The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s lacrosse team looks to advance but will have to get through the Syracuse Orange first. The two schools with ACC ties meet in the NCAA semifinals Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
This isn’t a new step for the Irish, who have won two of the last three NCAA Championships, with titles in 2023 and 2024. Notre Dame owns a 32-26 record in its 29 trips to the NCAA Championship. Josh Yago was huge in ND’s 15-9 win over Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals, finishing with three goals and four assists.
As for the Orange, they’re the only returning semifinal team from last year. Syracuse took down No. 4 North Carolina behind a six-point day from Joey Spallina. They’ll need him to be on fire again in this match-up.
The winner advances to Monday’s national championship game against No. 1 Princeton, who defeated Duke 14-7 on Saturday.
0:29- 4th Quarter
| 2026 NCAA 0Men’s Lacrosse Semifinal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 6 Syracuse Orange (13-5) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-2) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Syracuse vs. Notre Dame live box score NCAA men’s lacrosse semifinal
Syracuse Orange
| NO | Name | POS | G | A | SH | SOG | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | JORDAN BECK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MICHAEL LEO | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39 | JIMMY MCCOOL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 35 | BILLY DWAN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | LUKE RHOA | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 23 | FINN THOMSON | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22 | JOEY SPALLINA | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 11 | RILEY FIGUEIRAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | WYATT HOTTLE | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 88 | PAYTON ANDERSON | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 40 | TUCKER KELLOGG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | GREG ELIJAH-BROWN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 32 | LOUIS D’AGOSTINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | JAYDEN KITTELBERGER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | VINCENT BOLOGNINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | JAKE SPALLINA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | JOHN MULLEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 26 | CHUCK KUCZYNSKI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | MATT MCINTEE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | BOGUE HAHN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | TED RAWSON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | TYLER MCCARTHY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 25 | ||
| Goalies | POS | MIN | SAVES | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 59 | 11 | 15 | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
| NO | Name | POS | G | A | SH | SOG | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | LUKE MILLER | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| 12 | JOSH YAGO | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1 | THOMAS RICCIARDELLI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | MATT JEFFERY | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | WILL ANGRICK | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | WILL MAHERAS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 90 | SHAWN LYGHT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | BROCK BEHRMAN | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| 27 | NATE SCHWITZENBERG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | WILL GALLAGHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 72 | THOMAS PORELL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | AIDAN DIAZ-MATOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | BRADY POKORNY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | GAVIN BURLACE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | FISHER FINLEY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | TEDDY LALLY | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | DYLAN FAISON | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 81 | WILL DONOVAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23 | MAX BUSENKELL | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | CHRIS REIHNARDT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | GAVIN LYNCH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | TYLER SPANO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | JALEN SEYMOUR | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | JAKE VASQUEZ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | CHRISTIAN ALACQUA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 55 | CHRISTOPHER IULIANO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 44 | KYLE BERGEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 13 | 47 | 26 | 32 | ||
| Goalies | POS | MIN | SAVES | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 59 | 14 | 7 | |
How to watch Syracuse vs. Notre Dame: 2026 NCAA men’s lacrosse semifinal
Face-off: 2:55 p.m. ET *Moved from 2:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2