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Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, April 16, 2018
With Notre Dame desperately needing a victory and tied with No. 19 Duke in the final minute, sophomore midfielder Savannah Buchanan stepped up with what may be the most important goal of the season so far for the Irish, securing a 10-9 victory Sunday. The Irish (8-7, 3-4 ACC) and the Blue Devils (7-7, 2-4)
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 13, 2018
After a comprehensive defeat at the hands of No. 7 Northwestern, Notre Dame will attempt to get back on track when it hosts No. 19 Duke in its final ACC regular-season game of the year. Last week, a strong three-game stretch for the Irish (7-7, 2-4 ACC) came to an abrupt halt with a 20-10
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
No. 15 Notre Dame fell 8-2 to No. 5 Duke in a nationally televised ACC home game at Arlotta Stadium on Saturday. It was the first time these two teams have met since the ACC tournament last season, when Notre Dame (5-4, 1-2 ACC) defeated Duke (10-2, 2-1 ACC) 7-6 in the semifinals. Notre Dame
Michael Ivey | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
No. 25 Notre Dame defeated conference-rival No. 21 Duke by a score of 5-2 this past Friday in a home match at Courtney Tennis Center. In the singles competition, sophomore Guillermo Cabrera lost the first set of his match before winning the final two sets on court No. 3. On court No. 6, junior Grayson
Meagan Bens | Friday, April 6, 2018
After suffering its first loss in the ACC this season to No. 8 Syracuse, No. 12 Notre Dame returns home for a matchup against No. 6 Duke at Arlotta Stadium on Saturday. Walking away from the 10-6 defeat to the Orange (6-3, 3-0 ACC), the Irish (5-3, 1-1) had a full week to prepare for
Michael Ivey | Thursday, April 5, 2018
No. 25 Notre Dame traveled to North Carolina over Easter weekend for two conference road matches against ranked opponents. Last Friday, the Irish dropped a close 4-3 decision to North Carolina State in Raleigh. On Easter Sunday, the Irish were defeated by No. 1 Wake Forest 7-0 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “I thought we played
Meagan Bens | Friday, March 23, 2018
The Irish will face two top ACC programs on the road this weekend, No. 4 Duke on Friday and No. 14 Wake Forest on Sunday, after a loss to No. 26 Virginia on March 18. After beating Virginia Tech 5-2 on Friday, Notre Dame (10-4, 2-2 ACC) lost to Virginia 6-1 the next day. Irish
Marek Mazurek | Friday, March 9, 2018
For Notre Dame, the playing is over. And now the waiting begins. Three games in three nights was a tall order for a Notre Dame team that has asked a lot from its role players in the absence of senior forward Bonzie Colson. More effort, more shots and more minutes. On Thursday night, those minutes
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, February 23, 2018
The Notre Dame’s men’s and women’s squads will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina, to compete in the two-day ACC championships beginning Saturday. Twenty-four of the 65 members of the team will make the trip, with four athletes representing the Irish in each category of competition. The tournament will see eight different champions crowned, as there
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, February 5, 2018
With only six players seeing any significant minutes and three playing the entire game, it would typically be difficult to see how No. 5 Notre Dame could take it up another notch late in a game. Yet Irish head coach Muffet McGraw’s team has achieved in recent weeks in spite of injuries has defied expectations