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Alex Wilcox | Friday, May 16, 2014
A tie for 16th place at the NCAA championships and the program’s first individual national championship highlighted Notre Dame’s inaugural season in the ACC. “[The season] went very well,” Irish coach Brian Barnes said. “It was a good year, and I had a lot of fun coaching these girls. We had an incredibly successful year,
Alex Wilcox | Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Top-ranked Syracuse’s 8-0 run to open the game proved too much for No. 13 Notre Dame to overcome, as the Orange topped the Irish 18-10 on Senior Day. “There was a little too much watching from our team,” Irish coach Christine Halfpenny said. “We didn’t come out the way we wanted to come out. They
Alex Wilcox | Monday, April 14, 2014
The Irish hit the road for the final time of the regular season for a top-20 contest against No. 16 Ohio State, winner of five straight games. No. 9 Notre Dame (9-5, 2-4 ACC) is coming off its big, top-10 win over No. 7 Duke on Friday night. After dropping two straight games to Stanford
Alex Wilcox | Monday, April 7, 2014
Draw controls and goaltending proved to be the deciding factor in No. 6 Notre Dame’s 13-8 loss to No. 16 Virginia on Saturday. The Irish (8-5, 1-4 ACC) struggled to get in a groove throughout the game, as Virginia (7-6, 1-3) dominated draw control and time of possession. Without many opportunities to score, Notre Dame
Alex Wilcox | Wednesday, April 2, 2014
This weekend marks the last part of the 2013-14 college basketball season, as Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Kentucky will battle it out in the Final Four for the chance to play for the national championship Monday night. It has been a fun, wild and dramatic season, and March Madness has certainly lived up to its
Alex Wilcox | Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Kudos to you for making it this far into the paper! As much as us writers don’t like to admit it, we know that The Observer is mostly read casually-at-best by people sitting alone or waiting for a friend at the dining hall. But you did it! You made it all the way through the
Alex Wilcox | Friday, February 28, 2014
Turnovers doomed No. 12 Notre Dame from the beginning as the Irish fell to defending national champion and No. 1 North Carolina, 19-9, in their first road contest of the season Thursday at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C. “Our team has to learn a really tough lesson regarding turnovers,” Irish coach Christine Halfpenny said.
Alex Wilcox | Thursday, February 27, 2014
For better or for worse, money is everywhere, and Notre Dame is no exception. We pay nearly $60,000 to go to this university, our football team brings in more revenue than nearly every other program in the country and our top-ranked business school is practically a feeder to Wall Street. That being said, money also
Alex Wilcox | Thursday, February 20, 2014
There have been just two events in Notre Dame’s inaugural ACC conference championship, yet the Irish have already made an immediate impact and found themselves on the podium. Notre Dame took third in the meet’s first event, the 200-yard medley relay, with a school-record time of 1:37.61. The team of senior Kelly Ryan, juniors Emma
Alex Wilcox | Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Notre Dame’s entrance into the ACC got off to a rocky start with Saturday’s 15-10 loss to Boston College. But one bright spot in the game, and throughout the young season, was junior midfielder Caitlin Gargan. The Rocky Point, N.Y., native has scored six goals and tallied five assists through Notre Dame’s first two games.