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ND SPORTS captains spanning all sports in Notre Dame history, joining a list that dates back to football's Jack Mullen from 1897‑99. "For me, she's been synony‑ mous with Notre Dame lacrosse," Halfpenny said. "Other coaches around here have said when wom‑ en's lacrosse isn't playing, let us know if Barbara Sullivan can play for us, because she competes so hard. "She'll go down in our sport as one of the best all‑time d e f e n d e r s . I t ' s been just a blessed opportunity for me to coach some‑ one like her." That's a pretty strong statement for Sullivan, and i t ' s o n e t h a t ' s echoed by more than those within the Notre Dame program. "Barbara Sullivan is one of the best defenders I have ever watched play in person, of either gender," Patrick McEwen wrote for Inside Lacrosse after Notre Dame's 16‑11 triumph over No. 7 Princeton March 13. "Though she certainly took some risks en route to tying her career high and the school record for caused turnovers, for the most part her posi‑ tioning and footwork was about as good as it gets." In the other locker room, Kavanagh has left his own massive imprint on the men's pro‑ gram. A first‑team A l l ‑ A m e r i c a n and Tewaaraton Award finalist in 2015, the Rock‑ ville Center, N.Y., n a t i v e r a n k e d f i f t h o n N o t re Dame's list of all‑ time point earners (175) entering his senior campaign, and has contrib‑ uted a team‑high 32 this season, placing his career total at 207 as of April 18. "We all have great confidence and faith in Matt Kavanagh," Cor‑ rigan told UND. com, after the se‑ nior attack scored the game‑winning goal to beat Marquette 9‑8 April 13, his fourth extra‑time winner in his career. "Nobody has made more big plays in his college career than he has. "There's nobody in our huddle that doesn't expect that he's going to make plays like that. So I'm not surprised. Fifth-year senior defender Barbara Sullivan is one of just nine athletes across all sports in school history to captain their team for three seasons. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS