Game Notes for the Division I First-Round Games on Sunday
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#4-Seed Notre Dame vs. Yale [notes from Notre Dame]
No. 4 seed Notre Dame (11-2) will play host to unseeded Yale (11-4) on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA Championship. Faceoff is slated for 5:15 p.m. (ET) at Arlotta Stadium. The game will be aired on ESPNU/ESPN3 with John Brickley (play-by-play) and Jamie Munro (analyst) calling the action. Live stats will be available via GameTracker on UND.com.
The Irish earned an at-large berth into the tournament, while the Bulldogs won the Ivy League Championship. This will be just the second meeting ever between Notre Dame and Yale. The Bulldogs topped the Irish, 17-5, during the 1983 season in Baltimore, Md. The winner of the Notre Dame-Yale contest will face the winner of the first-round tilt between Virginia and Princeton in the quarterfinals on Sunday, May 20 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. Virginia is the tournament's fifth seed, while Princeton is unseeded.
Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament
• The Fighting Irish are making their seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Championship. Overall, the Irish have qualified for the NCAA tournament 17 times with every trip occurring under head coach Kevin Corrigan.
• Notre Dame is 9-16 all-time in NCAA play. Last season, Notre Dame also garnered the tournament's No. 4 seed and defeated Penn, 13-6, in the first round before falling to Duke, 7-5, in the quarterfinals.
• Notre Dame has advanced to at least the quarterfinals on six occasions, including three times in the last four tournaments. The best finish for the Irish was a title game appearance in 2010. Notre Dame was a semifinalist in 2001.
• This is the fifth time that the Fighting Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for theNCAA Championship. The No. 4 seed matches the highest-ever for Notre Dame. The Irish also were seeded for the 2001 (5th), 2008 (6th), 2009 (7th) and 2011 (4th) tournaments.
A Look at Yale
• Yale will bring a nine-game win streak into Sunday's showdown against the Irish. The Bulldogs captured the Ivy League Tournament title with wins over Cornell (14-10) and Princeton (15-7). Yale went 4-2 in Ivy League regular-season play.
• Yale is averaging 11.27 goals per game, while allowing 8.93 per contest. Senior attackman Matt Gibson has a team-high 56 points on 27 goals and 29 assists. Junior attackman Deron Dempster leads the Bulldogs in goals with 33. Sophomore Jack Meyer has 12 starts in goal and has a 9-4 record with an 8.45 goals-against average and a .498 save percentage. Sophomore Dylan Levings has a .634 (173-273) faceoff winning percentage.
• The Bulldogs went 10-4 last season, which included a 3-3 mark in the Ivy League.
• Head coach Andy Shay is in his ninth season at the helm of the Yale program.
• This is Yale's first NCAA Championship appearance since 1992. It's the fourth NCAA appearance in program history. The Bulldogs are 3-2 in NCAA play.
Common Opponents
• Notre Dame and Yale have two common opponents this season (Providence and St. John's). The Irish defeated Providence (9-1) and St. John's (13-6) during the regular season before falling to the Red Storm (8-7) in the BIG EAST Championship. Yale captured victories over both Providence (9-6) and St. John's (19-6).
Irish Against the Ivy League
• This is the third straight season that Notre Dame has faced an Ivy League opponent in the first round of the NCAA Championship. The Irish won at Princeton, 8-5, in the opening round of the 2010 tournament and downed Penn, 13-6, in last season's first round at Arlotta Stadium.
• The Fighting Irish are 3-1 against the Ivy League in the NCAA Championship. The other win was a 12-7 decision over Cornell in the 2010 semifinals. Notre Dame fell at Harvard, 9-3, in the first round of the 1990 NCAA Championship. That was Notre Dame's first-ever NCAA tournament game.
• Notre Dame is 20-14 (.588) all-time against teams from the Ivy League. This will be Notre Dame's first game against an Ivy League opponent this season.
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#4-Seed Notre Dame vs. Yale [notes from Notre Dame]
No. 4 seed Notre Dame (11-2) will play host to unseeded Yale (11-4) on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA Championship. Faceoff is slated for 5:15 p.m. (ET) at Arlotta Stadium. The game will be aired on ESPNU/ESPN3 with John Brickley (play-by-play) and Jamie Munro (analyst) calling the action. Live stats will be available via GameTracker on UND.com.
The Irish earned an at-large berth into the tournament, while the Bulldogs won the Ivy League Championship. This will be just the second meeting ever between Notre Dame and Yale. The Bulldogs topped the Irish, 17-5, during the 1983 season in Baltimore, Md. The winner of the Notre Dame-Yale contest will face the winner of the first-round tilt between Virginia and Princeton in the quarterfinals on Sunday, May 20 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. Virginia is the tournament's fifth seed, while Princeton is unseeded.
Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament
• The Fighting Irish are making their seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Championship. Overall, the Irish have qualified for the NCAA tournament 17 times with every trip occurring under head coach Kevin Corrigan.
• Notre Dame is 9-16 all-time in NCAA play. Last season, Notre Dame also garnered the tournament's No. 4 seed and defeated Penn, 13-6, in the first round before falling to Duke, 7-5, in the quarterfinals.
• Notre Dame has advanced to at least the quarterfinals on six occasions, including three times in the last four tournaments. The best finish for the Irish was a title game appearance in 2010. Notre Dame was a semifinalist in 2001.
• This is the fifth time that the Fighting Irish have earned one of the eight national seeds for theNCAA Championship. The No. 4 seed matches the highest-ever for Notre Dame. The Irish also were seeded for the 2001 (5th), 2008 (6th), 2009 (7th) and 2011 (4th) tournaments.
A Look at Yale
• Yale will bring a nine-game win streak into Sunday's showdown against the Irish. The Bulldogs captured the Ivy League Tournament title with wins over Cornell (14-10) and Princeton (15-7). Yale went 4-2 in Ivy League regular-season play.
• Yale is averaging 11.27 goals per game, while allowing 8.93 per contest. Senior attackman Matt Gibson has a team-high 56 points on 27 goals and 29 assists. Junior attackman Deron Dempster leads the Bulldogs in goals with 33. Sophomore Jack Meyer has 12 starts in goal and has a 9-4 record with an 8.45 goals-against average and a .498 save percentage. Sophomore Dylan Levings has a .634 (173-273) faceoff winning percentage.
• The Bulldogs went 10-4 last season, which included a 3-3 mark in the Ivy League.
• Head coach Andy Shay is in his ninth season at the helm of the Yale program.
• This is Yale's first NCAA Championship appearance since 1992. It's the fourth NCAA appearance in program history. The Bulldogs are 3-2 in NCAA play.
Common Opponents
• Notre Dame and Yale have two common opponents this season (Providence and St. John's). The Irish defeated Providence (9-1) and St. John's (13-6) during the regular season before falling to the Red Storm (8-7) in the BIG EAST Championship. Yale captured victories over both Providence (9-6) and St. John's (19-6).
Irish Against the Ivy League
• This is the third straight season that Notre Dame has faced an Ivy League opponent in the first round of the NCAA Championship. The Irish won at Princeton, 8-5, in the opening round of the 2010 tournament and downed Penn, 13-6, in last season's first round at Arlotta Stadium.
• The Fighting Irish are 3-1 against the Ivy League in the NCAA Championship. The other win was a 12-7 decision over Cornell in the 2010 semifinals. Notre Dame fell at Harvard, 9-3, in the first round of the 1990 NCAA Championship. That was Notre Dame's first-ever NCAA tournament game.
• Notre Dame is 20-14 (.588) all-time against teams from the Ivy League. This will be Notre Dame's first game against an Ivy League opponent this season.
2012-05-11
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