ND SPORTS
BY JORDAN WELLS
N
otre Dame, Syracuse and Mary‑
land. Those were the only three
schools in the country to feature
teams ranked in the Inside Lacrosse
top 10 for both men's and women's
programs, as of the April 18 release
of the polls.
The Irish men held down the top
spot in their poll boasting a 9‑1 over‑
all record, with their only blemish
a 9‑8 overtime defeat to then‑No. 2
Denver.
And the women have risen as high
as No. 4 a couple of weeks this year,
and had an 11‑4 mark with four vic‑
tories over top‑20 teams at the time of
the game. Head coach Christine Half‑
penny's squad was ranked No. 10
nationally in the April 18 polls.
Both teams' success obviously
starts at the top, with Halfpenny
and men's head coach Kevin Cor‑
rigan at the respective helms. Their
"coaches" on the field — women's
fifth‑year senior defender Barbara
Sullivan and men's senior attack
Matt Kavanagh — though, help
those efforts, tremendously.
A Garden City, N.Y., native, Sul‑
livan is one of only nine three‑time
Irish Lacrosse Teams Rank
Among The Nation's Best
