Saturday’s game will feature contrasting styles of play. 7 in the country, making that defeat look much more palatable. Maryland has since bounced back, beating No. That was followed by a shocking road defeat against unranked Loyola, the team’s first regular-season loss in more than three years. The Irish are tied for the best scoring margin in the country with an average differential of nearly 10 goals.Īs reigning national champions, Maryland entered the year ranked second nationally and seemed ready to meet those expectations after a season-opening 15-4 win against No. Their high-octane attack has led to each of their three wins being decided in blowout fashion. Notre Dame ranks second in the nation with 18 goals per game. Much of their early success has come on the offensive end. Since then, the Irish have won nine straight - the longest active streak in the country - and have opened the 2023 season playing as well as anyone. That loss to Maryland came as part of a difficult stretch that saw Notre Dame suffer four losses in five games. While Notre Dame’s roster looks largely the same as it did last year, the Irish are a much-improved team and appear ready to flip the script in College Park on Saturday. Maryland won 75% of the game’s face-offs en route to a hard-fought 11-9 victory. The teams’ most recent meeting came in South Bend in March 2022. But the Terrapins have been victorious in four of the five matchups since then, most notably ending Notre Dame’s 2021 season in the NCAA quarterfinals.
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The Irish won four consecutive games in the series between 20. In addition to its success on the national stage, Maryland has been a foil for Notre Dame in recent years. That marked their second national championship since 2017 and their seventh appearance in the title game since 2011. In each of the last two seasons, they reached the national championship game with an undefeated record, losing to Virginia in the 2021 final before claiming the NCAA title last year. The Terrapins have established themselves as the premier men’s lacrosse program in the nation over the last several years. But the team will have their toughest test to date on Saturday when they face No. 2 Irish sit at 3-0 and have won each game by at least seven goals, including a dominant road victory against No. The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse season could not have gotten off to much better of a start.
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