Historic game versus Clemson

By PETER BREEN

sports Writer

n otre d ame women’s lacrosse handed c lemson their first loss in program history s aturday afternoon at the Loftus s ports c enter. The n o. 14 Irish — thanks to the 12-9 win in their A cc opener — improved to 3-1 on the season.

Junior midfielder Kasey c homa and senior attacker Jackie Wolak led the way for the Irish with a hat trick each. m inorly thwarted by the Tiger’s 16 total saves, n otre d ame assuaged a white-knuckle victory taking advantage of c lemson’s 16 total turnovers.

Tiger graduate student attacker Gianna n ew, who would complete the afternoon with a hat trick of her own, drew first blood about 200 seconds into the competition. o ver the next seven minutes of play, the Irish recorded three unanswered goals, and the scoreboard