Michigan
5-3
Notre Dame
5-1
Early Lead Not Enough as Michigan Falls at No. 2 Notre Dame
3/16/2024 5:08:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
» Michigan led 2-1 10 minutes into the contest and were tied 3-3 after one quarter, but were outscored 7-1 in the second and were unable to claw back.
» Justin Tiernan led U-M with four goals for his seventh hat trick of the season and has now scored a goal in 18 straight games.
» Michael Boehm and Bo Lockwood had three assists each.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan men's lacrosse team led midway through the first quarter, but were unable to hold it, falling 19-9 against defending NCAA Champion No. 2 Notre Dame on Saturday (March 16) at Arlotta Stadium.
Senior Michael Boehm crept closer to the U-M career points record with one goal and a trio of assists on the day. He now has 209 career points, four short of tying the program record, and his 92 assists are two shy of knotting the U-M career mark. Sophomore Bo Lockwood also chipped in a trio of helpers on the afternoon.
Graduate attackman Justin Tiernan led the Wolverines with four goals for his seventh hat trick of the season and he has now scored at least one goal in 18 straight games.
The Fighting Irish (5-1) got on the board first at 10:51 of the opening quarter on a man-up score. U-M (5-3) answered back at 6:34 on a man-up score from junior Ryan Cohen and a marker in close from Tiernan at 5:08 to take a 2-1 advantage. Following two straight Irish goals, Boehm tied it off a Wietfeldt faceoff win and wing feed as the first quarter ended knotted at three.
Notre Dame ripped off seven straight markers to open the second stanza as Michigan was held scoreless for more than 16 minutes of game action. Tiernan's second of the day broke the drought, converting on a feed from Lockwood with 1:50 to play in the first half as the contest sat at 10-4 at the intermission.
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The Fighting Irish rattled off four more goals to start the second half and led 14-4 at 7:47 of the third quarter of play. An extra-man score from graduate Christian Ronda off a feed from Lockwood snapped the ND scoring streak and brought the count to 14-5.
U-M outscored ND 4-2 in the fourth quarter. Tiernan marked his third of the contest at 14:05 from Boehm to run the score to 17-6 and began a 3-0 Wolverine run that also featured tallies from junior Aidan Mulholland and Ronda as the score got as close as 17-8 with 7:34 to play. Tiernan's fourth came with 4:34 to play as the scoreline finished off at 19-9.
Senior faceoff man Justin Wietfeldt went 5-for-7 at the dot in the first quarter, and ended the day with a 13-for-26 stat line with eight ground balls. Graduate defender Cathal Roberts had two ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers.
U-M begins its Big Ten schedule next Saturday (March 23) against No. 5 Maryland. Faceoff is slated for 2:30 p.m., and the contest will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network.
