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ND Sports Men's Lacrosse Is In Position For Another Deep Run By Dan Murphy N otre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan bristles at the thought that one year's success is rolling into the next for an Irish lacrosse program that has carved out a spot among the sport's East Coast elite. The Irish start their 2013 season in much the same way they left off after a loss to Loyola (Md.) in the NCAA semifinals last May. They begin the year as the country's third-ranked team with an All-American veteran in net and many familiar faces in front of him. After falling in quarterfinal, semifinal and NCAA championship game appearances over the course of the last three years, the 2013 Notre Dame team might have the right mix of experience and athleticism to bring home a national title. For Corrigan, his team's success in the recent past has no bearing on their immediate future. "Every year is its own entity and kind of needs to be approached that way," he said. "I can't improve last year 's team. That ship has sailed, and we're trying to look at this year's group and figure out what we have to do." Notre Dame has the luxury of starting with some very stable building blocks. Irish goalie John Kemp started all 30 games during the past two seasons and finished on the All-America Head coach Kevin Corrigan's team opened the season ranked No. 3 nationally with an All-American in net and many familiar faces in front of him. photo courtesy notre dame media relations