No. 3 Notre Dame suffered a second consecutive loss on Thursday as it fell at home to No. 24 Florida State, 86-81. This is the first time the Fighting Irish have lost back-to-back ACC games since 2021.

The loss drops Notre Dame into a first-place tie with NC State in the ACC standings and all but guarantees the Irish will be the No. 2 seed in next week’s ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack holds the tiebreaker with the Irish after last Sunday’s head-to-head win.

Michigan State defeated the Fighting Irish, 5-2, earning the game one victory. The Spartans had five different goal scorers, including Maxim Strbak, Isaac Howard, David Gucciardi, Matt Basgall and Karsen Dorwart. Trey Augustine made 22 saves on 24 shots.