Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse: Back to the Final Four

For the third time in four years, the Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse team is heading back to the Final Four, and as Memorial Day weekend looms, we are looking for our third national championship in four seasons. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on Long Island, the Irish beat Johns Hopkins by a final score of 15-9, punching our ticket to Charlottesville, while also exercising the demons from last year’s May quarterfinal loss to Penn State. It was an all around excellent effort from our Irish so let’s get into everything and give you all our thoughts on the big Irish win.

How did the Irish win on Saturday When Josh Yago transferred from the Air Force Academy to Notre Dame, I am not sure a lot of us knew what we were going to be getting. I think a lot of us thought we were maybe getting an X attackman who was going to lead our offense from behind the goal. I am not sure many of us pictured an alpha with the ball up top who has the speed and physical presence that Josh has.

He is fast, he is quick, he is intentional, he is two-handed, he is strong, he is serene, he is uber-talented, and he was every bit the best player on the field on Long Island on Saturday. 4 goals and 3 assists in his first ever quarterfinal game was just awesome. He has shown so much this year, but I think Saturday was his best overall game as Johns Hopkins did not have an answer for him all day.

𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊: Josh Yago, @NDlacrosse ☘️ Yago went off in Notre Dame's quarterfinal win over Hopkins, finishing with seven points (4G, 3A) and ZERO turnovers. pic. twitter.