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
Athletic director	Pete Bevacqua
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 Quarterfinals
	2002, 2006, 2009, 2016, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
	2009

Founded1997

UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame

Athletic directorPete Bevacqua

Head coachChristine Halfpenny (since 2012 season)

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse team is an 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.

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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	367	Andie Aldave	2018–21
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	152	Andie Aldave	2019
Caused turnovers	55	Barbara Sullivan	2016
Saves	180	Samantha Giacolone	2017
Save %	.548	Tara Durkin	2000
GAA	7.49	Jen White	2002

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NCAA Division I (Independent) (1997–2000)
1997	Tracy Coyne	5–4
1998	Tracy Coyne	7–6
1999	Tracy Coyne	9–6
2000	Tracy Coyne	5–10
NCAA Division I (Big East Conference) (2001–2013)
2001	Tracy Coyne	10–5	4–2	3rd
2002	Tracy Coyne	13–5	5–1	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2003	Tracy Coyne	8–7	4–2	3rd
2004	Tracy Coyne	12–5	4–2	T-2nd	NCAA First Round
2005	Tracy Coyne	3–12	1–4	T-4th
2006	Tracy Coyne	15–4	4–1	2nd	NCAA Semifinal
2007	Tracy Coyne	11–6	3–2	T-3rd
2008	Tracy Coyne	12–7	4–1	2nd	NCAA First Round
2009	Tracy Coyne	16–5	5–2	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2010	Tracy Coyne	11–7	6–2	T-2nd	NCAA First Round
2011	Tracy Coyne	10–9	6–2	T-3rd
2012	Christine Halfpenny	13–5	6–2	3rd	NCAA First Round
2013	Christine Halfpenny	12–5	5–3	T-4th	NCAA First Round
NCAA Division I (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014	Christine Halfpenny	10–9	2–5	7th	NCAA Second Round
2015	Christine Halfpenny	11–9	3–4	T-5th	NCAA Second Round
2016	Christine Halfpenny	14–7	4–3	T-3rd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2017	Christine Halfpenny	11–8	4–3	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2018	Christine Halfpenny	10–9	3–4	5th
2019	Christine Halfpenny	14–5	5–2	4th	NCAA Second Round
2020	Christine Halfpenny	7–0	2–0		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Christine Halfpenny	8–5	5–5	4th
Total:		257–160 (.616)
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

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Score
2002	#7	First Round Quarterfinal	Ohio State #2 Princeton	W, 11–7 L, 5–11
2004	#9	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	#10	First Round	#1 Northwestern	L, 7–15
2009	#6	First Round Quarterfinal	Vanderbilt #3 North Carolina	W, 19–13 L, 10–16
2010	#14	First Round	#2 Northwestern	L, 7–19
2012	#8	First Round	#2 Northwestern	L, 7–12
2013	#9	First Round	Stanford	L, 7–8
2014	#8	First Round Second Round	High Point Duke	W, 18–4 L, 8–10
2015	#12	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
2019	#7	First Round Second Round	Stanford #4 Northwestern	W, 15–9 L, 13–10
2021	#5	First Round Second Round Quarterfinal	Robert Morris Virginia Boston College	W, 16–0 W, 13–8
2022	--	First Round	Michigan	L, 11–17
2023	#5	First Round Second Round Quarterfinal	Mercer #6 Florida #3 Boston College	W, 21–6 W, 16–15 L, 6–20

Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's lacrosse

Individual single-season records

Seasons

Postseason Results

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