COLLEGE PREVIEW 2014 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S TOP 20 5 Kevin Corrigan T
he ACC was always part of Kevin Corrigan. Now, he is part of it. Notre Dame’s men’s lacrosse
coach went to Virginia. His father went to Duke, coached at Virginia and was commissioner of the ACC. His uncles went to Maryland. His brother worked at Duke. Now Corrigan will lead Notre Dame into
Enemy Lines WHAT RIVAL COACHES SAY
“Kavanagh might be the best offensive player in school history before he leaves… Goalie situation is the X-factor, but they were still a couple plays away from the final four when John Kemp was saving the ball at 53.9 percent. If whoever they start can be around that, they may not miss a beat… Very vanilla offense that at times can look like it belongs in the bottom tier.”
the ACC after the Irish finished their stint in the Big East in 2013. “I’ve got all kinds of ties to the ACC,” Corrigan said. “It’s where I grew up.” Corrigan’s father, Gene, oversaw the ACC as its commissioner in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He always saw Notre Dame as an ACC school. Kevin Corrigan
and his son Will, a junior midfielder for the Irish, will rejoin the family tradition in the conference. But
Kevin Corrigan said the move was about Notre Dame and not about his family. “It’s not about me. It’s not about him,”
he said. “It’s about our team and our program and it’s a great, great fit.” Kevin Corrigan’s name has been tied
before to ACC openings, and Notre Dame routinely played ACC foes during
36 LACROSSE MAGAZINE February 2014 >>
Notre Dame FIGHTING IRISH
2013 RECORD: 11-5 (BIG EAST) COACH: KEVIN CORRIGAN (25TH YEAR) • RECORD AT NOTRE DAME: 241-114
09 10 11 12 13
Schedule Feb 16 Feb 22 Mar 1 Mar 8
Key Game Notre Dame’s schedule
features all seven other national seeds from the 2013 NCAA tournament, but a trip to fellow Big East- transfer Syracuse stands out. The Irish lost twice to the Orange last year.
Mar 16 Mar 25 Mar 29 Apr 5 Apr 8
Apr 12 Apr 19 May 3
at Jacksonville Penn State
at North Carolina Denver* Virginia
at Ohio State at Syracuse Duke
at Marquette Robert Morris Maryland Army
*at LeBard Stadium, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Projected Starters A Matt Kavanagh (So.)* G: 32
Top Returner A MATT KAVANAGH (SO.)
Kavanagh delivered on the hype as a freshman. “He will be one of the better guys in the country,” Corrigan said.
the regular season even before formally joining the conference. In 2013, the Irish played three current members of the ACC (Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse) in the regular season. Notre Dame has played an ACC team every year since 2000. The Irish are 11-18 against ACC schools during Corrigan’s 24 years at the helm. “Going forward, we can recruit to playing
in that conference every year,” he said. “We can know that we’re going to have the facilities, the support from the school, the schedule and all those things going for us. They’re going to be as good as anybody in the country. Those are important trying to build a championship-caliber program.” With the addition of Syracuse and
Notre Dame and the loss of Maryland a year from now, 2014’s version of the ACC could be the best lacrosse conference of all-time. Corrigan called it the best conference in the country — in any sport. “You’ve got six teams in the conference
and all of them are among the top rankings in the country,” Corrigan said. “I don’t know of any other sport that has anything like that.” And if anyone knows the ACC, it is Corrigan.
— Matthew DeFranks A Publication of US Lacrosse
A Conor Doyle (Jr.)* G: 20
A Westy Hopkins (Sr.) G: 6
A: 16 A: 10 A: 3
M Jim Marlatt (Sr.)* G: 20
M Will Corrigan (Jr.)* G: 4
M Jack Near (Jr.) G: 2
A: 12 A: 7 A: 1
FO Liam O’Connor (Sr.)* FO%: 52.3
LSM Ryan Smith (Sr.) GB: 1
Pts: 4 CT: 0
D Stephen O’Hara (Sr.)* GB: 32
D Brian Buglione (Sr.)* GB: 25
D Matt Landis (So.) GB: 23
G Conor Kelly (Jr.) GAA: 9.54
* returning starters X-Factor A WESTY HOPKINS (SR.)
Hopkins scored 36 goals his first two seasons but moved to midfield in 2013. His production (6g, 3a) plummeted. Hopkins is back on attack for a team that always seems in need of scorers.
Power Ratings (SCALE OF 1-5)
3 5 3 3 OFFENSE DEFENSE GOALIE FACEOFF
CT: 13 CT: 16 CT: 7
SV%: 33.3
Tournament Trend
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