Our #2/#2/#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team (5-1) flattened the#19 Michigan Wolverines (5-3) by a score of 19-9. The boys finished their slate of Big Ten games 3-0 by a combined score of 46-28, and have now won 8 straight against the conference. The Plot Green uniforms and 50 degree temps greeted the [...]
Our #2/#2/#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-1) welcome the #18 Michigan Wolverines (5-2) to Arlotta Stadium for a 2:00 Saturday game (ACC Network). It will be the "Irish Wear Green" game, and the fans attending the game will be given a replica national championship banner. This week's preview will be short and sweet: beat Michigan. [...]
The #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-3) beat the Michigan Wolverines (7-2), 12-7, this weekend at Arlotta Stadium. The Irish performed well to get the season back on track. The Scoring Chris Kavanagh led the goal scorers with 3 goals and an assist, while his brother Pat matched him in points with 4 assists. Eric [...]
#15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (1-3) host the #17 Michigan Wolverines (7-1) this Saturday at noon (ACCN). The Irish look to refocus the season after three difficult losses to top-7 teams. A quick peak back at last week We didn't have a chance to recap the 11-14 loss to Ohio State. The plot was [...]
As the great NBA writer Zach Lowe put it on a recent podcast, "as analytical as sports [now] gets, it's still about feeling". The feelings after Notre Dame's blowout loss in Ann Arbor mirrored the stages of grief - perhaps with an overemphasis on the anger and depression, although there may have been some "what [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (#11, 4-2 0-1 ACC) recovered from the weekend and took down the Michigan Wolverines (3-4, 0-0 B1G) by the score of 12-9. It's always good to beat Michigan. Up next the Irish host the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes (#5/#7 6-0, 0-0 B1G) at Arlotta. Saturday, 1:00 pm WacthESPN/ACC Network Extra [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (#11 3-2, 0-1 ACC) fell 11-13 to Virginia (#7 5-2, 2-0 ACC) in Charlottesville this Saturday. The Irish get right back on the field this afternoon against Michigan (NR 3-3, 0-0 B1G) in Ann Arbor, 5:00 pm, ESPNU. The Scoring in Charlottesville McCahon opened and closed the scoring for Notre [...]
Just like Larz, I've been away from the Film Room for quite some time. But the 18 Stripes crew is already in mid-season form which means we have two film posts this week. Larz already looked at the defense so today we'll move to the offensive side of the ball. We'll take a look at Notre [...]
Total yardage and yards per play were almost identical. Michigan had a significant edge in efficiency. So how did Notre Dame control the game and come away with the win last weekend over Jim Harbaugh and company? Confused? Check out this handy-dandy advanced stats glossary. The Basics As you can see, the Irish and Michigan [...]
Sometimes Notre Dame comes out for a football game not ready to answer the intensity and emotion of the big game spotlight. Saturday night was not one of those occasions. A strong start and stingy defense allowed the Fighting Irish to come up just short of a dominant but entirely controlling first half against the [...]
Breaking down the advanced stats for Notre Dame vs. Michigan - how can the Irish come out on top in what figures to be a defensive struggle? What parallels are there for this opener and the UGA game of 2017? And what four toss-up stats will help determine the winner Saturday night? When Michigan has [...]
Following a lovely 4-year break we now welcome the odorous Michigan Wolverines back to Notre Dame once again. When we last saw the winged helmets the Irish delivered one of the sweetest victories this century, sending Michigan on its way to a 5-7 season and a firing of head coach Brady Hoke. Now, with the [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (4-2) fell at home to Michigan (6-2), 13-12. There was no defeated enemy, the hordes were not driven before us, and we did not hear the lamentations of their women. Conan would not be impressed. After two top-10 wins, Wednesday indeed went to the hunter. Scoring Ryder Garnsey paced the [...]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish mens' lacrosse (#4, 4-1, 1-0 ACC) host the Michigan Wolverines (NR, 5-2, 0-0 B1G), Wednesday at 4:00 pm, WatchESPN. This is the third meeting between the two teams, with the Irish winning 16-5 at home last year, and 17-8 in Ann Arbor in 2015. The Wolverines haven't played the meat of [...]
The Notre Dame lacrosse team plays Michigan this Sunday at 2:00 pm, Arlotta Stadium, ESPN3. In the lacrosse world, Michigan is a very new program, somewhat underachieving, but deserving of some credit for trying to hack it in the very difficult Big 10. This year they begin the season with a 4-0 record, feeling good and [...]
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