ACC Men’s Lacrosse Begins NCAA Tournament Action This Weekend
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – ACC Men’s Lacrosse shifts into postseason mode this weekend as the 2023 NCAA Championship opens with first-round play at campus sites.
Three ACC teams earned NCAA Tournament bids, including the top three seeds: Duke (1), Virginia (2) and Notre Dame (3). This marks just the second time in tournament history that a conference earned the top three seeds in the field. The ACC also had the top three seeds in 2015 (No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Syracuse and No. 3 UNC).
Virginia opens at noon Saturday at home against Richmond.
Notre Dame follows with a 2:30 p.m. Saturday contest against Utah. Duke entertains Delaware at 5 p.m. Sunday. ESPNU will broadcast all eight first-round NCAA games on Saturday and Sunday.
Current ACC membership collectively owns 25 NCAA championships, including nine of the last 14 as well as 14 titles since 2000. ACC programs (at the time of the event) have won 17 NCAA titles.
Results/Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, May 6
No. 3/3 Notre Dame 18, at No. rv/18 North Carolina 9
Sunday, May 7
No. 1/1 Duke 14, Merrimack 2
(at Bethpage, N.Y.)
NCAA Tournament First Round
Saturday, May 13
Richmond at No. 2 Virginia | Noon | ESPNU
Utah at No. 3 Notre Dame | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Sunday, May 14
Delaware at No. 1 Duke | 5 p.m. | ESPNU
NCAA Quarterfinals
Saturday, May 20 (Albany, N.Y.)
Richmond/UVa vs.
Georgetown/Yale | TBA | ESPNU
Delaware/Duke vs. Cornell/Michigan | TBA | ESPNU
Sunday, May 21 (Annapolis, Md.)
Utah/ND vs Johns Hopkins/Bryant | TBA | ESPNU
All times Eastern
Noting ACC Men’s Lacrosse
• Syracuse owns 10 NCAA titles (most of any NCAA program), while Virginia has won seven, UNC five and Duke three.
• At least one current ACC member has advanced to the national semifinals in 40 of the last 42 seasons.
• The ACC boasts 73 appearances in Championship Weekend, while current membership has combined for 82 appearances.
• A current ACC school has played in the NCAA Championship game in 18 of the last 21 tournaments.
• ACC teams were 34-6 (85%) in non-conference play in the regular season, by far the best win percentage of any conference (Big Ten is second at 68.1%).
• For the 13th straight week, an ACC team holds the No. 1 national ranking, as Duke reclaimed the No.
1 spot in both polls. It marks the Blue Devils’ third week at No. 1 this year. In the 13-week stretch, UVa was No. 1 for six weeks, ND for four weeks and Duke for three weeks.
• In the final NCAA RPI, ACC teams held the top three spots and five of the top 25 with Duke (1), Notre Dame (2), Virginia (3), North Carolina (17) and Syracuse (22).
• Three of the five Tewaaraton Award finalists hail from the ACC: Duke’s Brennan O’Neill, Notre Dame’s Pat Kavanagh and Virginia’s Connor Shellenberger. Eight ACC players were nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, also the most of any conference.
• Duke earned its 10th ACC Championship in program history and second in the last three years. The Blue Devils have won 13 regular-season crowns titles and seven ACC Tournament championships. The ACC Tournament determined the league champion from 1989-2019.
• Eight ACC players were chosen in the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League Draft, held May 9: UVa’s Thomas McConvey (No.
8 overall), ND’s Brian Tevlin (10), UVa’s Xander Dickson (11), UNC’s Connor Maher (13), UVa’s Petey LaSalla (14), SU’s Cole Kirst (18), Duke’s Garrett Leadmon (22), ND’s Chris Fake (24).
• The ACC features four of the nation’s top 10 active career goal scorers: UVa’s Thomas McConvey (4th, 153) and Payton Cormier (8th, 150), Duke’s Dyson Williams and Duke’s Brennan O’Neill (T10th, 142).
• Four ACC players are among the top five in the nation’s active career assists leaders: UVa’s Connor Shellenberger (1st, 129), ND’s Pat Kavanagh (2nd, 128), Duke’s Tommy Schelling and UNC’s Logan McGovern (T7th, 98).
• ACC teams comprise five of the top 13 scoring offenses in the nation: Virginia (1st, 17.6), Notre Dame (3rd, 15.8), Duke (4th, 15.3), North Carolina (8th, 14.6) and Syracuse (13th, 14.3).
• ACC teams boast three of the top four scoring margins in the nation: ND (1st, 6.0), Virginia (3rd, 5.4) and Duke (4th, 4.7).
• Notre Dame (6th, 9.9) and Duke (16th, 10.
7) also rank among the teams nationally in scoring defense.
• Notre Dame’s Pat Kavanagh and UVa’s Connor Shellenberger rank first and second nationally in assists per game, respectively, at 3.75 and 3.31.
• Five ACC players rank among the top 20 players nationally in goals per game: UVa’s Xander Dickson (3rd, 4.0) and Payton Cormier (5th, 3.6), Duke’s Dyson Williams (7th, 3.4), ND’s Chris Kavanagh (12th, 3.2) and Duke’s Brennan O’Neill (19th, 2.9).
• ND goalie Liam Entenmann ranks sixth in the nation in goals-against average (9.7), while Duke’s William Helm is 17th (10.7).
• Four ACC coaches rank among the top 10 in career wins among active coaches, most of any conference: Duke’s John Danowski (first, 456), ND’s Kevin Corrigan (third, 341), UNC’s Joe Breschi (fifth, 244) and Virginia’s Lars Tiffany (ninth, 191).
• Danowski owns the most wins of any active Division I head coach (456) and is third all-time.
• The ACC returns two previous Tewaaraton finalists: Virginia’s Connor Shellenberger (2022) and Notre Dame’s Pat Kavanagh (2021).
• Virginia made its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance last season, reaching the quarterfinals.
Virginia Men’s Lacrosse | Virginia Earns No. 2 Seed in NCAA Tournament; Hosts Richmond Saturday
NCAA FIRST ROUND TICKET & PARKING INFORMATION
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $15 for reserved seats and $5 for students. Tickets go on sale Monday (May 8) beginning at 9 a.m. Fans may purchase tickets in advance via UVAtix.com or by calling the Virginia Athletics ticket office (434-924-8821). Fans may also purchase tickets at the Klöckner Stadium box office starting one hour prior to the event.
Reserved season-ticket members may purchase their seats held during the regular season by calling the Virginia Athletics ticket office.
Tickets will be held until 5 p.m. on Monday before being released to the public.
Parking is $10 per space at the John Paul Jones South and West Lots and may be purchased in advance or upon drive up, subject to availability. Parking passes must be purchased using a valid credit/debit card; cash will not be accepted on site. Spots are first come, first served. Free parking is also available at the UVA Emmett/Ivy Garage.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The second-ranked Virginia men’s lacrosse team (11-3) will be a No. 2 seed and host Richmond (11-4) in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament on Saturday (May 13). Opening faceoff from Klöckner Stadium is set for noon on ESPNU.
The Cavaliers will make their fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Lars Tiffany, also the program’s 42nd overall. Virginia earned a top-2 seed for the first time since 2010. Saturday’s game at Klöckner Stadium marks UVA’s 30th NCAA Tournament game in Charlottesville and 17th at Klöckner Stadium.
The ACC’s Duke (1) and Notre Dame (3) also earned top-3 seeds after both programs were not selected to participate in last year’s tournament.
In its first year in the Atlantic 10, Richmond defeated High Point, 15-8, in the conference championship game on Saturday (May 6). After dropping their first A10 game of the season to Saint Joseph’s, the Spiders closed out the regular season with four straight conference wins.
The Cavaliers lead the all-time series over Richmond, 8-1. The two teams squared off earlier this season on March 4 at Klöckner Stadium, when UVA earned its largest win in series history, 25-8. The Spiders started their program in 2014 and hosted UVA in its inaugural matchup in Richmond.
The winner of Virginia and Richmond will face the winner of seventh-seeded Georgetown (12-3) and Yale (9-5) in the quarterfinals in Albany, N.Y. at University of Albany’s Tom & Mary Casey Stadium on Saturday, May 20. Opening faceoff will commence at either noon for 2:30 p.
m. on ESPNU.
Championship Weekend is set for May 25 and 27 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. Both semifinal matchups will be broadcast on ESPN2 on May 25, while the championship game is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN on Memorial Day (May 27).
NOTES ON THE HOOS AND THE 2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT
- Virginia earned its fifth straight NCAA Tournament berth under Lars Tiffany, the program’s 42nd overall.
- Saturday’s home contest marks UVA’s 30th NCAA Tournament game held in Charlottesville and 17th at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers are 21-8 in NCAA Tournament games in Charlottesville and 13-3 at Klöckner Stadium.
- Saturday’s game marks the first NCAA Tournament game between UVA and Richmond.
- The last time UVA was a top-2 seed in the NCAA Tournament was in 2010.
- The last time Championship Weekend was held at Lincoln Financial Field was in 2019, when the Cavaliers captured the program’s sixth NCAA title and eighth national championship overall.
