Notre Dame lacrosse will be ready for anything on Final Four grass
In the carefully calibrated process of helping a 53-man roster peak during a two-hour game window, nothing is too small for Notre Dame to consider.
SOUTH BEND — With rain in the forecast all Championship Weekend at the University of Virginia, Notre Dame lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan isn’t about to be caught off guard. “You’ve got to have extra cleats, but we need to have rain gear for guys, we need to have extra food in case we’re delayed,” Corrigan said this week ahead of his eighth Final Four trip. “It’s all those things.
You’re trying to look around every corner right now to make sure you’re as well prepared as you could be. ” Scott Stadium’s natural grass surface will need to hold up for five games in a span of three days, including a pair of title games on Sunday at the Division II (Tampa vs. Adelphi) and Division III (Tufts vs.
RIT) levels. Saturday’s semifinal matching the second-seeded Irish against sixth-seeded Syracuse is set for 2:30 p. m.
, but it will follow a noon matchup between top-seeded Princeton and resurgent Duke. In the carefully calibrated process of helping a 53-man roster peak during a precise two-hour game window, nothing is too small to consider. More: Why one jersey number means a little more for Notre Dame lacrosse “And then you’ve got the possibility of thunderstorms,” Corrigan said after practice on Wednesday.