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Grant DelVecchio | Monday, April 19, 2021
The curtain closed on Notre Dame volleyball’s 2020-2021 season Thursday night in Omaha, as the No. 22 ranked Irish lost in straight sets in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament (17-25, 22-25, 13-25) to No. 10 Oregon. Notre Dame completes the never-before combined fall-and-spring season with an overall record of 15-4. The trip
Grant DelVecchio | Monday, March 29, 2021
As a middle schooler, Pat Kavanagh’s weekends were spent traveling from Long Island, New York to South Bend, Indiana to watch older brother Matt play lacrosse for Notre Dame. “In seventh and eighth grade I was able to leave class early on Fridays from St. Agnes Cathedral School. Me and my little brother [Chris] would
Grant DelVecchio | Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Almost a whole year after their 2020 season was canceled, the No. 8 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team opened up the 2021 season with a dominant 19-7 victory over Robert Morris. For Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan, who picked up his 306th win in his 33rd season in South Bend, this one was especially rewarding.
Grant DelVecchio | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
“Last year was no one-hit wonder, nor will 2021 be. There’s been a lot of groundwork done for this team to be in the conversation of a national contender,” Notre Dame head women’s lacrosse coach Christine Halfpenny recently said in a preseason interview with U.S. Lacrosse Magazine. Halfpenny, now in her 10th season as head
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, May 15, 2020
When you’ve achieved the type of success that the Notre Dame hockey team and head coach Jeff Jackson have during Jackson’s 15-year tenure with the team, every season is met with lofty expectations and goals of reaching the national championship game. The Irish entered the 2019-2020 hockey season two years removed from a 2-1 loss
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, May 15, 2020
A 9-8 away victory over Radford moved the No. 24 ranked Notre Dame baseball team to 11-2 on the season and marked the 10th-consecutive win that the offense scored eight or more runs. The Irish and first-year head coach Link Jarrett thus secured their first midweek win of the season and their seventh in a
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, November 22, 2019
Irish head coach Brian Kelly was noticeably pleased with his team’s performance in their 32-point victory over the Naval Academy, especially his senior offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg. “Liam Eichenberg is playing lights out right now,” Kelly said about Eichenberg’s performance. “That’s only making him a better player for next year.” But Eichenberg’s passions didn’t develop
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, November 22, 2019
Heading into this season, senior wide receiver Javon McKinley had much to prove. McKinley was recruited to Notre Dame as one of the most prolific wideouts in the country out of Centennial High School but the Corona, California native faced significant setbacks as he began his time in blue and gold. Despite facing such adversity,
Grant DelVecchio | Friday, November 22, 2019
Notre Dame senior cornerback Donte Vaughn wasn’t always on the defensive side of the ball. In fact, the Memphis, Tennessee native played quarterback all the way up until his sophomore year of high school. “I kept going, I got into high school, I won state my ninth-grade year. I was playing quarterback at the time.
Grant DelVecchio | Saturday, November 16, 2019
After Notre Dame’s 52-20 routing of visiting rival Navy on Saturday afternoon, Irish head coach Brian Kelly was eager to express his pleasure regarding the way his staff and players performed. For Kelly, this game reflected what it means to have success, as opposed to winning rings or big bowl games. “When you talk about