Irish Host Army In Regular-Season Finale

May 4, 2018

By Robby Hamman

Notre Dame Game NotesNOTRE DAME, Ind. — No. 8 Notre Dame will host Army at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 5, for the regular-season finale. The game will also be Senior Day to honor the 13 graduating seniors.

The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra via the WatchESPN app.

Game Details

Location: Notre Dame, Indiana | Arlotta Stadium
Schedule: Saturday, May 5 — 1 p.m. ET
Live Stream: WatchESPN
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For a more in-depth look at Saturday’s matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame

The Army Series

• Saturday will be the ninth meeting all time between Notre Dame and Army. The Irish have claimed wins in six of the first eight contests between the two sides.

• Notre Dame has won each of the previous four meetings at Arlotta Stadium. Notre Dame has scored a combined 63 goals in the four wins over Army at home.

• Army escaped last season’s matchup with an overtime win against the Irish at West Point, New York, by a score of 10-9.

Irish Win Second ACC Championship Title

• Notre Dame won its second ACC Championship title in five years on April 29, after defeating Virginia by a score of 17-7 in Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

• The Irish scored a season-high 17 goals, the most since also scoring 17 in a win at Syracuse in 2015.

• Notre Dame scooped up a season-high 45 ground balls in the win, as every starter recorded at least one.

• The Irish held Virginia to just seven goals in each of the two meetings this season, both the fewest the Cavaliers have scored all season.

• Sophomore midfielder Bryan Costabile was named the ACC Championship MVP after scoring six goals and adding two assists over the two games.

• Costabile was joined by teammates Ryder Garnsey, John Sexton and Matt Schmidt on the ACC All-Tournament Team.

• Notre Dame defeated No. 1 Duke on April 27 by a final score of 14-11 to punch its ticket to its second straight ACC title game.

ACC Defensive Player Of The Year

• Senior LSM John Sexton was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year for his standout 2018 season on May 2.

• Notre Dame has now claimed the honor three times in the last four years

• Sexton has scored 10 goals in his career and has created havoc on defense, forcing 68 turnovers and scooping 182 ground balls.

• The senior has caused at least one turnover in 10 straight games.

• Sexton helped lead the Irish to the ACC tournament title by matching his career high in ground balls with eight and forcing two turnovers.

• Earlier this season, Sexton was the only men’s lacrosse player to earn the ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan Award, a postgraduate scholarship.

Best Attacking Displays Of The Season

• Notre Dame scored a combined 31 goals at the ACC Championship in wins over No. 1 Duke and No. 11 Virginia.

• Junior Ryder Garnsey led the way for the Irish with 11 points off six eight goals and three assists.

• Sophomore Bryan Costabile also turned in two hat tricks totaling six goals and two assists.

• Sophomore Brian Willetts recorded the first hat trick of his career with three goals in the win over Virginia.

• Junior Brendan Gleason also impressed, tallying six points off three goals and three assists against Duke.

No. 2 In The RPI

• Notre Dame enters the week ranked No. 2 in the latest installment of the RPI.

• The Irish jumped six spots in the rankings after picking up wins over Duke and Virginia.

• The Irish have played 10 of the teams in the top 30 of the RPI.

Moving Up In The Ranks

• Senior attackman Mikey Wynne ranks third in program history in career goals with 124. (Full rankings in sidebar on page 4)

• Wynne surpassed Notre Dame legend Matt Kavanagh (122) with two goals against Virginia (4/29).

• Wynne is just the eighth player in program history to surpass the 100-goal mark, as he scored three times against Army in the final regular-season game of the 2017 season on May 6 to reach the milestone.

Stifling Defense

• The Irish have allowed an average of 8.85 goals per game to rank 15th in the country, despite facing some of the most potent attacks at the DI level.

• Notre Dame has held eight of its 13 opponents to fewer than 10 goals.

• The Irish defense held Virginia (twice) and Duke to season lows for goals scored in a game.

• Duke (No. 3), Virginia (No. 7) and Denver (No. 11) all rank in the top 20 in goals scored per game this season and the Irish held each to under 10 goals.

— ND —

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Robby Hamman joined Fighting Irish Media as athletics communications assistant director in September 2016, coordinating efforts for the volleyball and men’s lacrosse program. Hamman is a 2010 graduate of Bethel College, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in sport management and business administration, and earned his master’s degree in business administration from Defiance College in 2013.