SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 2/3 Notre Dame welcomes Cleveland State to Arlotta Stadium at noon on Sunday, Feb. 19. The game will be broadcast live on ACCNX.
GAME DETAILS
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Arlotta Stadium
Schedule: Feb. 19 — Noon 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 CLEVELAND STATE SERIES
• Sunday will be the third meeting all time between Notre Dame and Cleveland State.
• The Irish hold a 2-0 lead in the series.
• Notre Dame won the most recent matchup by a score of 19-5 on March 20, 2021 at Arlotta Stadium.
• Pat Kavanagh (4G, 1A) and Griffin Westlin (2G, 3A) each totaled five points to lead the attack.
• Liam Entenmann made nine saves while allowing just five goals in the victory.
FANTASTIC FEBRUARYS FOR THE FIGHTING IRISH
• Notre Dame is 33-4 in its last 37 games played in February dating back to the 2006 season.
• Fighting Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan is 42-7 in the month of February during his Notre Dame tenure.
• Notre Dame kicked off the 2023 season with a win over Marquette on Feb. 15 by a score of 21-10.
• The Irish split their two February matchups last season, defeating Detroit Mercy before falling to Georgetown.
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 combined for 13 points in the season-opening win, Chris recording seven and Pat totaling six.
• 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 have linked up on 13 goals during their career, with one assisting the other’s goal.
• The Kavanagh’s combined for 27 points over the two wins over Syracuse in 2022. 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.
FITTING RIGHT IN
• Notre Dame welcomed four transfers to the 2023 roster and each player made an impact in the opener vs. Marquette.
• Chris Fake and Chris Conlin earned starts in the defense and each caused two turnovers while keeping the Eagles attack at bay.
• Brian Tevlin and Jack Simmons each scored a goal as midfielders, both coming in the first quarter.
THREE-HEADED MONSTER ATTACK
• The Irish trio of Pat Kavanagh, Chris Kavanagh and Jeffery Ricciardelli had a historic opening game against Marquette.
• The three players combined for 19 points, each recording at least six.
• This marked the first time since at least 2000 that Notre Dame had three players record six or more points in the same game.
• With both Chris Kavanagh and Jeffery Ricciardelli scoring five goals apiece, it aslo marked the first time since at least 2000 that two Irish players scored five or more goals in the same game.
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.
• Notre Dame totaled 10 caused turnovers and held Marquette to 10 goals in the season-opening win.
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.
• The Irish finished 3-for-5 on the EMO in the season-opening win over Marquette.
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.
OWNING THE OPENERS
• Notre Dame is 36-7 all-time in season openers, including a 30-5 record in the Kevin Corrigan era.
• The Irish have won a program-record 21 straight season openers.
• Notre Dame opened the 2023 season with a 21-10 win over Marquette on Feb. 15.
• 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 39-4 in program history and 32-3 under Corrigan.
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 332-172 in his 37 seasons of coaching.
• The head coach is 322-157 in his 35 seasons at Notre Dame.
• Corrigan is the longest tenured men’s lacrosse coach at the DI level.