SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team earned the No. 1 national seed and will welcome the winner of Wednesday’s game between Albany and Sacred Heart to South Bend for the first round of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Sunday, May 12. To purchase tickets to Sunday’s game, click here.
The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET at Arlotta Stadium and it will air on ESPNU.
Notre Dame (12-1) is coming off a successful weekend at the ACC Championships in Charlotte, recording top-10 wins over Virginia and Duke to claim the title. The Irish will enter the NCAA Tournament winners of 10 straight.
The Irish will be the overall No. 1 seed in the tourney for the second time in program history, also earning the top seed in 2015.
The winner of Notre Dame’s first-round contest will take on the winner of the first-round tilt between No. 8 seed Georgetown and Penn State in the quarterfinals. The Irish are in the Hempstead, New York quarterfinal, which will be played on Saturday, May 18.
NOTRE DAME IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- The Irish won their first national title in program history last season, claiming the 2023 NCAA Championship in Philadelphia.
- Notre Dame owns a 25-25 record in 26 previous trips to the NCAA Championship.
- The Irish have now made 17 of the last 18 NCAA Championship fields.
- Notre Dame is 20-11 over its last 12 NCAA Championships.
- The Irish have advanced to at least the NCAA Championship quarterfinals in 11 of its last 12 appearances.
- This is the 15th time overall–and 14th time in the last 16 seasons–the Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for the NCAA Championship.
- The Irish also were seeded for the 2001 (5th), 2008 (6th), 2009 (7th), 2011 (4th), 2012 (4th), 2013 (2nd), 2014 (6th), 2015 (1st), 2016 (3rd), 2017 (4th), 2018 (7th), 2019 (7th), 2021 (6th) and 2023 (3rd) tournaments.
- Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA championship weekend in 2001, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015 and played in the title game in 2010 and 2014 to go along with the 2023 title.
The 17-team NCAA Championship field consists of eight automatic-qualifying teams and eight at-large squads. The top eight teams in the bracket are seeded. Four of the top six teams in the tourney all come from the ACC as No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Syracuse and No. 6 Virginia join the Irish as the top-seeded teams.
The tournament’s semifinals and finals will be held May 25 and 27 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. For more information on the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, including a complete bracket, go to ncaa.com.