Notre Dame guys’s lacrosse group makes quiet exit from NCAA

It wasn’t simply that Notre Dame’s quest for a 3rd straight nationwide title in men’s lacrosse withered and died Sunday in Annapolis, Md., in an NCAA quarterfinal matchup.It was how it

died.The Irish, trying to be just the 2nd unseeded group ever to win the championship, didn’t even make it to the Final Four this time, mostly since the country’s No. 8 scoring offense went the last 21 minutes of their clash with 5 seed Penn State without scoring in a 14-12 collapse at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium.The Nittany Lions (11-4), meanwhile, move on to Saturday’s nationwide semis in Foxborough, Mass., where they’ll satisfy No. 1 seed Cornell (16-1 )with the difference of being the only group to knock off the Big Red this season– 13-12 in overtime back on March 8. That game is set for noon EDT at Gillette Stadium. Saturday’s survivors meet for the national title Monday, Might 26, at 1 p.m. in the very same facility.No. 2 seed Maryland beat unseeded Georgetown, 9-6, later Sunday afternoon in the final quarterfinal of the weekend to identify 6 seed Syracuse’s semifinal opponent.Notre Dame( 9-5 )looked well on its way to be part of the Foxborough celebrations after a flurry of third-period goals

— three in the period of 72 seconds– provided the Irish a 12-6 command with 5:56 left in the period.And then the Irish offense went quiet, and Penn State went on an 8-0 run to liquidate the game. Matt Traynor completed with six objectives– consisting of the consent score with 7:27 left– and a help for the Nittany Lions.Kyle Lehman and Ethan Long included hat tricks, with five of those objectives can be found in the second half for Penn State, which was a collective 3-for-22 shooting in the first half and tracked 8-3 at the break. The Nittany Lions transformed 11 of their 16 second-half shots.” I think conviction,” Penn State coach Jeff Tambroni stated postgame on the ESPNU broadcast of what changed in the 2nd half for his team.”I seemed like in the very first half, we were simply hoping things would open up. And in the 2nd half, I think we just did a better task of dedicating to our dodges, devoting to our shots, dedicating to our offense. We did a better job of committing, going all in.”Chris Kavanagh and Devon McLane had 3 goals and two assists apiece for the Irish, while Jake Taylor scored two objectives. Thomas Ricciardelli taped 10 saves in goal.”I have actually got a lot of regard for Notre Dame,”Tambroni said.”Entering into halftime, I did

n’t seem like a lot was working out. I didn’t believe we were playing great defense.”We weren’t facing-off well. We weren’t playing great offense, however I just couldn’t be anymore proud of the captains, seniors, the whole

method they came out in the 3rd quarter. They revealed a lot of belief. So darn proud and delighted for our fan base, our guys and for Penn State.”PENN STATE 14, NOTRE DAME 12: Box Rating