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Observer Sports Staff | Friday, May 19, 2023
Observer Women’s All-Commencement Team Olivia Wingate, ND Soccer Wingate was the second-highest team scorer with 14 goals and 33 points in 2022. She earned Third Team All-American, First Team US Coaches All-Region and First Team All-ACC accolades during her career. Maddy Denner, ND XC, T&F Denner was named All-ACC and Outdoor Second Team All-American during
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The back-to-back NCAA champion Notre Dame fencing team will vie this week for the chance to secure another national title. This is the ninth year the Irish will send the maximum number of fencers — a dozen — to the sport’s ultimate competition at the collegiate level, which takes place from March 23-26. At Duke
Annika Herko | Monday, February 27, 2023
We’re still a fencing school. This weekend, the Notre Dame fencing team traveled to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (home of Boston College) to compete in the ACC Championships. Two other schools traveled to compete against the No. 1 ranked Irish team, Duke and North Carolina. Like a traditional meet, the first day consisted of individual competitions
Olivia Schatz | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
In 2021, then-freshman Luke Linder was the first Irish fencer to win the men’s sabre individual NCAA championship since 2000. The following season, Linder tore his labrum and rested for a large part of his sophomore season. He came back in time to go 15-8 and finish seventh at the national championships. Now, as a
Aidan Thomas | Friday, March 25, 2022
Last year, Notre Dame Fencing won the national championship. However, the victory came against a somewhat depleted field. Due to COVID, the Ivy League schools did not participate, leaving Notre Dame a dominant force at the tournament. “Last year, because of COVID, the playing field wasn’t as high. The Ivies are back, and they’re really,
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Fencing competed in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday, their final outing before they host the NCAA Championships starting March 24. Notre Dame came away with wins in five of the six weapons, and an additional six medals as they continued their excellent form from the ACC Championships. The Irish entered the
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Monday, February 28, 2022
The top-ranked Notre Dame fencing team headed to Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina this weekend for the ACC Championships. It marked their return to the competition after missing the championships last year with a COVID-19 outbreak. Prior to that, Notre Dame had won the ACC Championship in five of the last six years
Jamison Cook | Monday, March 29, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams claimed the national championship in dominant fashion on Sunday, March 28. The Irish beat competitors from 18 other teams, including host Penn State, en route to their second national championship in the last three years that the competition has been held. It is the 11th national championship
Jamison Cook | Friday, February 26, 2021
The Notre Dame fencing teams will travel down to North Carolina this weekend to defend their conference titles at the ACC Championships. Both the men’s and women’s teams are two-time defending conference champions, with their second-place finishes in 2018 also coming in Chapel Hill. In fact, since the tournament resumed competition in 2015, both teams
Hayden Adams | Friday, May 15, 2020
It was not a typical year for the Notre Dame fencing program — even before their season was cut short by a pandemic. From the outset, they had to overcome the loss of some of their best athletes, but not because of graduation. Rather, several took a year off to train for the upcoming Tokyo