program history, each posting eight, in the win over Cleveland State.
• The brothers have linked up on 23 goals during their career, with one assisting the other’s goal.
• 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).
• 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 three times in his career, twice against Syracuse and this season again against Michigan.
• The brothers also excel in the ground ball aspect of the game, combining for 48 on the season.
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 338-173 in his 37 seasons of coaching.
• The head coach is 328-158 in his 35 seasons at Notre Dame.
• Corrigan is the longest tenured men’s lacrosse coach at the DI level.