Sergio Perkovic – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website
Sergio Perkovic – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website
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CAREER AWARDS, HONORS & RANKINGS
- Three-Time First Team USILA All-American (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Three-Time All-ACC selection (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Three-time ACC All-Academic Team recipient
- 2017 Inside Lacrosse Second Team All-American
- 2017 Team Captain
- 2017 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
- 2017 Tewaaraton Award Nominee
- 2017 Honorary ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
- 2017 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (1st Team)
- 2017 Preseason All-ACC Team
- Five-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week
- Finished career ranked sixth in program history for career goals (111) and 12th in points (134)
- Most goals by a midfielder in program history
AS A SENIOR (2017)
- Started 14 games in his fourth and final season in a midfield position
- Ranked third on the team in goals with 23
- Added a career-high nine assists on the season
- Posted a career-high six goals, including the game winner with under 30 seconds left, in the win over Marquette (4/11)
- Recorded four hat tricks in his senior campaign
- Finished the season with six multi-goal performances
- Became the seventh player in Notre Dame history to reach the 100-goal milestone, scoring against Duke (4/8)
AS A JUNIOR (2016)
- Served on the NCAA Competition Oversight Committee as the lone student representative.
- Started all 15 games for the Irish, finishing with 26 goals, four assists, 14 ground balls and three caused turnovers.
- Ranked third on the team in goals (26) and fourth in points (30).
- Notched three or more goals in six games.
- Scored a season-high four goals on three occasions against Georgetown (2/20), Detroit (2/27) and UNC (4/23).
- Also scored three goals against Virginia (3/19) and twice against Duke (4/10 & 4/29).
- Scored the game-tying goal in regulation with 23 seconds remaining before scoring the game winning overtime goal against Virginia (3/19).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
- Started all 15 games for the Irish
- Finished as the team’s third-leading scorer
- Netted a team-high 34 goals
- Dished off seven assists
- Recorded 22 ground balls
- Earned a spot on the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship All-Tournament Team for the second straight year
- Tallied six hat tricks
- Scored 10 goals and dished off one assist in Notre Dame’s three games during its NCAA tournament run
- Scored at least two goals in 11 contests
- Earned his second monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
- Registered a stellar rookie campaign for the Fighting Irish, ranking fourth on the team in goals (28) and points (33)
- The 28 goals were the most ever for a Notre Dame freshman midfielder
- His 10 man-up goals were tied for the team lead
- Posted nine multiple-goal games
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
- Netted two man-up goals, including the game winner, in the 11-10 come-from-behind victory at North Carolina in the ACC opener
- Scored for four goals and added one assist in the 15-5 victory over Robert Morris
- Scored two goals in four straight games beginning with the 15-14 besting of Syracuse in the title game of the ACC Championship
- Notched two goals in the 13-5 win over Harvard in the first round of the NCAA Championship
- Posted two goals versus Albany in Notre Dame’s 14-13 overtime triumph in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship
- Exploded for a season-high five goals in the 11-9 setback to Duke in the national title game, with all five tallies coming in the second half, including three fourth-quarter goals, as Notre Dame nearly completed an impressive comeback
- Selected to the NCAA All-Tournament Team
PREP AND PERSONAL:
- Earned All-America honors as a junior and senior
- No. 58 overall and the No. 20 midfielder in the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Freshmen
- Four-year varsity player at Brother Rice and captained the team as a junior and senior
- Helped Brother Rice win four state titles
- Michigan player of the year as a junior and senior
- Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association Player of the Year as a senior
- Was the North regional recipient of the Bob Scott Award, which is given annually to seniors who truly honors lacrosse, is invested in the development of the game in his community, is an exceptional player who continually strives to improve his game, and is an exemplary member of his team
- Three-year varsity football player at Brother Rice and captained the team as a senior
- Football squad won state titles during his junior and senior seasons
- First Team All-State in football
- Son of Vasko and Kristina Perkovic
- Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major
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Notre Dame’s Sergio Perkovic presents formidable matchup for No.
4 Syracuse
Men’s Lacrosse
Courtesy of Notre Dame Athletics
One of college lacrosse’s most lethal weapons will face Syracuse in South Bend.
By Josh Schafer
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In the 2014 ACC championship against Syracuse, Sergio Perkovic lowered his shoulder and pushed off a smaller defender to create a shooting lane. The then-Notre Dame freshman ripped a goal short side to give his team an early 1-0 lead.
It was Perkovic’s first of his career against Syracuse. He added another later in that game and has scored three goals his last two games against SU.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound midfielder, who can shoot 111 miles per hour, is a key to No. 1 Notre Dame’s (5-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) offense. Perkovic, a senior, has started all 54 games since he arrived at UND in 2014. He’s racked up 98 goals and 18 assists, giving him 116 points in his career..jpg)
This season, he already has netted 10 goals through six games and will present a formidable matchup for No. 4 Syracuse (6-1, 2-0) on Saturday at noon in South Bend.
“There are some guys who are big and strong who kind of shy away from contact,” former UND teammate and current Denver Outlaw Matt Kavanagh said. “He’s the opposite. He loves it and uses it to his advantage.”
Growing up, size and freak athleticism gave Perkovic options. He played varsity lacrosse, basketball and football, even turning down offers to play on the gridiron at Michigan State, Illinois and Northwestern. His father, Vasko Perkovic, said Michigan and Iowa also showed interest.
In the fifth grade, he traded his hockey stick for a lacrosse stick. He developed the stick skills inherent in his game today by shooting at a net in his backyard. Sometimes, he missed and broke windows on the backside of his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
At Brother Rice (Michigan) High School, he led the Warriors to four straight lacrosse state championships.
He twice was named Player of the Year his junior and senior year of high school. At UND, Perkovic is a two-time All-American. “Embers Deli,” his father’s local restaurant, named a triple-decker sandwich “Sergio’s Pleasure,” with white or wheat toast, corned beef, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato and Russian dressing.
Despite being one of the nation’s top offensive weapons, Perkovic still returns to his old high school to train. On a recent break from school, the senior dragged his father down to the field to feed him balls on a dreary winter day. Vasko fed the Tewaaraton Award watch list honoree.
Perkovic has always worked extensively on his shot, emptying bags of balls before and after practice to get extra shots. His high school coach Rob Ambrose remembers driving by the field on the weekends and seeing Perkovic standing alone launching shots toward an empty net.
“A combination of my size and decent quickness and athleticism help me get me shot off,” Perkovic said.
“That coupled with my range on my shot can separate me.”
A few weeks after the father-son training session, Perkovic texted his father around midnight to tell him about his day. He told his dad he just got back from the Notre Dame facility, where he fired around 600 balls on the cage.
“He never sits more than five minutes on the couch,” Vasko said. “Even on the floor he’s always down stretching or doing something.”
But Vasko understands that’s why his son’s shot is so lethal. When he has time and space, the 111 mile-per-hour fastball is nearly impossible for goalies to stop. Perkovic’s large frame allows him to tuck his stick behind his ear as he loads up for a shot, hiding his stick from the goalkeeper’s view. Often, goalies are left to make a last-second guess as the ball whizzes their way.
Defending his shots will pose as one of SU’s most difficult tasks come Saturday afternoon. As a freshman, he scored five goals in the second half of the NCAA tournament championship game against Duke.
Lock him off and he takes the defender out of a potential slide. Play one-on-one and his right-to-right dodge can give him space. Takeaway his right, and he will split-dodge left. Slide too soon, and he dumps the ball to a teammate for a goal.
“He runs well, has great agility and has a good IQ for the game,” UND head coach Kevin Corrigan said. “He shoots the ball well. He’s an excellent lacrosse player.”
Published on March 29, 2017 at 11:28 pm
Contact Josh: [email protected] | @Schafer_44
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