ND Women's Basketball: No limit
A career day for Skylar Diggins meant another win for No. 3 Notre Dame.
A career day for Skylar Diggins meant another win for No. 3 Notre Dame.
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Irish stayed perfect.
The Irish came into the Meyo Invitational this weekend looking to add more names to the Big East and NCAA Championships qualifying list, which has grown with every meet. To do so, they had to compete against the strongest competition that they have faced so far in 2010. Despite the stiff competition, the Irish succeeded in their goal.
Saint Mary's had a breakout offensive performance Saturday en route to an easy victory over Kalamazoo, winning 91-52.
In order to beat South Florida, Irish coach Mike Brey had to revert to middle school tactics. The tough South Florida stifled Notre Dame's offense. So Brey told his teams to drive the ball.
The Irish will be fighting for more than their undefeated season this weekend. Notre Dame will have opportunity to vanquish the top competitors in the Midwest, and better yet do it at home in the Purcell Pavilion.
The Irish will kick off the prestigious Meyo Invitational at the Loftus Sports Center today.
The injury-ravaged Irish received both good and bad news as they travel to Western Michigan for a pivotal CCHA series this weekend.
Saint Mary's looks to notch another key late-season win over conference foe Kalamazoo when it visits Saturday afternoon. The Belles will hope to stay above .500 in conference play and stay in third place in the MIAA with only three conference games left after this weekend.
Wrapping up one of the toughest stretches of the year with a rout of Rutgers Monday, the No. 3 Irish welcome a Pittsburgh team desperate for a conference win in the last month of the season.
After a week of practicing since their first seasonal loss against North Carolina, the Irish are ready to bounce back and defeat Kansas and Michigan on this weekend's coming road trip.
The No. 34 Irish will travel to Durham, N.C. to take on No. 21 Duke this weekend with first serve set for noon Sunday.
The Irish avenged a last-second road loss to Cincinnati earlier in the season at Purcell Pavilion Thursday, trouncing the Bearcats 83-65.
The Belles held on for a close win over conference rival Adrian 64-62 Wednesday night.
Four-star offensive tackle Matt James highlights the class of 13 offensive players in Brian Kelly's first class with Notre Dame. The veteran coach will look to add these new weapons into his spread offensive system and replace the output of departed stars Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate. QB Andrew Hendrix, 6-2, 215, Moeller H.S., Cincinnati, Ohio One of three quarterbacks signed in Brian Kelly's first class at Notre Dame, Hendrix was ranked as the No. 11 quarterback in the Class of 2010. Hendrix has prototypical size for a quarterback and a cannon arm.
All Big East teams play tough and physical. But the Notre Dame players say Cincinnati may be the most physical in the conference.
This is the best recruiting class of Brian Kelly's 19-year head coaching career.
And the defensive help has arrived.
Coming into last weekend's ITA Kickoff, Irish coach Jay Louderback said Irish would get their first glimpse of where they really stood among the nation's best teams. After Notre Dame fell to No. 17 North Carolina Sunday, it found it still had some work to do to live up to its top-10 national ranking.
It was one of the few reasonable questions surrounding Brian Kelly when he arrived in South Bend.