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Manuel De Jesus | Friday, May 15, 2015
All season long, the Irish tried to bounce back from being just a couple of goals away from hoisting the program’s first national championship in 2014. Notre Dame responded to that defeat in a big way, winning the regular season ACC title and capturing the first No. 1 overall seed in program history in this year’s NCAA tournament. In
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, April 27, 2015
No. 1 Notre Dame suffered just its second loss of the season Friday in the ACC tournament, falling 13-8 to No. 6 Duke in a semifinal contest at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. Neither team was able to find the back of the net during the first quarter, but the fourth-seeded Blue Devils (11-5, 1-3) unleashed
Manuel De Jesus | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
After defeating Syracuse in double overtime Saturday, newly christened No. 1 Notre Dame will take on No. 6 Duke on Saturday in Durham, North Carolina, in a rematch of last year’s national championship game. In four of the last five years, the Irish (6-1, 2-0 ACC) have had their championship goals have been cut short by
Brian Plamondon | Monday, March 30, 2015
After two and half hours of lacrosse Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, nothing had been resolved between the top two teams in the country. Then, Irish senior midfielder Jack Near, who had the game-winning goal last year against Syracuse in the ACC Championship, sent a raucous crowd of 3,602 fans to their feet as No. 2
Greg Hadley | Friday, February 13, 2015
On the eve of a new season, Kevin Corrigan is taking things one day at a time, so much so that the Irish coach has not even had time to focus on who No. 2 Notre Dame is playing Saturday at noon. “The biggest challenge [this weekend] is that we don’t know anything about them,” Corrigan said
Greg Hadley | Monday, May 26, 2014
BALTIMORE – In a thrilling and ultimately heartbreaking national championship game that went down to the wire, No. 6 seed Notre Dame’s epic rally fell short against top-seeded Duke on Monday, as the Irish lost to the Blue Devils, 11-9. After falling behind, 8-2, with 6:40 left in the third quarter at M&T Bank Stadium,
Kit Loughran | Sunday, April 6, 2014
It was all blue, all Duke, all afternoon, as No. 7 Notre Dame lost, 15-7, to ACC-rival No. 3 Duke on Saturday at Arlotta Stadium. The two teams entered the game tied for second in the ACC with identical 2-1 conference records and a share of first place on the line. The Irish (4-4, 2-2
Brian Plamondon | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
After a half-hour delay due to snow, Matt Kavanagh’s offensive fireworks propelled the No. 7 Irish to their first win streak of the season and a 13-7 victory against a struggling Ohio State squad Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. The win was the Notre Dame’s 12th-straight against Ohio State (2-6, 1-0 ECAC), its oldest rival, giving