FOR STARTERS The Irish enter the NCAA Tournament with a 14-3 record (14-3 ACC) and finished the regular season second in the ACC standings, Notre Dame’s best finish since joining the conference in 2014. This will be the first ever meeting between Notre Dame and Army. Notre Dame posted five sweeps in the spring portion of its 2020-21 campaign, including a road straight-set win at #23 Georgia Tech in its penultimate match of the regular season. The Irish are one of four ACC teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and are joined by Georgia Tech, Louisville and Pittsburgh. Notre Dame owned a 3-1 mark against those other three ACC tournament teams this season, including road sweeps of Louisville and Georgia Tech.