Tag: Lacrosse

Report: Tyler Buchner is headed back to Notre Dame

Could he win two national championships in the next six months?

What’s old is new again at Notre Dame.

Former Fighting Irish starting quarterback Tyler Buchner, who transferred to Alabama last spring, is transferring back to continue his athletic career at Notre Dame.

Just it won’t be on the football field.

Buchner, who was a star lacrosse player as well as quarterback in high school, will be back at Notre Dame but this time as a member of the national powerhouse lacrosse program.

Terry Foy of Inside Lacrosse first had the news on Monday.

So realistically speaking, Buchner could win a national championship in football with Alabama next month, transfer to Notre Dame, and win a national championship in a different sport in the spring.

Welcome back, kid!

Alabama QB Tyler Buchner enters transfer portal as LAX player

Alabama QB Tyler Buchner is entering the NCAA transfer portal, but for lacrosse

In less than shocking news, Alabama third-string quarterback Tyler Buchner entered the NCAA transfer portal this afternoon. In more than shocking news, he entered the portal as a lacrosse player.

Buchner transferred to the Crimson Tide from Notre Dame back in April and struggled mightily in his one start. Coming out of high school in California, Buchner was one of the top lacrosse recruits in the country as well. Ultimately, he chose to play football in college as he was the No. 41 overall player in the 2021 recruiting cycle and highly sought after.

With Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson ahead on the depth chart and five-star Julian Sayin on his way to town the writing was on the wall for Buchner that his chances to play would be slim moving forward. It will be interesting to see if Simpson follows in Buchner’s foot steps.

With the Tide still having a semi-final game just four weeks away, the timing is a bit surprising. It is not known at this time if Buchner will return to football in the future.

Notre Dame wins lacrosse national championship

Champions at last!

For the first time in program history, Notre Dame men’s lacrosse can call themselves national champions.  The Irish, who twice reached the championship game previously and both times fell to Duke, jumped out to a 6-1 halftime advantage Monday.

Duke roared back as great teams tend to do though and things were tied at seven in the third quarter.  From there the Irish put the clamps down defensively and the pressure on offensively, outscoring the Blue Devils 6-2 the rest of the way.

Eric Dobson, Jake Taylor, Quinn McCahon, Chris Kavanagh, Jefferey Ricciardelli, and Brian Tevlin each scored twice for the victorious Irish while Jack Simmons scored the other goal.  Liam Entenmann was again outstanding in goal, stopping nine of 18 Duke shots.

Check out the best photos from the game and the immediate celebration afterwards below!

Twitter reacts to Notre Dame’s first lacrosse national championship

Hope you love this championship as much as these people do.

If you win a national championship at Notre Dame, you’re going to be remembered forever. The 2023 men’s lacrosse team entered university immortality Monday when it defeated Duke in the national championship game. It was their first time winning the national title after two previous runner-up finishes.

Let this serve as a reminder that every athletic program at Notre Dame deserves your support and not only during moments like this. These student-athletes and coaches work just as hard as those in the football or basketball programs. This is their life, and it’s great to see that rewarded.

If you think no one cares about Notre Dame athletics that aren’t football or basketball, think again. There are so many people either employed by the university or simply a supporter of the university who were hoping to see the Irish defeat the Blue Devils. They got their wish, and they took to Twitter afterwards to show how happy they were:

 

Notre Dame beats Duke to earn first national championship

Played like a champion today

The third time was the charm for Notre Dame men’s lacrosse this weekend.  On Saturday the Irish had an incredible last-second comeback to beat Virginia for the first time in three tries in 2023 and earned a spot in Monday’s national championship game.

Monday saw the Irish play in the national title game for the third time in program history, oddly enough with each one being against Duke.  This time the Irish finished the job as they dominated defensively for a 6-1 halftime lead.

Duke came out firing in the second half as the Blue Devils started on a 6-1 run to draw even at seven.  Notre Dame took that blow and answered back though scoring four-straight goals to get the lead back.

Notre Dame then held on to a 13-8 victory to secure their first national championship in program history.

We’ll have tons more on this throughout the day as the Irish are FINALLY national champions!

Where in the world is Marcus Freeman: Lacrosse semifinals edition

Go Irish, beat Cavs!

There may not be a bigger Notre Dame athletics fan than head football coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag].  We’ve seen Freeman show up seemingly endlessly at Notre Dame women’s basketball games with his family.  We’ve seen him at a good amount of men’s basketball games, too.  He’s thrown out first pitches at Irish baseball games and slugged home runs for charity with the softball team.

You can add the men’s lacrosse national semi-finals to that list, too.  Freeman didn’t just wish the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team luck against Virginia in Saturday’s semifinals, but let the world know he was on his way to Philadelphia to support the Irish.

Notre Dame and Virginia are battling for a spot in the lacrosse national championship that will take place Monday with this winner taking on Duke.

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Lacrosse fans were furious that Duke’s game-winning NCAA semifinal goal didn’t get called for a crease violation

Lacrosse fans were FURIOUS that Duke looked to have won its NCAA semifinal game on a crease violation.

Lacrosse fans couldn’t believe that Duke’s lacrosse team didn’t get called for a crease violation on a game-winning overtime goal over Penn State in Saturday’s NCAA semifinals.

As the game went to extra minutes, Duke midfielder Garrett Leadmon popped in the ball for a walk-off score on Penn State that won the game, 16-15, and got his team into the NCAA finals.

However, it looked like Leadmon may have stepped into the crease (the circular area around the net) on the game winner, which would’ve been a rule violation and nullified the goal.

The referees looked to have missed the call, which did not thrill the lacrosse viewers at home who felt that Leadmon had earned a penalty.

There aren’t reviewable replays in NCAA lacrosse for these situations, which didn’t allow for a second look at Leadmon’s game-winning goal.

Lacrosse fans felt that the Duke midfielder indeed crossed the crease to spark the overtime victory, and they were vocal about it on social media.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

How to watch Notre Dame-Virginia on lacrosse championship weekend

Go Irish. Beat Cavs.

Will the third time be the charm for Notre Dame in 2023?  The Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse team is undefeated against every team in the nation this year besides Virignia.  The Irish, who twice dropped games to the Cavaliers this season, get a third chance Saturday in the national semi-finals.

Notre Dame is trying to reach the NCAA Tournament championship game for the third time in program history.  They have previously done so in 2010 and 2014.

If you’re unable to make it to Philadelphia this weekend you can watch the game live on TV.

Location: Philadelphia – Lincoln Financial Field
Schedule: Saturday, May 27 — 2:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2

The winner of Saturday’s Notre Dame-Virginia contest will take on the winner of Duke-Penn State for the national championship on Monday.

32 for 32: Facts to celebrate the life of the late great Browns running back Jim Brown

These are 32 facts about Jim Brown as provided by the #Browns’ media relations department shortly after his death

Cleveland Browns legend Jim Brown died unexpectedly last week at the age of 87. His career was defined by excellence on the gridiron and a steadfast determination to create social change during a time of extreme prejudice in American culture.

With his passing, Cleveland loses one of its most cherished and iconic figures, whose presence will never be duplicated. In celebration of his accomplishments and a life well lived, here are 32 facts about Brown, who wore number 32 for the Browns from 1957 until his retirement in 1965 as provided by the Browns’ media team.

Notre Dame onto Elite Eight in men’s lacrosse

Go Irish, beat Johns Hopkins

A year ago the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team was inexplicably left out of the NCAA Tournament.  A year later they’re the nation’s third overall seed and now just one win away from advancing to the final four.

This comes after the Irish annihilated Utah 20-7 on Saturday’s first round of the 16-team tournament.  Things started fast for the Irish as they jumped out to an 8-0 advantage and the issue was never really in doubt.

Jake Taylor set a Notre Dame tournament record by netting five goals.  As usual, Pat Kavanagh was stellar as he netted three himself and assisted on three more.  Chris Kavanagh added two more goals and an assist for the victorious Irish.

Notre Dame now advances to the national quarterfinals in Annapolis where they’ll take on the sixth-seed, Johns Hopkins University on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.

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