Notre Dame lacrosse lands program record 11 USILA All-Americans
Notre Dame has the best men’s lacrosse team in the country. So obviously that means South Bend is home to some of the best men’s lacrosse players in the country, too.
Just shy of a dozen nationally recognized ones, in fact.
The No. 1 Fighting Irish (14-1) landed 11 USILA All-Americans on Thursday — two days before facing No. 5 Denver (13-3) in the Final Four in Philadelphia — a new program record.
Here’s a look at all 11 of Notre Dame’s honorees. A full list of every winner can be found here.
2024 USILA All-Americans from Notre Dame
FIRST TEAM
• Graduate senior attackman Pat Kavanagh
• Junior midfielder Ben Ramsey
• Graduate senior goalie Liam Entenmann
SECOND TEAM
• Senior midfielder Eric Dobson
• Freshman midfielder Will Donovan
• Freshman defenseman Shawn Lyght
THIRD TEAM
• Junior attackman Chris Kavanagh
• Graduate senior attackman Jake Taylor
• Graduate senior midfielder Devon McLane
• Junior midfielder Will Lynch
• Graduate senior defenseman Chris Conlin
Entenmann was also named the National Goalie of the Year on Thursday in addition to his first-team All-America nod. He’s the first Notre Dame goalie to win the award multiple times. Entenmann has a 9.39 goals against average, which ranks fourth nationally, and a .551 save percentage, which ranks 14th in the country.
The Kavanagh brothers pace Notre Dame in scoring. Chris has 72 points while Pat, who is a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award along with Entenmann, has 69. Chris also leads the team in goals with 36 while Pat has the most assists at 41.
Having two freshmen not named Jordan Faison make the second-team All-America cut goes to show just how talented the Fighting Irish are moving forward. Sure, there are a lot of graduate seniors departing the program at the end of what they hope will be another national championship season, but the future is bright with Donovan, Lyght and others — including juniors like the younger Kavanagh, Ramsey and Lynch.
Lynch has the second-best face-off percentage in the country at .625. Notre Dame has the No. 1 offense in the land, averaging 15.87 goals per game, and much of that can be attributed to the extra possessions given to the Irish by Lynch’s prowess in the center circle.
The Irish’s title defense continues against the Pioneers at noon ET Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The winner of that national semifinal will take on the winner of No. 6 Virginia vs. No. 7 Maryland on Monday at 1 p.m. ET.
