Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse

Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse
Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse
Founded	1997
University	University of Notre Dame
Head coach	Christine Halfpenny (since 2012 season)
Stadium	Arlotta Family Lacrosse Stadium (capacity: 2500)
Location	Notre Dame, Indiana
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Nickname	Fighting Irish
Colors	Blue and gold;
NCAA Tournament Final Fours
	2006
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
	2009

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse team is a NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing the University of Notre Dame as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They play their home games at Arlotta Family Lacrosse Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Individual career records

Reference:^[2]

Record	Amount	Player	Years
Goals	262	Jillian Byers	2006-09
Assists	151	Maggie Tamasitis	2009-12
Points	336	Jillian Byers	2006-09
Ground balls	193	Kathryn Lam	1999-02
Draw controls	269	Barbara Sullivan	2012-16
Caused turnovers	159	Barbara Sullivan	2012-16
Saves	528	Ellie Hilling	2010-13
Save %	.531	Tara Durkin	2000-01
GAA	8.79	Jen White	2000-03

Record	Amount	Player	Years
Goals	83	Jillian Byers	2009
Assists	59	Maggie Tamasitis	2012
Points	114	Crysti Foote	2006
Ground balls	64	Margaret Smith	2014
Draw controls	98	Andie Aldave	2018
Caused turnovers	55	Barbara Sullivan	2016
Saves	180	Samantha Giacolone	2017
Save %	.548	Tara Durkin	2000
GAA	7.49	Jen White	2002

Reference:^[3]

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NCAA Division I (Independent) (1997–2000)
1997	Tracy Coyne	5-4
1998		7-6
1999		9-6
2000		5-10
NCAA Division I (Big East Conference) (2001–2013)
2001		10-5	4-2	3rd
2002		13-5	5-1	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2003		8-7	4-2	3rd
2004		12-5	4-2	T-2nd	NCAA First Round
2005		3-12	1-4	T-4th
2006		15-4	4-1	2nd	NCAA Semifinal
2007		11-6	3-2	T-3rd
2008		12-7	4-1	2nd	NCAA First Round
2009		16-5	5-2	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2010		11-7	6-2	T-2nd	NCAA First Round
2011		10-9	6-2	T-3rd
2012	Christine Halfpenny	13-5	6-2	3rd	NCAA First Round
2013		12-5	5-3	T-4th	NCAA First Round
NCAA Division I (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014		10-9	2-5	7th	NCAA Second Round
2015		11-9	3-4	T-5th	NCAA Second Round
2016		14-7	4-3	T-3rd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2017		11-8	4-3	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
Total:		218-141 (.607)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

The Fighting Irish have appeared in 12 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 7-12.^[4]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Score
2002	--	First Round Quarterfinal	Ohio State #2 Princeton	W, 11-7 L, 5-11
2004	--	First Round	Northwestern	L, 8-10
2006	#6	First Round Quarterfinal Semifinal	Cornell #3 Georgetown #7 Dartmouth	W, 16-8 W, 12-9 L, 8-14
2008	--	First Round	#1 Northwestern	L, 7-15
2009	#6	First Round Quarterfinal	Vanderbilt #3 North Carolina	W, 19-13 L, 10-16
2010	--	First Round	#2 Northwestern	L, 7-19
2012	--	First Round	#2 Northwestern	L, 7-12
2013	--	First Round	Stanford	L, 7-8
2014	#8	First Round Second Round	High Point Duke	W, 18-4 L, 8-10
2015	--	First Round Second Round	Ohio State #8 Northwestern	W, 13-11 L, 11-16
2016	#6	Second Round Quarterfinal	Northwestern #3 North Carolina	W, 15-3 L, 6-10
2017	--	First Round	Cornell	L, 7-12