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Annika Herko | Friday, May 19, 2023
Notre Dame women’s soccer graduate forward Olivia Wingate didn’t always think of a professional soccer career as a legitimate possibility. “I think it was always a dream of mine since I was a little kid, but I think I finally began to realize that it could be fulfilled probably around my junior or senior year
Annika Herko | Friday, May 19, 2023
Notre Dame women’s tennis found success throughout this season by sticking to their values. Irish head coach Alison Silverio has been impressed by her team’s commitment to the program and the leadership that has developed over the past months. “Our upperclassmen have been growing both physically and strategically on the court,” Silverio said. “They’ve been
Annika Herko | Friday, May 19, 2023
This year has been exceptional for Holy Cross Women’s Tennis. In the fifth year of the program (not counting a two-game 2020 season that was shortened due to COVID), the team went 12-8, ranked in the top 20 and won the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on April 28th. “The last few years have been
Annika Herko | Friday, April 28, 2023
After a tough loss to Michigan State on Tuesday Night, the Irish are back home at Frank Eck for a three-game series against Florida State. The Seminoles have been having a tough season, with a 14-25 overall record. Of particular interest to Irish fans, Florida State is 3-14 on the road. Their April 6 game
Annika Herko | Tuesday, April 25, 2023
On Tuesday, Notre Dame baseball will travel to East Lansing to play Michigan State for the second time this season. When these two teams first played April 11, the Spartans came away with a 7-6 win after 11 innings. Sophomore outfielder DM Jefferson, junior outfielder TJ Williams and graduate student Zack Prajzner were among Notre
Annika Herko | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
March Madness is officially over and if you’re like me (and pretty much everyone else), those brackets you made, especially for the men’s tournament, didn’t go so well. Most people pick their brackets pretty closely to the seeding. If you don’t like Marquette, maybe you had them losing earlier than their seeding suggested. Or, maybe
Annika Herko | Friday, March 31, 2023
Notre Dame kicks off the first of a three-game series against North Carolina at home in Frank Eck Stadium Friday. Since 2015, the Irish have gone 11-5 against the Tar Heels, but lost in their matchup last year. Although North Carolina is fresh off of a 7-12 loss to Coastal Carolina, they have had an
Annika Herko | Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The Notre Dame baseball team will face off against Butler at Frank Eck Stadium on Tuesday evening. The Irish come into the matchup after a 2-1 series victory over the then-No. 6 Louisville at home. In the first game of the weekend, the Irish came out swinging. Graduate infielder Zack Prajzner, freshman infielder Estevan Moreno,
Annika Herko | Monday, March 27, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Notre Dame fencing team are national champions. In the 28-team competition held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, the Irish battled hard against rivals Princeton (No. 2), Columbia (No. 3), Harvard (No. 4), and Ohio State (No. 5). The Irish brought home a pair of individual
Annika Herko | Friday, March 3, 2023
After losing their last seven games, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team shocked the world and impressed fans by beating No. 25 Pitt 88-81 Wednesday night in coach Mike Brey’s last game in Purcell Pavilion. The 11-19 overall Irish now travel to South Carolina to play against Clemson. Clemson has had a pretty strong season