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What we do know is that the Irish will be getting a strong and powerful athlete and you cannot have enough of those on your team. Where are his stick skills? We will find that out soon enough. Can he be a hammer on the man up unit? Maybe. Can he provide help on the wing to get ground balls on faceoffs? Maybe. Can he become an integral part of the Notre Dame midfield and be someone who challenges for good playing time? Maybe. No matter what, there is enough out there to get excited around Buchner and this is just another reason for people to come out this spring and support our Fighting Irish as they look to repeat and go back to back. And we mentioned this earlier in our article, but pair this Buchner news with the Jordan Faison football success story and the excitement around him as an Irish lacrosse player this spring? Not to mention #2 overall lacrosse recruit in Matt Jeffery who next year plans to play lacrosse and football? There is no shortage of story lines around Notre Dame lacrosse both this year and in the future. Can’t wait to see him at Arlotta in the spring. https://t.co/NIMcS4GNJ4— Notre Dame Lacrosse (@NDlacrosse) November 26, 2023 Other News and Notes: Inside Lacrosse came out with their Top 50 men’s college players, and as they have done in years past, they introduced ten at a time until they got to the Top 10. No surprise that the list was littered with Notre Dame players and here is where we netted out across the Top 50: #4 - Liam Entenmann #5 - Pat Kavanagh #13 - Eric Dobson #34 - Ben Ramsey #37 - Chris Kavanagh I think they did a pretty good job with Notre Dame’s representation (Chris Kavanagh is too low in my opinion), but I could also see a world where Will Donovan and Jake Taylor have a spot on this list. Both of them definitely would be in my Top 50. Final Thoughts and Notes: We don’t have the 2024 schedule yet, and Notre Dame is notorious for releasing it late, but we are starting to see other teams’ schedules come out so it gives us glimpses as to who and where the Irish will be playing this upcoming spring. We can expect nothing less than it being one of the toughest slates in all of college lacrosse and we know for sure there will be key ACC matchups as the season moves along, specifically with matchups against UVA and Duke. Both those squads are absolutely loaded (again) and I am sure they have one thing on their mind when it comes to Notre Dame........revenge. We are getting closer folks, buckle up... Go Irish!! One month closer to being back#GoIrish
Source: https://www.onefootdown.com/2023/12/6/2 ... ootball-nd