Men's Lacrosse Travels To Top-Ranked Notre Dame

Saturday, April 20

South Bend, Ind.

11:30 AM

North Carolina

Notre Dame

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 19, 2024 | Men's Lacrosse

SOUTH BEND, IND. - North Carolina (6-6, 0-2 ACC) travels to top-ranked Notre Dame (8-1, 2-0 ACC) Saturday morning, in the Atlantic Coast Conference road finale for the Tar Heels.

Gameday Information
Date/Time: Saturday, April 20 - 11:30 AM
Location: Arlotta Stadium - South Bend, Ind.
Watch: ACC Network
Live Stats

Last Time Out
• On Saturday, the Tar Heels fell to No. 9 Syracuse, 10-9.
• After trailing 10-4 in the third quarter, Carolina went on a 5-0 run to bring the game within one-goal, with just under two minutes remaining.
• Owen Duffy led the Tar Heels with three goals and two assists.
• Trevor Deubner (two goals), Dominic Pietramala, Logan McGovern, Matt Wrede and Ryan Levy rounded out the Carolina scoring.
• Brady Wambach (10-20) and Andrew Tyeryar (1-3) combined for the faceoff effort on the day.
• Goalkeeper Collin Krieg stopped 17 shots, including 11 first half saves.
• Wambach, Ty English, Krieg, Peter Thomann, McGovern and Pietramala all collected three-or-more ground balls.

Against No. 1
• Saturday's game will be the 43rd time in program history that North Carolina has played the top-ranked team.
• Entering the matchup, the Tar Heels are 13-29 all-time against No. 1.
• Carolina's last victory over the nation's top team was on April 28, 2017 over Syracuse (16-15), at the ACC Tournament.
• The last regular season victory over the top-ranked team was March 4, 2017 at Denver (13-9).
• The Tar Heels are 35-82 all-time against teams ranked in the top-three, the last victory coming over No. 2 Duke on May 2, 2021 (15-12).

Wambach At The Stripe
• Entering the weekend, faceoff specialist Brady Wambach sits seventh nationally and leads the ACC in faceoff win percentage (.614).
• Wambach has double-digit faceoff wins in seven games so far this year.
• The Pittsford, N.Y. native has the third most faceoff wins by a freshman in a single-season in program history:
    - 191: R.G. Keenan (2011)
    - 164: Zac Tucci (2019)
    - 124: Brady Wambach (2024)