NCAA men’s college lacrosse officially got underway this past weekend as teams across the country faced off in both outdoor and indoor games. The season is has started, it’s an exciting time and the Irish kick everything off next week with an evening matchup against Marquette at Notre Dame on Wednesday, February 15th at 5 PM EST.
As part of our 2023 Notre Dame lacrosse preview, feel it is necessary to look at one of the major storylines for ND this year: how the 2022 season finished for the Irish.
2022 - A truly lost season and opportunity:
For those who closely follow the Irish lacrosse program, they know we could write multiple columns on the end to the 2022 season, but instead we will try to summarize here in one read to get everyone else up to speed as we get 2023 underway:
The Irish started off the season slowly and after six games their record was 2-4, highlighted by two close losses to eventual National Champion Maryland and Ohio State and two other losses to Georgetown and UVA where one could tell that ND was just not as complete a team as they could or should be.