No. 15 MLAX Falls To No. 9 Notre Dame

Thursday, April 21

South Bend, Ind.

6 PM

North Carolina

8-5 (1-4ACC)

Notre Dame

6-4 (3-1ACC)

North Carolina

Notre Dame

Photo by: Jeff Myers/Notre Dame Athletics

April 21, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

SOUTH BEND, IND. – A 36-minute scoring drought from the second to the fourth quarter put the No. 15 North Carolina men's lacrosse team in a hole as the Tar Heels dropped a 12-5 loss to No. 19 Notre Dame Thursday night.

How it Happened

Both teams battled back and forth in the first 15 minutes as the score was tied at two, heading to the second quarter.
The hard-hitting and aggressive play continued into the second quarter as both teams tried to find their rhythm offensively. The Fighting Irish scored with 2:12 to go in the half to take the 4-3 lead into halftime.
Thanks to two man-up goals, Eric Dobson earned a quick hat trick to help Notre Dame jump out to an 8-3 lead to start the second half.
Jake Taylor scored his third goal as the Tar Heels faced a six-goal deficit heading into the final quarter.
Eric Dobson scored his fourth goal, and Nick Harris added a goal to extend the Fighting Irish lead to 11-3.
Cooper Frankenheimer would score his first career goal to break the Tar Heel scoring drought. Lance Tillman would notch his second goal to end the game.

Tar Heel Performances

Lance Tillman led the team with two goals and one assist.
Chris Gray scored one goal and dished out two assists.
Nicky Solomon added a goal and Cooper Frankenheimer scored his first career goal.
The trio of Zac Tucci, Andrew Tyeryar, and Graham Schwartz went a combined 7-20 at the face-off.
Collin Krieg made 11 saves in the cage.

Inside The Numbers

With three points today, Chris Gray extended his point-scoring streak to 53 games.
Currently, Chris Gray is six points away from breaking the NCAA Division I all-time career point record. He is also six away from breaking the UNC single-season record in goals and seven away from breaking the UNC career goal record.

Up Next
North Carolina will travel to Durham on Sunday, May 1, as they face rival No. 11 Duke in the regular-season finale. Face-off is slated for 5:30 p.m., and it will be broadcasted on ACC Network.