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Vol XXXIV No. 129

Friday, April 27, 2001

Men's Lacrosse: No. 4 Notre Dame prepares for final regular season match
By JOE LICANDRO
Sports Writer


   With a six-game winning streak, an 11-1 record and the No. 4 national ranking, the Notre Dame men's lacrosse team has had an incredible regular season, but it's not over yet.

There's one more regular-season game to play.

After a one-game road trip to Fairfield last weekend, the Irish will have an opportunity to close out their final regular season with a win when they take on Harvard at home this weekend before heading into NCAA tournament play. If the Irish win on Saturday, they will have the highest regular-season winning percentage in the history of Notre Dame men's lacrosse.

While winning the NCAA tournament is their ultimate goal, the Irish realize that they cannot look past Harvard.

"Harvard is an excellent team," said Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan. "We're not worried about the NCAA tournament yet. Our only concern right now is preparing to play Harvard on Saturday."

While the Irish have feasted on their Great Western Lacrosse League divisional foes in their recent games, Harvard, coming from the traditionally tough Ivy League, will be a good test for the Irish.

Although Harvard's record is a modest 6-6, they should provide the Irish good preparation for the NCAA tournament.

"Harvard is a very good team," he said. "They beat Duke, and Duke just won the ACC tournament last week so we're not taking them lightly."

For the 11 seniors on the team, Saturday's game marks the end of a remarkable four years. Despite being a Midwest school in a predominantly East Coast sport, the Irish seniors are responsible for elevating Notre Dame to one of the best lacrosse teams in the country. The game will be especially bittersweet for Corrigan because this is his last chance to coach the seniors in a regular season game.

"These guys have been outstanding over the last four years," said Corrigan. "They are a great group of kids. I'm going to miss them on so many levels. I'll certainly miss coaching them, but I'll miss them as people even more."

Notes

uSenior attack and all-time Notre Dame assist leader David Ulrich was named Great Western Lacrosse League player of the week. Ulrich scored four goals and added nine assists to lead the Irish to wins over Butler and Fairfield. Ulrich joins teammates Kirk Howell and Tom Glatzel as the third Irish player to win this award this year.



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