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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - All five Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Lacrosse teams are in action on Saturday, March 7.
ACC Network will feature No. 17 Virginia playing host to Towson on at 6 p.m. ET.
All five ACC teams are ranked in the latest USILA Coaches poll, highlighted by Notre Dame at No. 1 for the second straight week. Duke is No. 4, North Carolina is No. 6, Syracuse is No. 10 and Virginia is No. 17.
Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, March 7
Brown at No. 6/5 North Carolina | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
No. 10/10 Syracuse at No. 11/11 Johns Hopkins | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
No. 1/1 Notre Dame at No. 7/6 Ohio State | 2 p.m. | BTN+
No. 4/8 Duke at Air Force | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Towson at No. 17/17 Virginia | 6 p.m. | ACCN
Thursday, March 12
Syracuse at Air Force | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Saturday, March 14
Michigan at Notre Dame | Noon | ACCN
Virginia at Maryland | 1 p.m. | BTN
Duke vs. Providence | 1 p.m.
(in Farmingdale, N.Y.)
North Carolina vs Penn State | 6:30 p.m.
(in Charlotte)
Monday, March 16
Syracuse at Denver | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
All times Eastern.
Rankings: USILA/Inside Lacrosse
Noting ACC Men's Lacrosse
• Following their win at then-No. 11 Maryland, Notre Dame's Brock Behrman (Offensive) and Nate Schwitzenberg (Defensive) were named the ACC Players of the Week for games played from February 23-March 1.
• With Virginia’s win at High Point on Tuesday, ACC teams have combined to go 21-5 over the first five weeks of the season, with Duke (5-0) and Notre Dame (4-0) still undefeated.
• ACC teams represent four of the top five teams nationally in scoring offense: No. 1 Notre Dame (17.75 goals/game), No. 2 Duke (17.40), No. 4 Virginia (15.75) and No. 5 North Carolina (15.17).
• 21 ACC players were named 2026 Preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse, including seven first-teamers. Both totals are most of any conference.
• Reigning ACC champion Syracuse was tabbed the ACC favorite in the Preseason ACC Coaches Poll. The Orange were followed by Notre Dame, North Carolina, Duke and Virginia, respectively.
• The 2026 ACC schedule features four games per team (two road, two home). League play starts on Saturday, March 28.
The 2026 ACC Tournament will be contested May 1 and 3, featuring the top four teams in the league standings competing at Charlotte's American Legion Memorial Stadium.
• Four ACC coaches rank among the top 10 in career wins among active coaches, most of any conference: Duke's John Danowski (first, 489), ND's Kevin Corrigan (third, 374), UNC's Joe Breschi (fifth, 266) and Virginia's Lars Tiffany (ninth, 214). Danowski owns the third-most wins of any D-I head coach all-time.
• The University of Virginia will serve as the host of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships, which will be contested at Scott Stadium from May 23-25.
• 17 ACC regular-season games are slated to be televised on ESPNU or ACC Network. The three games of the ACC Tournament also air on ACCN.
• The ACC owns 19 NCAA Championships, including four of the last six with Virginia in 2019 and 2021 and Notre Dame in 2023 and 2024.
• The five active ACC teams have combined for 27 national championships, including 11 of the last 17.
• Syracuse owns 10 NCAA titles (most of any NCAA program), while Virginia has won seven, UNC five, Duke three and Notre Dame two.
• Syracuse advanced to NCAA Championship Weekend last season for the first time since 2013 and its first time as a member of the ACC.
• At least one ACC team has advanced to the national semifinals in 50 of the 54 years in which the NCAA Tournament has been contested.