SOUTH BEND, Ind. – It’s that time of year again as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Lacrosse program gears up for the spring with the announcement of the 2025 schedule.
There will be 15 opportunities to catch the Irish in action in the regular season as their slate features eight home games and seven road games. Nine conference games are set for this upcoming spring season after the additions of Cal and Stanford to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024.
“This year’s schedule has us entering a new era of ACC lacrosse with an expanded conference and new scheduling model,” said Notre Dame Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Christine Halfpenny. “The ACC will again be one of the strongest conferences in the country. We’re excited to attack the games in front of us this year both in and out of conference beginning with a great season opening regional rivalry with Northwestern.”
Notre Dame will host the Michigan Wolverines for an exhibition game on January 26 before kicking off the season officially with the National Champion Runner-Up, the Northwestern Wildcats. The Irish will travel to Evanston to face the Wildcats on Friday, Feb. 7.
After the season-opener on the road, the Irish will host three-straight home games. Notre Dame will open up at Loftus with Central Michigan, who won the MAC regular season title last year, on Sunday, Feb. 9. They will then host Eastern Michigan (Feb. 15) before opening up conference play the following week.
Notre Dame opens ACC play at home with the Clemson Tigers on Saturday, Feb. 22. The Irish went 2-0 against the Tigers last season, winning 14-13 in double overtime on the road before taking down Clemson 14-12 in the ACC quarterfinals just one month later.
The Irish will travel to Duke (Feb. 28) and Elon (March 2) before hosting the reigning National Champions, Boston College. The Irish will take on the Eagles at Arlotta on March 8. Last year, the Irish defeated BC on their home turf in a 15-14 regular-season road win before falling 9-7 in the ACC semifinals.
Notre Dame will travel to California to take on Cal (March 13) and UC Davis (March 15) before hosting Harvard on Wednesday, March 19.
The Irish hit the road for Syracuse to take on the ACC Regular Season Champions on Sunday, March 23. The Irish fell in a close 16-14 battle at home in the ACC opener against the Orange last season.
North Carolina and Stanford will be hosted at Arlotta on March 30, and April 5, respectively, before the Irish head to Pitt for their final regular season roadgame against the Panthers (April 12).
In their final game at home, the Irish cap off the regular season with local ACC foe Louisville on April 17 before preparing for the post-season conference tournament at the end of April in Charlotte, NC.