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Connor Mulvena | Friday, May 18, 2018
The Irish have fielded a largely young team this season, and despite ups and downs on the mound, Notre Dame has managed to put up a solid effort. Playing in arguably the nation’s toughest conference, Notre Dame managed to claim several victories against top-ten opponents, including Florida State, Clemson and NC State. The Irish have
Tobias Hoonhout | Tuesday, May 1, 2018
After winning their second-straight ACC home series this past weekend against Boston College, the Irish face off against non-conference foe Western Michigan on Tuesday night looking to keep the momentum going as Notre Dame pushes for a spot in the ACC tournament. “So far, so good, obviously we dropped the one game in each series
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.
Elizabeth Greason | Thursday, April 26, 2018
It could have been prettier, but the Irish were able to outlast a Valparaiso comeback attempt on Wednesday evening, giving them just their second three-game win streak of the season after hanging on to win 6-5. The Notre Dame bats were hot from the start, as the Irish (18-23, 8-13 ACC) jumped out to a
Connor Mulvena | Monday, April 16, 2018
Notre Dame dropped its road series over the weekend to No. 4 North Carolina State, as the Irish won the first game of the series Friday but fell in both games of their doubleheader against the Wolfpack on Saturday. North Carolina State (28-7, 13-5 ACC) got off to a quick start Friday, getting on the
Tobias Hoonhout | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
After starting strong against ACC rival and 11th-ranked Clemson this past weekend with a win to open the series, the Irish dropped a doubleheader to lose the series Sunday. Notre Dame will now look to spark up some momentum this coming week with two one-game matchups with Big Ten teams, starting with a trip to
Alex Bender | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
After waiting for over a month to play their home opener, Notre Dame left Frank Eck Stadium disappointed Tuesday night, losing to Northern Illinois by a score of 5-3. With the loss, the Irish have now lost three straight and eight of their last ten games. For both teams, the game started off relatively quiet at
Elizabeth Greason | Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Coming off a narrow loss in the title game of the Alamo Irish Classic, the Irish headed to Florida to host the Kissimmee Irish Classic, where they took on Youngstown State, Seton Hall and Seattle, going 2-for-3 on the weekend. Notre Dame (6-4) opened the weekend with a win over the Penguins (1-8), as junior
Zach Klonsinski | Friday, April 21, 2017
For Irish senior catcher Ryan Lidge, baseball is a series of dances. Behind the plate, he has multiple partners: the umpire, the batter and his pitcher on the mound. Those are dances he’s excelled at — he was named the top defensive catcher in the Northwoods League during summer ball in 2014, and then he
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, April 20, 2017
Notre Dame downed Central Michigan and Illinois State in midweek non-conference action to rebound after being swept by No. 18 Wake Forest over the Easter weekend. The Irish (17-20, 7-11 ACC) jumped all over the Chippewas (19-17, 8-1 MAC) on Tuesday at Comerica Park in Detroit, scoring the game’s first eight runs en route to