POSTSEASON SUCCESS
• Notre Dame and Maryland are the only two programs to earn a spot in the NCAA Championship field in each of the last 15 seasons.
• Notre Dame has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship in the 10 of the last 11 campaigns.
• Notre Dame is 16-10 over the last 11 NCAA Championships.
• Notre Dame owns a 21-24 record in its 25 trips to the NCAA Championships.
• The Irish are 9-2 in games played at Arlotta Stadium in NCAA Championships play.
• This is the 13th time overall and 12th time in the last 13 seasons that the Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for the NCAA Championship.
Credit Georgetown University Athletics
Back in February, if you said that the Orange would be an unseeded team in the NCAA Tournament, not many people would’ve believed you. SU was ranked in a tie for second in the preseason USILA poll, and a Final Four run felt like an expectation.
Things didn’t quite go according to plan. Syracuse started hot with a 4-1 record, but cooled off in a major way down the stretch, going 3-4 the rest of the regular season. Double digit losses to North Carolina and Notre Dame put some serious question marks on SU’s chances.
Friday April 9th, 2021 8:00am
(Photo Courtesy of Robert Morris Athletics)
Robert Morris’ Ryan Smith has come a long way since being a 4-foot-10 high school freshman in Burlington, Ont.
Through nine games, Smith is the Division I co-leader in goals scored with 33, tied with another Ontario native in Delaware’s Mike Robinson.
Now a 6-foot-2, 220-pound graduate senior for Robert Morris, Smith not only grew 15 inches between now and then, but his role within the Colonials offense has also grown. Head coach Andrew McMinn originally recruited Smith as an off-ball finisher thanks to his box background, but Smith has exceeded all role expectations.
Wed Mar 3 2021 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel
Georgetown s Jake Carraway scored five goals and added two assists Tuesday in a 17-5 win at Mount St. Mary s, becoming the Hoyas all-time leading scorer. (John Strohsacker)
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Jake Carraway and Ryan Tierney are on fire. The fifth-year seniors continued their searing start to the season Tuesday.
Carraway became Georgetown’s all-time leading scorer (237 career points) with five goals and two assists in the fourth-ranked Hoyas’ 17-5 win at Mount St. Mary’s. He moved past Greg McCavera (1996-99), whose school record stood for 22 years