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Mary Steurer | Thursday, November 29, 2018
Driving through rural Illinois for six hours leaves you with a lot to think about. This time of year, the land is very brown and grey, but also very beautiful. Fields of corn — Is it corn, or grain or something else? — sway in the wind. Clouds barrel along the big sky. The land
Grant DelVecchio | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Notre Dame pulled out a thrilling 76-74 victory over Illinois on Tuesday night, thanks, in part, to a huge performance by 6-foot-11 junior forward Juwan Durham. Durham is a transfer from Connecticut, and has dealt with knee problems ever since tearing his ACL in his junior year of high school. After struggling to find a
Alex Bender | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Notre Dame returns to action Tuesday night when it faces off against Illinois in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. After suffering a loss to Radford on November 14, the Irish have bounced back with three straight wins against William & Mary, Duquesne and DePaul. As has been the case all season, scoring was spread out across the
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
After more than a week off, No. 19 Notre Dame will play three matches in the course of four days. First, the Irish will travel to Urbana, Illinois, for a road contest against No. 6 Illinois on Wednesday. Notre Dame will then host a conference match against Louisville on Saturday at noon before another Saturday
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, February 28, 2018
No. 17 Notre Dame had a busy weekend, hosting three different teams, including two ranked opponents, in a span of three days at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The Irish (8-5, 1-0 ACC) dropped their first two matches of the weekend to No. 12 Michigan and No. 3 Ohio State before defeating Toledo 7-0 to halt
Michael Ivey | Thursday, September 21, 2017
Notre Dame is set to start its second weekend of play during the fall season when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to compete in the Crimson Tide 4-In-The-Fall tournament at the University of Alabama Tennis Stadium. Notre Dame head coach Ryan Sachire said his players will face some tough competition this weekend against teams from
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Notre Dame is set to face off against Boston College this Saturday at Eck Tennis Pavilion before hosting a nonconference doubleheader against No. 17 Illinois and Detroit on Sunday. The Irish (4-2) will open up ACC conference play against the Eagles (1-2), which Irish head coach Ryan Sachire said is important because starting the conference schedule off with a
Brenna Moxley | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
During winter break, the Irish will host Iowa and Illinois at Rolfs Aquatic Center on Jan. 12 and 13. The following afternoon, the squad will travel to Evanston, Illinois, to take on Northwestern. Notre Dame is coming off the mid-November Greensboro Invitational, in which the team raced North Carolina State, North Carolina and Duke. The season has
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Notre Dame took two wins and a loss in a three-match weekend, falling at No. 12 Illinois on Friday, 5-2, and defeating Indiana, 5-2, and Ball State, 7-0, on Sunday at home. Friday’s trip was the second one to Champaign, Illinois, of the season for the Irish (4-4), who fell earlier in the season in
Joe Everett | Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Irish continue to grind through their grueling early season schedule this weekend looking for revenge when they take on 12th-ranked Illinois this Friday at the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Illinois. This will mark the second time Notre Dame (2-3) and Illinois (4-1) have played each other this year, as the Illini downed the