The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team represents the

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Division I men's

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. Notre Dame competes as a member of the

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and plays its home games at Arlotta Family Lacrosse Stadium or the indoor Loftus Sports Center before it is warm enough outside each season, in

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History

Notre Dame men's lacrosse was a club sport, started by Jack Tate ND '64, until it became a varsity program in the 1981 season. Former Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick was a midfielder on Notre Dame's club lacrosse team during his undergraduate years (1972–76) before the team acquired varsity status. In their 17 seasons as a club ('64-'80), the Irish compiled a 114-91 record with wins over Ohio State, Michigan, Denver, Air Force and Georgetown. From 1981 to 1993, Notre Dame competed in the Midwest Lacrosse Association. From 1994 to 2009, it was then a member of the

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. In 2010, it became a member of the newly established

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men's lacrosse conference. In 2012, Notre Dame announced that it would be joining the

. From 1981 to 1988, the program was led by head coach Rich O'Leary, who established a career record of 64–42 (.604), after which Kevin Corrigan took over as head coach, beginning in 1989. Within ten years as a varsity program, the Fighting Irish made its first appearance in the NCAA championship tournament in

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, and since then has regularly appeared there. In

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, the fifth-seeded Irish reached the semi-final round (

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) for the first time after defeating Bucknell 12–7 and fourth-seeded

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13–9 in earlier rounds, and finished the season with a 14–2 record and a #4 ranking in the nation. Since 2006, Notre Dame has made the NCAA championship tournament every year except 2022. In 2009, the Irish went undefeated in the regular season, reaching #2 in national polls, and finished with an overall record of 15–1, with five players receiving

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honors. In the fall of 2009, Notre Dame opened its new lacrosse-specific outdoor stadium, Arlotta Stadium, with 2,500 seats, an artificial turf field, locker rooms, restrooms, and concession areas. In 2010, the Irish began play in the new Big East men's lacrosse conference and went 7–6 in the regular season before advancing to the NCAA tournament as an unseeded selection, where it upset higher seeds

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, and

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before being defeated by fifth-seeded

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, 6–5 in overtime of the championship game. In 2011, Notre Dame went 10–2 in the regular season, reaching #1 in national polls, and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Duke, 7–5. In 2012, the Irish went 13–3, defeating ranked opponents Duke,

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, and defending national champion

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before losing to the number one seed and eventual national champion Loyola 7–5 in the semi-final round of the NCAA Tournament. In 2013, the Irish finished with an 11–5 record and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the

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, losing to eventual champion Duke, 12–11. Notre Dame won the 2023 NCAA National Championship. They defeated Duke 13-9 with Senior goalie Liam Entenmann making 18 saves. They went 10-2 in the regular season and were awarded the three seed in the NCAA tournament. They defeated Utah in the first round of the playoffs, Johns Hopkins in the quarter-finals, and Virginia in the semi-finals before defeating Duke. In the history of the program, Notre Dame has produced numerous

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: Mike Iorio (1993, 1994, 1995); Randy Colley (1994, 1995); Todd Rassas (1996, 1997, 1998); Alex Cade (1996); Jimmy Keenan (1996, 1997, 1998); Chris Dusseau (1999); Tom Glatzel (2000, 2001); David Ulrich (2000, 2001); Kirk Howell (2001); Steve Bishko (2001); Mike Adams (2001); AJ Wright (2002); Pat Walsh (2003, 2004, 2005); DJ Driscoll (2005, 2006); Joey Kemp (2006, 2007, 2008); Brian Hubschmann (2007); Sean Dougherty (2007, 2008); Michael Podgajny (2007, 2008); Will Yeatman (2007); Ryan Hoff (2008, 2009); Regis McDermott (2009); Sam Barnes (2009); Grant Krebs (2009, 2010); Scott Rodgers (2009, 2010); Zach Brenneman (2010, 2011); David Earl (2010, 2011); Kevin Ridgway (2010, 2011); Sam Barnes (2011), Andrew Irving (2011), John Kemp (2011, 2012, 2013), Kevin Randall (2012), Jim Marlatt (2012, 2013), Matt Miller (2012, 2013), and Matt Kavanagh (2013, 2014). In addition, several Notre Dame players have been Tewaaraton Trophy nominees: Tom Glatzel (2001), David Ulrich (2001), Pat Walsh (2004, 2005), Joey Kemp (2008), Scott Rodgers (2009, 2010), Grant Krebs (2010), David Earl (2011), Kevin Ridgway (2011), John Kemp (2012, 2013), Matt Landis (2016), and Pat Kavanagh (2021, 2023) Under current coach Kevin Corrigan, the Irish have an overall record of 241–114 (.679) through the 2013 season. The program has a 100% graduation rate since it was started in 1981.Head Coach Kevin Corrigan's bio
''UND.com''. Corrigan has been selected as the GWLL Coach of the Year fives times, including in 2009, which was the conference's final season before the establishment of the Big East men's lacrosse conference. At the beginning of its games, the Irish team is traditionally led onto the playing field by a teammate playing the

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, a tradition that was begun during the 1996 season by then-freshman Sean Meehan and has since been passed down to other players including Chad DeBolt, Daniel Hickey, Regis McDermott, Colt Power, Ryan Mix, Edwin Glazener, Tommy McNamara, Ross Burgmaster and Brian Tevlin.

Season Results

The following is a list of Notre Dame's results by season as an NCAA Division I program: {, class="wikitable" , - align="center" †NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

Alumni in the
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(16)

{, class="wikitable" , - align="center" , 2015 , Jack Near , D Midfield , 6'2 , 200 , Rochester Rattlers (MLL) , 1st round (7th overall) , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2016 , Matt Kavanagh , Attack , 5'8 , 180 , Denver Outlaws (MLL) , 1st round (5th overall) , Cannons LC , 1x All Star ('19) , None , - align="center" , 2016 , Eddy Glazener , Defense , 6'4 , 220 , Undrafted , Undrafted , Redwoods LC , 1x All Star ('21) , None , - align="center" , 2017 , Sergio Perkovic , Midfield , 6'4 , 225 , Boston Cannons (MLL) , 1st round (2nd overall) , Redwoods LC , 2x All Star ('19,'21) , None , - align="center" , 2017 , Garrett Epple , Defense , 6'1 , 215 , Atlanta Blaze (MLL) , 2nd round (18th overall) , Redwoods LC , 3x All Star ('19,'21,'22) , Defensive Player of the Year ('23) , - align="center" , 2018 , John Sexton , LSM , 5'10 , 210 , Dallas Rattlers (MLL) , 2nd round (18th overall) , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2019 , Ryder Garnsey , Attack , 5'9 , 176 , Undrafted , Undrafted , Redwoods LC , 1x All Star ('23) , None , - align="center" , 2019 , Hugh Crance , Defense , 6'0 , 198 , Undrafted , Undrafted , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2020 , Bryan Costabile , Midfield , 6'2 , 205 , Atlas LC , 1st round (2nd overall) , Atlas LC , 3x All Star ('21,'22,'23) , None , - align="center" , 2021 , Jack Kielty , Defense , 6'2 , 225 , Cannons LC , 2nd round (9th overall) , Cannons LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2021 , Kyle Gallagher , Faceoff specialist , 5'11 , 210 , Chaos LC , 2nd round (14th overall) , Chrome LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2022 , Arden Cohen , Defense , 6'2 , 220 , Redwoods LC , 1st round (3rd overall) , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2022 , Wheaton Jackoboice , Midfield , 6'2 , 205 , Whipsnakes LC , 2nd round (15th overall) , Whipsnakes LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2022 , Ryan Hallenbeck , D Midfield , 6'3 , 199 , Undrafted , Undrafted , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2023 , Brian Tevlin , Midfield , 5'11 , 185 , Redwoods LC , 2nd round (10th overall) , Redwoods LC , None , None , - align="center" , 2023 , Chris Fake , Defense , 6'1 , 205 , Waterdogs LC , 3rd round (24th overall) , Waterdogs LC , None , None

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History

Season Results

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Alumni in the
Premier Lacrosse League The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a professional field lacrosse league in the United States. The league comprises eight teams. Its inaugural season debuted on June 1, 2019, and included a 14-week tour-based schedule taking place in 12 major- ...
(16)