Irish Fall to Michigan in NCAA Tournament

EVANSTON, ILL. – The Notre Dame girls’s lacrosse workforce held the Michigan Wolverines in a detailed NCAA Event first spherical recreation. The Irish finally fell 17-11 to the Wolverines ending their NCAA Event run. 

Kelly Denes had a standout evening on the draw circle when she tallied seven draw controls getting her to 100 draw controls in a single season. 

Maddie Howe led the Irish with three objectives on the night. Kasey Choma was proper behind with two objectives of her personal.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The primary quarter of the matchup noticed Michigan get on the board first with a 3-0 run. It was when Madison Mote fired on a free place try to provide the Irish their first objective and go on a run themselves. Notre Dame then noticed objectives from Jackie Wolak on a free place try adopted by a objective from Keelin Schlageter to tie issues at three.

The second quarter opened with one other Michigan 3-0 run. The Irish stopped the Wolverines when Kelly Denes took it herself and gave the Irish a objective to convey the rating to 6-4. Maddie Howe slid in one other Irish objective when she faked her method by a Wolverine defender to go low and take it one on one with the Michigan goalie. The Irish and Wolverines would commerce factors the remainder of the quarter with Notre Dame tallying yet another objective from Madison Ahern going into halftime at 9-6.

The Irish opened the third quarter in search of the comeback when Michigan scored first however Howe instantly responded. Yet one more objective from Kasey Choma would convey the Irish tally to eight objectives going into the fourth quarter from behind 12-8. The fourth quarter would see three late Irish objectives however wouldn’t be sufficient to convey the again in entrance, ultimately falling 17-11.