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Nate Moller | Friday, May 15, 2020
Before the Notre Dame women’s lacrosse season was canceled, it appeared that this Irish team was prepared to compete for the national title. The Irish had a 7-0 record and finished as the No. 2-ranked team in the nation when the year was ultimately ended. The abbreviated season included a 17-15 road victory over then-No.
Nate Moller | Friday, May 15, 2020
Although the swim and dive season was cut short before the NCAA Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the men’s and women’s teams both had a very successful year and performed well at the ACC Championships. Head coach Mike Litzinger said he was pleased that the men and women finished the season ranked No. 18
Nate Moller | Friday, May 15, 2020
The 2020 Holy Cross men’s tennis season ended almost as soon as it started due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so there is not too much to recap. In fact, the team only had a chance to compete in two matches. When asked about a season highlight, even head coach Eric Mahone admitted that the season
Nate Moller | Friday, April 24, 2020
COVID-19 has affected a lot of things so far, and I constantly worry that college football will be affected come the fall. What if there’s no college football? What if there’s college football without fans? I think about these questions multiple times per day, and it’s scary to think about fall without Notre Dame football.
David Kramer, Hayden Adams, Jimmy Ward, Mannion McGinley, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller, Aidan Thomas and Greg McKenna | Monday, April 20, 2020
Where would we be without adrenaline? We find it buried in the backseat of dusty, puberty-ridden school buses, or blaring on those trusted headphones that we’ve used since middle school. It reaches every corner of our sweaty locker rooms and, better yet, spilling into the arena lobbies with such volume that everyone knows we made
Nate Moller | Monday, March 23, 2020
On March 16, it was announced that the Minnesota Vikings had agreed to sign quarterback Kirk Cousins to a two-year extension that will pay him $66 million over those two years. Cousins, who has played two seasons for the Vikings, still has one year remaining on his previous contract worth $84 million over three years.
Nate Moller | Thursday, March 5, 2020
The second-ranked Notre Dame will look to stay undefeated this weekend against Boston College on Saturday. The Irish (5-0, 1-0 ACC) are coming off of their first ACC win of the season Sunday against Duke, who they beat by a score of 13-9. Despite looking like one of the top teams in the country so
Nate Moller, Aidan Thomas and Jimmy Ward | Monday, March 2, 2020
137 pounds Drew “Mr. Nice Guy” Niceley def. Danny “Smiley” Rogers The finals began with a fight between Rogers, a junior from Zahm House and Niceley, an off-campus graduate student. Both fighters were a bit hesitant coming out of the gates, but Niceley managed to land some big punches early and keep Rogers on the
Nate Moller | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Among a number of notable Irish accomplishments at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Loftus Sports Center this past Saturday, the men’s distance medley relay made a statement by winning the race and recording the second-fastest time in NCAA Indoor Track history. With a time of 9:25.80, the Irish distinguished themselves in the relay despite the
Nate Moller | Thursday, February 20, 2020
The No. 6-ranked Irish will face their first major test of the season this Sunday against the No. 17-ranked Richmond Spiders. The Irish are coming off their opening game against Cleveland State this past weekend where they won a comfortable 17-7 game. Head coach Kevin Corrigan said that his team has used the full week