Men's Lacrosse To Face Top-Ranked Notre Dame Saturday

SOUTH BEND, IND. - The North Carolina men's lacrosse team (7-5, 1-3 ACC) begins the first of two-straight against top-ranked Notre Dame (8-1, 2-1 ACC) to close the regular season, traveling to South Bend for a noon opening faceoff on Saturday.

Game Information
Date/Time: Saturday, April 22 - Noon
Location: Arlotta Stadium - South Bend, Ind.
Watch: ESPNU
Live Stats

Scouting Notre Dame
• The Fighting Irish enter Saturday's matchup ranked as the top team in the nation at No. 1 in the USILA Coaches Poll and Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• Last time out for Notre Dame on April 8, the Irish knocked off then-No. 1 Duke, 17-12.
• The brother tandem of Pat (17 G, 34 A) and Chris (31 G, 9 A) Kavanagh spark the offense for Notre Dame.
• Between the pipes, the Fighting Irish have one of the top goalies in the country in Liam Entenmann, who's started all nine games thus far. On the year, Entenmann enters allowing 9.39 goals per game, with a .559 save percentage.
• During his 35 seasons at Notre Dame, Kevin Corrigan has won 329 games, as well as five Final Fours and 18 ACC regular season titles.

Against No. 1
• Saturday's game will be the 41st time in program history that North Carolina has played the top-ranked team.
• Entering the matchup, the Tar Heels are 13-27 all-time against No. 1.
• The last time North Carolina played the country's top team was April 28, 2017, when the Tar Heels were victorious over Syracuse, 16-15, at the ACC Tournament held at Duke.
• The first ever game against No. 1 came on March 18, 1974, when Maryland defeated UNC, 16-8.
• Back on May 30, 1981, the Tar Heels secured their first ever top-ranked win againstJohns Hopkins, 14-13, to win the program's first national championship.

Schedule Oddity
• This weekend begins the first of two-straight against Notre Dame, which is the fifth time in program history the Tar Heels have faced the same team in back-to-back games.
• The first occurrence came at the program's inception, when North Carolina squared off with Delaware for the first three games in program history.

- 4/2/49 vs. Delaware - L, 13-2
- 4/4/49 vs. Delaware - L, 10-3
- 4/7/49 vs. Delaware - L, 10-0

- 5/24/80 at No. 1 Virginia - L, 11-10
- 3/14/81 at No. 3 Virginia - W, 11-6

- 5/31/93 at No. 3 Syracuse - L, 13-12
- 3/5/94 at No. 1 Syracuse - L, 17-10

- 5/8/04 vs. No. 6 Ohio State - W, 12-6
- 5/15/04 vs. No. 8 Ohio State - W, 13-6

Tyeryar's Career Day
• Last weekend, Andrew Tyeryar scored a goal, as well as winning 20 faceoffs and collecting 16 groundballs against Syracuse.
• Tyeryar's 16 groundballs were a single-game record for most groundballs by an individual in a game.
• In addition, the 20 faceoffs were a career best for the Falls Church, Va. native, the fifth most ever in a game in Carolina history.
• On the offensive side, the face-off midfielder scored a goal for the seventh-straight game.

Last Weekend Against 'Cuse
• On Saturday, North Carolina had a season-high in three categories against Syracuse:

- 15 caused turnovers
- 22 faceoff wins
- 49 groundballs

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Tyeryar