SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 2-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish begin NCAA Tournament play at Arlotta Stadium at noon ET on Sunday, May 10, welcoming Jacksonville for a first round tilt. The game will air on ESPNU and you can 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 more in-depth look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame

POSTSEASON SUCCESS

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

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

• The Fighting Irish have an all-time record of 17-11 in first round NCAA Tournament games, including a mark of 13-1 in their last 14 appearances.

• Notre Dame has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship in 13 of the last 15 NCAA Tournaments.

• Notre Dame has reached the title game on Memorial Day four times in program history, including twice in the last three seasons.

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

• Notre Dame has made the NCAA Championship field in 19 of the last 20 tournaments.

• This is the 16th time overall and 15th time in the last 18 seasons that the Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for the NCAA Championship.

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

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

• Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA Championship final weekend in 2001, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023 and 2024 and played in the title game in 2010,  2014, 2023 and 2024.

THE JACKSONVILLE SERIES

• Sunday will be the second time in program history the Irish and Dolphins will square off and the first time in postseason play.

• The Irish won the only other matchup, coming in a 19-7 victory over Jacksonville to open the 2014 season on Feb. 16 in Jacksonville.

RESUME BUILDING

• Notre Dame has never shied away from playing the top teams in the country and has racked up wins, especially over the last few seasons.

• The Fighting Irish are 30-9 against ranked teams since the beginning of the 2023 season.

• Seventeen of the 30 wins have come in blowout fashion with the Irish winning by five or more goals.

• Furthermore, Notre Dame has faired just as well against the best of the best, posting a record of 22-6 against teams ranked in the top 10 of the USILA poll at the time of the matchup since the beginning of the 2023 season.

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

LOCKDOWN DEFENSE

• Notre Dame enters the weekend allowing just 8.83 goals per game, ranking seventh in the country.

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

• The Fighting Irish turned in arguably the best defensive performance of the season, holding UNC to a season-low five goals in the 10-5 victory. Only two of the five goals were scored in settled six-on-six possessions.

• Notre Dame held Maryland to eight goals in College Park, which is tied for the Terps lowest scoring output in a home game since the advent 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 just eight goals, tying its mark for the lowest they have scored in a game this season.

• The Irish had their most disruptive performance of the season in the win over No. 3 Georgetown, limiting the Hoyas to just nine goals while recording a season-high 19 caused turnovers.

• Lyght finished the contest against Georgetown with a season-high three caused turnovers and two ground balls.

• Donovan has been a menace to opposing attacks, recording 11 caused turnovers and 36 ground balls.

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

LYGHTS OUT

• Shawn Lyght has been named a Tewaaraton Award finalist, marking the first time a defenseman has achieved the feat since 2016 when Notre Dame great Matt Landis was a finalist for the most prestigious individual award in college lacrosse.

• Lyght becomes 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, becoming just the third player in league history to earn the honor multiple times.

• Lyght joins Notre Dame legends Matt Landis and Liam Entenmann as the only three to accomplish the feat.

• The junior was selected as the Schmeisser Award co-winner following an incredible sophomore season in 2025.

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

• Lyght was also named a USA Lacrosse First Team All-American following the 2025 regular season.

• In the win over UNC last season, Lyght held UNC’s prolific attackman Owen Duffy to just one assist on the day, matching his career low for points in a game.

• This season’s matchup against Duffy he limited the junior to two points off a goal and assist and the assist came off a man-down situation in which Lyght was not on the field.

• Lyght consistently draws the No. 1 option for the opposing attack throughout the season.

BACK BETWEEN THE PIPES

• Goalie Thomas Ricciardelli was named the ACC Goalie of the Year following his impressive 2026 regular season, leading the Irish to the ACC regular season title.

• The senior is 10-2 on the season, making 130 saves while allowing 8.66 goals per game, ranking seventh in the country.

• Ricciardelli has recorded a save percentage of .500 or better in nine of 12 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 finished with 17 saves while allowing just six goals in the victory in Durham.

• The shot stopper turned in arguably his best performance of the season in the win over No. 1 UNC, making 16 saves while allowing just five goals while adding three ground balls and a caused turnover.

• The New Canaan, Connecticut, native allowed a season-low four goals while making 11 saves in the win over Michigan on March 14.

• In the win over No. 1 Richmond, the senior was masterful, making 14 saves while allowing just eight goals to help the Irish knock off the top-ranked Spiders.

• Ricciardelli impressed in his debut season, leading the ACC and ranking sixth in the country goals against average (9.14).

• The shot stopper made 158 saves during the 2025 campaign while allowing 121 goals.

• The goalie saved at least 50 percent of shots he faced in 10 of 14 games last season.

• In his first NCAA Tournament appearance, Ricciardelli turned in an incredible performance against No. 2 Ohio State, making 15 saves while allowing just six goals for a mark of 71.4 percent.

EVERYBODY EATS

• The Irish can beat you in a number of ways, as the attack has been very balanced this season.

• The Fighting Irish have four attackmen that have recorded at least 20 points through 12 games.

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

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

• Twenty different players have registered a goal this season and 26 have tallied at least one point during the 2026 season, including 19 with multiple points.

DOMINATE THE DOT

• Tyler Spano has stepped up and produced big-time performances in the month of April, taking on two of the top FOGOs in the country.

• The junior enters the matchup with the second-best faceoff winning percentage in the ACC (.593).

• Facing Brady Wambach of UNC, who entered the matchup with the best percentage in the country, Spano won 10-of-17 faceoffs against the Tar Heels along with six ground balls to help the Irish win the possession battle.

• A week prior he faced Richmond’s Vincent Gaylord, who came into the game ranked in the top 10 in faceoff winning percentage in the country, and won 16-of-22 faceoffs while also scooping up nine ground balls and adding an assist.

• Spano has won 59.3 percent of faceoffs on the season (96-of-162) and has a team-high 57 ground balls.

INSTANT IMPACT

• A number of newcomers to the 2026 squad wasted no time making a first impression.

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

• Teddy Lally has 20 points on the year off 11 goals and nine assists. The freshman has recorded multiple points in six games this season and notched his first career hat trick in the win over No. 1 UNC with three goals.

• Junior transfer Tyler Spano has won 96-of-162 faceoffs at the dot with the Irish and leads the team in ground balls with 57.

• Aidan Diaz-Matos scored a goal within the first minute of the season opener off a faceoff win and is 63-of-116 at the dot on the year and is tied for second on the team in ground balls with 35.

• Miguel Iglesias has made an impact at both ends of the field as a SSDM, scoring a goal in two games while also putting in sound defensive shifts.

• Christopher Iuliano has played multiple positions for the Irish, filling in at close defense against Bellarmine and playing LSM for the majority of the season while also registering shifts on the wings for faceoffs. The freshman has 19 ground balls and nine caused turnovers.

FROM THE GRIDIRON TO THE LACROSSE FIELD

• Two Notre Dame lacrosse players on the 2026 squad also are on the football roster, as Matt Jeffery and Dylan Faison are both dual-sport athletes.

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

• Faison was the No. 1 ranked incoming player in the class of 2026 before he reclassified and joined the Irish for this spring semester.

• Jeffery has been productive in his sophomore campaign, posting 18 points off 13 goals and five assists despite drawing a pole in the majority of matchups.

• The sophomore had a breakout performance in the win over Duke, scoring three goals for his first career hat trick.

• Faison has broken into the rotation as of late, playing on the second-midfield line and scoring his first career goal in the win over No. 1 Richmond.

• The freshman then scored two goals and added an assist in the win over Duke.

• Faison has six goals and an assist on the season for seven points in just eight games played.

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 380-182 in his 40 seasons of coaching.

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

• Corrigan is the longest tenured men’s lacrosse coach at the DI level.