Chris Kavanagh made sure that Sunday’s NCAA Tournament first round matchup at Ohio State wasn’t his last game in a Notre Dame men’s lacrosse uniform.
The senior attacker provided a relentless effort at the heart of a commanding 16-5 win over the fourth-seeded Buckeyes to secure the Irish a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals. Kavanagh, who was last year’s Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament, led the Irish (9-4) with three goals and two assists, but the pressure he applied on Ohio State (14-3) can’t be captured through statistics.
In the middle of the third period, Kavanagh bullied Ohio State goaltender Caleb Fyock, who had possession behind the net, to knock the ball free.