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Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, August 6, 2020
Editor’s Note: This report was updated at 12:19 p.m. Aug. 8. The ACC announced the football slate for all 15 teams — including Notre Dame — Thursday morning on the ACC Network’s Packer and Durham. The biggest news for Notre Dame is that their one non-conference contest was slated to be against Western Michigan, breaking
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online July 29. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced its conference plan for the 2020 football and Olympic sports seasons. Notre Dame will join the conference as a full participant in football for the 2020 season. The league will play a 10-game conference football model with
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, July 9, 2020
The landscape of college football changes more and more each day as it was just announced Thursday that the Big Ten will be the first conference to implement a conference-only schedule for fall sports, including football. “We are facing uncertain and unprecedented times, and the health, safety and wellness of our student-athletes, coaches, game officials,
Jack Concannon | Thursday, August 29, 2019
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick met with The Observer on Wednesday and discussed the upcoming football and basketball seasons, the new athletic practice facility and more. This first of several stories will focus on Swarbrick’s views and strategies of the Irish football schedule to come. Swarbrick stated that while there are many factors that
Mary Steurer | Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Sophomore Conrad Palor and freshman Patrick Aimone defeated Wake Forest to place first in the fourth-annual ACC Debate Championship Tournament on April 6 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, clinching the first-ever victory for a Notre Dame team at the tournament. The championship round was featured as part of the 2019 ACCelerate ACC Smithsonian
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, July 5, 2018
Notre Dame senior guard Arike Ogunbowale was named the 29th recipient of the Mary Garber Award on Thursday, recognizing her as the top female athlete in the ACC. The accolade is one of many on the season for Ogunbowale, adding to an already-illustrious campaign that saw her named First Team All-ACC, a Naismith Trophy semifinalist and
Jack Concannon | Friday, May 18, 2018
The Irish came into this season a young and inexperienced group. The team routinely started multiple underclassmen and found late-season success in the ACC, one of the most competitive leagues in the NCAA. The Irish (10-9, 3-4 ACC) finished fifth in the ACC, pulling off a win over No. 4-seed Virginia in the first round
Connor Mulvena, Elizabeth Greason and Alex Bender | Monday, April 30, 2018
Notre Dame took two of three from Boston College in a home series this weekend at Frank Eck Stadium. The Irish (20-24, 10-14 ACC) pulled off another walk-off win as they took the game to the bottom of the tenth inning but were able to overcome the Eagles (15-28, 6-18), 5-4, in Friday’s series opener.
Michael Ivey | Friday, April 20, 2018
Notre Dame will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to take on North Carolina in a nationally-televised road ACC match Saturday afternoon. Notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan knows his team will face a tough test come Saturday. “I expect to see North Carolina at their absolute best,” Corrigan said. “It’s going to be a
Noah Furneri | Thursday, April 19, 2018
As it prepares to square off in its final two regular-season matches this weekend, Notre Dame is riding a wave of confidence, with two wins over Miami and Ball State in two of its three final home matches last weekend, sweeping the Cardinals 7-0. It hopes to continue its momentum as it heads south to