Jacksonville – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 2-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish start NCAA Tournament play at Arlotta Stadium at midday ET on Sunday, May 10, welcoming Jacksonville for a primary spherical tilt. The recreation will air on ESPNU and you’ll purchase tickets here.

GAME DETAILS
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Arlotta Stadium
Schedule: May 10 — Noon ET
Tickets: Click Here
TV: ESPNU
Live Stats: FightingIrish.com
Twitter Updates: @NDlacrosse
For a extra in-depth take a look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame

POSTSEASON SUCCESS

• The Irish have received two of the final three NCAA Championships, capturing the titles in 2023 and 2024.

• Notre Dame owns a 30-26 file in its 28 journeys to the NCAA Championship.

• The Fighting Irish have an all-time file of 17-11 in first spherical NCAA Tournament video games, together with a mark of 13-1 of their final 14 appearances.

• Notre Dame has superior to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship in 13 of the final 15 NCAA Tournaments.

• Notre Dame has reached the title recreation on Memorial Day 4 occasions in program historical past, together with twice within the final three seasons.

• The Irish have made seven journeys to Championship Weekends, all coming because the 2010 season.

• Notre Dame has made the NCAA Championship area in 19 of the final 20 tournaments.

• This is the sixteenth time total and fifteenth time within the final 18 seasons that the Irish have earned one of many eight nationwide seeds for the NCAA Championship.

• The Irish are 11-3 in video games performed at Arlotta Stadium in NCAA Championships play.

• Notre Dame is 25-12 over its final 14 NCAA Championship appearances.

• Notre Dame superior to the NCAA Championship last weekend in 2001, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023 and 2024 and performed within the title recreation in 2010, 2014, 2023 and 2024.

THE JACKSONVILLE SERIES

• Sunday would be the second time in program historical past the Irish and Dolphins will sq. off and the primary time in postseason play.

• The Irish received the one different matchup, coming in a 19-7 victory over Jacksonville to open the 2014 season on Feb. 16 in Jacksonville.

BUILDING RESUME

• Notre Dame has by no means shied away from enjoying the highest groups within the nation and has racked up wins, particularly over the previous couple of seasons.

• The Fighting Irish are 30-9 in opposition to ranked groups because the starting of the 2023 season.

• Seventeen of the 30 wins have are available in blowout trend with the Irish successful by 5 or extra objectives.

• Furthermore, Notre Dame has faired simply as effectively in opposition to the perfect of the perfect, posting a file of 22-6 in opposition to groups ranked within the prime 10 of the USILA ballot on the time of the matchup because the starting of the 2023 season.

• The Irish are 7-1 in opposition to ranked opposition this season and 5-1 in opposition to top-10 groups (Syracuse, UNC, Richmond, Georgetown and Ohio State).

LOCKDOWN DEFENSE

• Notre Dame enters the weekend permitting simply 8.83 objectives per recreation, rating seventh within the nation.

• The Irish have held Georgetown (9), Michigan (4), Richmond (8), UNC (5) and Duke (6) to season lows in objectives scored this season.

• The Fighting Irish turned in arguably the perfect defensive efficiency of the season, holding UNC to a season-low 5 objectives within the 10-5 victory. Only two of the 5 objectives have been scored in settled six-on-six possessions.

• Notre Dame held Maryland to eight objectives in College Park, which is tied for the Terps lowest scoring output in a house recreation because the creation of the shot clock in 2019.

• Schwitzenberg has earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice this season following wins over Maryland and UNC.

• Notre Dame held Richmond to only eight objectives, tying their mark for the bottom they’ve scored in a recreation this season.

• The Irish had their most disruptive efficiency of the season within the win over No. 3 Georgetown, limiting the Hoyas to only 9 objectives whereas recording a season-high 19 brought on turnovers.

• Lightly completed the competition in opposition to Georgetown with a season-high three brought on turnovers and two floor balls.

• Donovan has been a menace to opposing assaults, recording 11 brought on turnovers and 36 floor balls.

• The short-stick defensive midfield unit that consists of Christian Alacqua, Chris Reinhardt, Kyle Bergen and Miguel Iglesias has impressed this season as effectively.

LYGHTS OUT

• Shawn Lyght has been named a Tewaaraton Award finalist, marking the primary time a defenseman has achieved the feat since 2016 when Notre Dame nice Matt Landis was a finalist for probably the most prestigious particular person award in school lacrosse.

• Lyght turns into the seventh defenseman to ever be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award.

• For the second-straight season, Lyght was named the ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, changing into simply the third participant in league historical past to earn the respect a number of occasions.

• Lightly joins Notre Dame legends Matt Landis and Liam Entenmann as the one three to perform the feat.

• The junior was chosen because the Schmeisser Award co-winner following an unbelievable sophomore season in 2025.

• The defenseman was named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year following the 2025 common season as voted on by the league’s coaches.

• Lyght was additionally named to USA Lacrosse First Team All-American following the 2025 common season.

• In the win over UNC final season, Lyght held UNC’s prolific attackman Owen Duffy to only one help on the day, matching his profession low for factors in a recreation.

• This season’s matchup in opposition to Duffy he restricted the junior to 2 factors off a aim and help and the help got here off a man-down scenario through which Light was not on the sector.

• Light persistently attracts the No. 1 choice for the opposing assault all through the season.

BACK BETWEEN THE PIPES

• Goalie Thomas Ricciardelli was named the ACC Goalie of the Year following his spectacular 2026 common season, main the Irish to the ACC common season title.

• The senior is 10-2 on the season, making 130 saves whereas permitting 8.66 objectives per recreation, rating seventh within the nation.

• Ricciardelli has recorded a save proportion of .500 or higher in 9 of 12 video games this season.

The senior was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season following the win over Duke, as he completed with 17 saves whereas permitting simply six objectives within the victory in Durham.

• The shot stopper became arguably his finest efficiency of the season within the win over No. 1 UNC, making 16 saves whereas permitting simply 5 objectives whereas including three floor balls and a brought on turnover.

• The New Canaan, Connecticut, native allowed a season-low 4 objectives whereas making 11 saves within the win over Michigan on March 14.

• In the win over No. 1 Richmond, the senior was masterful, making 14 saves whereas permitting simply eight objectives to assist the Irish knock off the top-ranked Spiders.

• Ricciardelli impressed in his debut season, main the ACC and rating sixth within the nation objectives in opposition to common (9.14).

• The shot stopper made 158 saves in the course of the 2025 marketing campaign whereas permitting 121 objectives.

• The goalie saved at the very least 50 p.c of photographs he confronted in 10 of 14 video games final season.

• In his first NCAA Tournament look, Ricciardelli turned in an unbelievable efficiency in opposition to No. 2 Ohio State, making 15 saves whereas permitting simply six objectives for a mark of 71.4 p.c.

EVERYBODY EATS

• The Irish can beat you in various methods, because the assault has been very balanced this season.

• The Fighting Irish have 4 attacksmen which have recorded at the very least 20 factors by means of 12 video games.

• Josh Yago (24G, 14A) leads the staff in factors with 38 adopted by Luke Miller (24G, 9A) and Brock Behrman (14G, 13A). Teddy Lally (11G, 9A) has excelled off the bench, including 20 factors to bolster the unit.

• Will Maheras has paced the midfield with 27 factors (14G, 13A). Matt Jeffery (13G, 5A) has added 18 factors. Will Angrick (12G, 3A) has recorded 15 whereas Jalen Seymour (11G, 2A) has 13 on the season.

• Twenty totally different gamers have registered a aim this season and 26 have tallied at the very least one level in the course of the 2026 season, together with 19 with a number of factors.

DOMINATE THE DOT

• Tyler Spano has stepped up and produced big-time performances within the month of April, taking up two of the highest FOGOs within the nation.

• The junior enters the matchup with the second-best faceoff successful proportion within the ACC (.593).

• Facing Brady Wambach of UNC, who entered the matchup with the perfect proportion within the nation, Spano received 10-of-17 faceoffs in opposition to the Tar Heels together with six floor balls to assist the Irish win the possession battle.

• Per week earlier than he confronted Richmond’s Vincent Gaylord, who got here into the sport ranked within the prime 10 in faceoff successful proportion within the nation, and received 16-of-22 faceoffs whereas additionally scooping up 9 floor balls and including an help.

• Spano has received 59.3 p.c of faceoffs on the season (96-of-162) and has a team-high 57 floor balls.

INSTANT IMPACT

• Numerous newcomers to the 2026 squad wasted no time making a primary impression.

• Graduate switch Josh Yago leads the staff in factors with 38 (24G, 14A) after posting at the very least three factors in 10 of 12 video games this season, together with season-high five-point efforts in wins over No. 3 Georgetown, which helped the grad scholar earn ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors, and No. 1 Richmond.

• Teddy Lally has 20 factors on the 12 months off 11 objectives and 9 assists. The freshman has recorded a number of factors in six video games this season and notched his first profession hat trick within the win over No. 1 UNC with three objectives.

• Junior switch Tyler Spano has received 96-of-162 faceoffs on the dot with the Irish and leads the staff in floor balls with 57.

• Aidan Diaz-Matos scored a aim throughout the first minute of the season opener off a faceoff win and is 63-of-116 on the dot on the 12 months and is tied for second on the staff in floor balls with 35.

• Miguel Iglesias has made an influence at each ends of the sector as an SSDM, scoring a aim in two video games whereas additionally placing in sound defensive shifts.

• Christopher Iuliano has performed a number of positions for the Irish, filling in at shut protection in opposition to Bellarmine and enjoying LSM for almost all of the season whereas additionally registering shifts on the wings for faceoffs. The freshman has 19 floor balls and 9 brought on turnovers.

FROM THE GRIDIRON TO THE LACROSSE FIELD

• Two Notre Dame lacrosse gamers on the 2026 squad are additionally on the soccer roster, as Matt Jeffery and Dylan Faison are each dual-sport athletes.

• Jeffery was the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2025 after making an influence within the midfield.

• Faison was the No. 1 ranked incoming participant within the class of 2026 earlier than he reclassified and joined the Irish for this spring semester.

• Jeffery has been productive in his sophomore marketing campaign, posting 18 factors off 13 objectives and 5 assists regardless of drawing a pole within the majority of matchups.

• The sophomore had a breakout efficiency within the win over Duke, scoring three objectives for his first profession hat trick.

• Faison has damaged into the rotation as of late, enjoying on the second-midfield line and scoring his first profession aim within the win over No. 1 Richmond.

• The freshman then scored two objectives and added an help within the win over Duke.

• Faison has six objectives and an help on the season for seven factors in simply eight video games performed.

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 file for many wins at a DI program with 311, passing Bob Shillinglaw (Delaware).

• Corrigan turned simply the third coach in NCAA Division I males’s lacrosse historical past to achieve the 300-win mark at a single college with the win over Marquette on April 10, 2019.

• Corrigan is one in every of simply 4 energetic Division I coaches to achieve the 300-win mark in his profession.

• Corrigan has an total file of 380-182 in his 40 seasons of teaching.

• The head coach is 370-167 in his 38 seasons at Notre Dame.

• Corrigan is the longest tenured males’s lacrosse coach on the DI degree.