University of Notre Dame

2010 Record: 10-7
NCAA At-Large Tournament Selection (Beat Princeton, Maryland, and Cornell; Lost to Duke in Championship Game in OT)

In 2010, the Fighting Irish made their first appearance in the NCAA Championship game, falling in a dramatic overtime to the Duke Blue Devils at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore after knocking off #6 Princeton, #3 Maryland, and #7 Cornell in the previous rounds of the tournament. The 2010 team posted a 7-6 in-season record and was an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament. Under the leadership of longtime Head Coach Kevin Corrigan, Notre Dame has built an outstanding nationally ranked program over the past twenty years, including an undefeated 2009 regular season, and a national ranking as high as #2. The Irish have made five straight appearances in the NCAA tournament, culminating in this year's title game.

Senior goalie Scott Rogers was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Joining Rogers on the all-tournament team were junior midfielder Zach Brenneman and junior defenseman Kevin Ridgeway. These student-athletes also received All-America honors from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) along with junior midfielder David Earl and senior midfielder Grant Krebs.  Read more about Notre Dame lacrosse.

About University of Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan In his twenty-two years as head coach at Notre Dame, Kevin Corrigan has put the Fighting Irish on the national lacrosse map. Taking over a team in 1988 that had never made a post-season NCAA appearance, Corrigan's teams have received 15 invitations since 1990, and in addition to 15 conference titles and 18 top 20 national rankings in the past 22 years, Corrigan was named GWLL Coach of the Year five times.  Irish student-athletes who have played under Coach Corrigan have been highly decorated. At least one Notre Dame player has garnered All-America accolades in each of the last 17 years, with 24 individuals earning a total of 41 All-America honors. Six Irish players have been named the GWLL player of the year, while Notre Dame student-athletes have gained all-conference mention on 117 occasions, an average of more than five per season. A 1981 graduate of the University of Virginia, where he was an outstanding midfielder, Corrigan served as an assistant coach at both UVA and Notre Dame. Before taking the head coaching job at Notre Dame, Corrigan served in the same position at Randolph-Macon College.

Johns Hopkins University

2009 Record: 7-8
NCAA At-Large Tournament Selection; Lost to Duke in First Round

In 2010 the Blue Jays closed their regular season out with an impressive win against #8 Loyola and earned their 39th straight bid to the NCAA Tournament, the longest active qualifying streak of any team in any Division I team sport.  The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays have won 9 NCAA Championships, 29 USILA titles, and 6 ILA titles, for an unprecedented 44 national championships.  Head Coach Dave Pietramala has coached over 150 games for the Blue Jays, second only to legendary coach Bob Scott.

Two JHU seniors, midfielder Michael Kimmel and attackman Steven Boyle, were named to the 2010 USILA All-America team.  Kimmel finished second on the team in scoring with 23 goals and 16 assists for 39 points.  He also finished second on the team in ground balls (37).  His 23 goals also tied his career high and his 39-point effort marked the fourth straight season he totaled 30 or more points.  He is just the third midfielder in school history to total 30 or more points four times.  Boyle enjoyed the finest statistical season of his career in 2010 as he led the team in goals (32), assists (23) and points (55).  He also scored a team-high five extra-man goals and his goal, assist and point totals were all career highs.  He was one of just 11 players in the nation to post 30 or more goals and 20 or more assists. Read more about John Hopkins lacrosse.

About Johns Hopkins University Head Coach Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala spent four years as a standout defenseman for the Blue Jays from 1986 though 1989, and the last ten years rebuilding the program to the status it held during his playing days. The record of the program - with its 44 national championships, nine NCAA titles, 39 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and 179 First Team All-Americans, is as daunting as it is impressive.  Pietramala has guided the Blue Jays to a 113-38 record, ten trips to the NCAA Tournament, six appearances in the Final Four, the 2005 and 2007 National Championships and two other appearances in the NCAA Championship game (2003, 2008). From 2002 through 2005 the Blue Jays posted a 55-6 record with only three losses in the regular season. The Blue Jays ended the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 regular seasons ranked number one in the nation and were the top seed in the NCAA Tournament in each of those four years as well. The 2005 national title also made Pietramala the first person in the history of college lacrosse to win a Division I national championship as a player and a head coach.  Following his graduation from JHU, Coach Pietramala held a series of assistant coaching positions, returning to Hopkins as the defensive coordinator for three years (1995-97) before accepting the head coaching position at Cornell in August of 1997. Just under three years later he was back "home" and the history and tradition of the program have been in his care ever since.