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Observer Sports Staff | Monday, February 24, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing squads, playing hosts this weekend of the ACC Championships, put on a dominant performance against some of the team’s most notable conference rivals. In the end, the Irish walked away with a sweep of the individual titles Saturday and both team titles read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, February 24, 2020
The Notre Dame baseball team traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to play in the Alamo Irish Classic at Nelson Wolff Stadium. The Irish were originally scheduled to play four games in three days with two against Incarnate Word and one apiece against Toledo and UTSA. The Irish (4-2) started read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, February 24, 2020
The second-ranked unbeaten women’s lacrosse team continued their stellar start to the season this past Sunday with a resounding victory against the Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 18-7. The Irish are now 4-0 on the year with three double-digit victories and a two-point victory over No. 6 read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, February 24, 2020
The Notre Dame hockey team swept the Michigan Wolverines this weekend at a series in Ann Arbor, successfully revenging a squad that beat them on their own ice earlier this season. The Irish (14-12-6, 9-8-5-3) came into their matchup against the rival Wolverines (15-14-3, 10-10-2-1) after a disappointing weekend read more→
Aidan Thomas | Monday, February 24, 2020
Eight days after their worst game of the season, a 34-point loss to Duke, Notre Dame delivered their best performance in conference play this year, scoring 48 points in the first half en route to an 87-71 throttling of the Miami Hurricanes. The win lifted the Irish back to read more→
Liam Coolican | Monday, February 24, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team (11-17, 6-10 ACC) bounced back from a three game losing streak on Sunday afternoon, beating Syracuse (15-12, 9-7 ACC) 72-70. Notre Dame was led by junior center Mikayla Vaughn who scored a career high 21 points. Head coach Muffet McGraw had high praise read more→
Aidan Thomas | Monday, February 24, 2020
Feb. 22, 1980. Ask your parents where they were when that group of college kids took on the Soviet Union powerhouse hockey team and shocked the world by winning that game and then eventually the gold medal. I’ve asked my dad, and I was treated to an excellent story read more→
Inigo Yturralde | Friday, February 21, 2020
Notre Dame faced off against Virginia Tech at home Thursday night. This was a big game for the Irish (10-17, 5-10 ACC) women, as the Hokies (20-6, 10-5 ACC) are a top tier ACC opponent. The final score of the game did not go in favor of the Irish, read more→
Colin Capece | Friday, February 21, 2020
Following a 2-1 loss against Minnesota at home Saturday night, Notre Dame will hit the road to face Big Ten rival Michigan in a weekend series. The Irish (12-12-6, 7-8-5) will look to start hitting their stride at the right time as they enter the final stretch of the read more→
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, February 21, 2020
Second-ranked Notre Dame will look to continue their strong start to their season this weekend against the Ohio State. The Irish proved they are contenders on the national level last week with a 17-15 road victory against the formerly third-ranked Wildcats. They are 3-0 on the season with blowout read more→