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Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, July 18, 2018
After winning the 2018 national championship, the women’s basketball team added more silverware to their record season on Wednesday night, as Arike Ogunbowale won the 2018 ESPY for Best Play. The then-junior guard’s game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer against No. 1-seeded Mississippi State for the national title game was chosen by the fans who voted
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
Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, June 21, 2018
The 2018 NCAA women’s basketball national champions will have three more chances to take home a trophy this year after its nominations for the 2018 ESPY Awards. ESPN released its list of nominees Wednesday, with the Irish receiving nominations in three categories. Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale’s 3-point buzzer beater to defeat Mississippi State for the national championship
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 18, 2018
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WINS SECOND NATIONAL TITLE April 1, 2018 Following a disappointing loss to Stanford in the Elite Eight in 2017, many believed 2018 might be a rebuilding year for Notre Dame. Those expectations were further dampened when the team lost four players to ACL tears throughout the regular season, including star senior Brianna Turner.
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 18, 2018
Aug. 15: Men’s tennis junior Alex Lebedev wins the ITA National Summer Championship in Fort Worth, Texas. Aug. 27: No. 10 men’s soccer remains undefeated with 4-3 win against Indiana in Berticelli tournament. Sep. 1: Cross country starts season with a first place finish by the men and a second place finish from the women at the Crusader
Elizabeth Greason | Friday, May 18, 2018
It started out as unlikely. Then it became improbable. And it began to look impossible. And soon the idea that Notre Dame could win, or even compete for a national championship became outrageous for much of the world. And then the Irish (35-3, 15-1 ACC) pulled off a miracle. Notre Dame’s season was a narrative
Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 16, 2018
Junior Arike Ogunbowale, a guard on Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team, will compete on the 26th season of ABC’s dance competition show “Dancing with the Stars,” ABC announced Friday. Ogunbowale, who received national attention after securing the women’s basketball program’s first national championship since 2001 with two game-winning buzzer-beaters in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament, will
Claire Kramer | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
It’s been a little over a week since junior Arike Ogunbowale sunk not one, but two game-winning buzzer beaters to lead Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team to a national championship. But, to those who play against her every day, this shot is nothing new. The Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team’s practice squad, comprised of 17
Elizabeth Greason | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kathryn Westbeld sat down and leaned against the back of her locker in the locker room of Nationwide Arena. A soft smile plastered to the senior forward’s face; she gently shook her head at no one in particular before gazing down at her hand, clad with Notre Dame’s signature playoff-green nail polish and
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 2, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio — From junior forward Jessica Shepard’s layup to make the game 12-6 and her score to make it 24-16, 10 minutes and 36 seconds of basketball were played. Junior guard Marina Mabrey made a layup. Mabrey missed a layup. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale missed a jumper. Mabrey missed a jumper. Ogunbowale missed another