Game Thread | No. 3 Notre Dame at Elon
No. 3 Notre Dame (8-1) at Elon (6-5)
When: March 8
Time: 4:00 PM ET
Where: Latham Park | Elon, N.C.
Watch: FloBaseball
QUICK FACTS
- The Irish are 53-16 (.768) since the start of the 2020 season. That winning percentage ranks third in the NCAA over the past two seasons.
- Notre Dame leads the NCAA in fielding percentage with a .994 mark this season. The Irish have committed only two errors in 241 putout opportunities this season.
- The Irish allowed only one hit in the 3-1 win over Minnesota on March 6. It is the fewest hits allowed in a game since April 18, 2007, when the Irish surrendered one hit in a 1-0 win over Purdue in 10-innings.
- The Irish rank second in the NCAA in team ERA with a 1.46 through nine games.
- After reaching base safely in all three games in Minneapolis, graduate student outfielder Ryan Cole improved his reached base streak to 47 games dating back to last season.
PROBABLE STARTERS
| SCHOOL | NAME | RECORD (APPEARANCES) | ERA | IP | STRIKEOUTS |
| Notre Dame | LHP Jack Findlay | 0-0 (0) | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Elon | RHP Ian Evans | 0-1 (5) | 5.14 | 7.0 | 4 |
IRISH LINEUP
| NAME | POSITION | BATTING AVERAGE |
| TJ Williams | CF | .400 |
| Jack Penney | 2B | .333 |
| Ryan Cole | LF | .333 |
| Carter Putz | 1B | .323 |
| DM Jefferson | DH | .227 |
| Jack Brannigan | 3B | .258 |
| Brooks Coetzee III | RF | .333 |
| Zack Prajzner | SS | .259 |
| David LaManna | C | .444 |
PREVIEW
Notre Dame and Elon will face off for the third time and it will be the first meeting since 1963. The previous meeting was a doubleheader where Notre Dame won both games (7-0 and 9-2). Elon went 2-2 last week including a 10-2 loss to Wake Forest before taking two of three games against Toledo.
The Fighting Irish enter the game on a six-game winning streak, which includes three wins over Big Ten programs last weekend to win the Cambria College Classic in Minneapolis.
Notre Dame dominated on the mound giving up three runs total in three games. LHP John Michael Bertrand, RHP Ryan McLinskey and RHP Austin Temple were named to the Cambria College Classic All-Tournament Team along with centerfielder TJ Williams.
You can read a recap here: After near no-hitter caps Cambria title, No. 3 Irish ready for ACC play
True freshman LHP Jack Findlay will take the mound on Tuesday afternoon to make his first start for the blue and gold. The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder was dominant as a senior with a record of 5-1, 83 strikeouts, 0.79 ERA and nine walks in just 44.1 innings.
*Note: The Irish lineup will be added once it’s finalized.