SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame lacrosse has accomplished its quest for back-to-back nationwide championships.
Not even a two-hour climate delay and a slick enjoying floor may hold the top-seeded Irish (16-1) from ripping seventh-seeded Maryland 15-5 in Monday’s NCAA Match remaining at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Monetary Area.
Junior attackman Chris Kavanagh scored three straight objectives within the second interval throughout a 10-1 blitz that noticed the Terrapins (11-6) go silent. After trailing for simply 55 seconds in Saturday’s 13-6 semifinal win over Denver, Notre Dame performed from behind for 4:45 earlier than wiping out Maryland’s 2-0 begin.
Tyler Buchner:Notre Dame lacrosse presents a progress report on former Irish soccer QB
Kavanagh brothers have a day for Notre Dame lacrosse
Senior attackman Pat Kavanagh, Chris’ older brother, had 4 first-half assists and later added his 300th profession level, a program document.
Notre Dame joins Duke (2013-14), Syracuse (2008-09) and Princeton (1996-98) as the one Division I males’s lacrosse applications to win all of it in consecutive years over the previous three many years. Virginia, muzzled in a 12-6 semifinal loss to Maryland, reigned from 2019-2021 however there was no NCAA Match in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 shutdown.
Maryland, the 2022 champion, fell to 2-6 in NCAA finals since 2011 beneath coach John Tillman.
Irish coach Kevin Corrigan, in his 36th season in South Bend, additionally guided this system to NCAA remaining appearances in 2010 and 2014.
Notre Dame is 36-3 relationship to a 2-4 begin in 2022. That turnaround adopted a 39-30 cumulative mark for Irish lacrosse from 2017 via midseason 2022.
Senior goaltender Liam Entenmann shook off a gradual begin to make 5 first-half saves. Counterpart Logan McNaney, the 2022 match Most Excellent Participant, did not document a save on 10 first-half alternatives.
Mike Berardino covers Notre Dame soccer for NDInsider.com and is on social media @MikeBerardino.