The No. 1 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 games on Saturday with a 22-9 victory over the visiting Marquette Golden Eagles at Loftus Sports Center.
Aiming for its third consecutive national title, 37th-year head coach Kevin Corrigan’s highly touted Irish squad opened up the season with a dominant 24-6 win over Cleveland State on Wednesday before welcoming the Golden Eagles to South Bend for the 13th all-time matchup between the programs.
Insulated from the cold outdoor temperatures, the Irish offense was on fire in the first half, scoring 13 goals in the opening frame after briefly trailing for the first time all season. Two goals from senior midfielder Will Angrick spearheaded a 7-0 Irish run, which included five goals in just five minutes.
Angrick and graduate attacker Jake Taylor both completed the hat trick after halftime, after the Irish led 13-5 entering the intermission. Exhibiting their strong depth, as well as their dominance on both ends of the field, the Irish utilized their reserves to pull away and tie the program’s largest win in the series history against Marquette.
All told, nine Irish players found the back of the net, and two goals each were scored by senior attacker Chris Kavanagh, junior attacker Will Maheras and freshman attacker Brady Pokorny. Kavanagh’s two goals brought his career total to 118, moving him into sixth place on Notre Dame’s all-time scoring list, surpassing his brother Pat, a 2024 graduate.
Notre Dame’s 46 goals across the first two games of the season ties the program high for a two-game stretch, as last year’s team also netted 46 in its first two appearances of the season.
Notre Dame’s defense delivered a standout performance, forcing 12 turnovers while allowing just nine goals. The goalkeeping tandem of junior Thomas Ricciardelli and senior Alex Zepf combined for nine saves as well.
The Irish will now travel to the nation’s capital to take on the 15th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas of the Big East Conference. In a stunning upset a year ago, the Hoyas dealt Notre Dame its only loss en route to a second straight national championship in a Feb. 25 overtime thriller in South Bend. The Hoyas, whose lone loss this season came in Baltimore to nine-time national champion Johns Hopkins, are coming off a big win against No. 13 Penn. Next Saturday’s contest is set for a noon face-off from Cooper Field and will stream live on FloSports.
