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Notre Dame clinches title with last-second win

Elizabeth Greason | Monday, April 2, 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kathryn Westbeld sat down and leaned against the back of her locker in the locker room of Nationwide Arena. A soft smile plastered to the senior forward’s face; she gently shook her head at no one in particular before gazing down at her hand, clad with Notre Dame’s signature playoff-green nail polish and

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McGraw, Irish prepare for championship matchup with Mississippi State

Daniel O'Boyle | Saturday, March 31, 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In groups of two or three, almost every player in Notre Dame’s locker room was huddled around a phone playing the same song, a tribute to the team by Indiana rapper Tevin Studdard. “Some guy tweeted it at us,” graduate student forward Kristina Nelson said. “That was lit. He literally put the

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Irish top Ducks to win region, advance to eighth Final Four in program’s history

Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, March 27, 2018

SPOKANE, Wash. — It had to start with junior forward Jessica Shepard, the player who made an instant impact after being granted eligibility on the day of Notre Dame’s first preseason game. Top-seeded Notre Dame’s leading scorer had to be senior forward Kathryn Westbeld, the one starter whose value never seemed to appear on box scores.

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Irish wrap up regular season with victory over No. 21 North Carolina State

Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Monday, February 26, 2018

Notre Dame’s No. 5 ranked women’s basketball team wrapped up regular season play with a dominant 86-67 win over No. 21 North Carolina State. The Irish (27-2, 15-1 ACC) used a big second half to seal the deal against the Wolfpack (22-7, 11-5 ACC) and clinch a share of the ACC regular season championship with Louisville

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Irish prepare for match-up with Virginia Tech with eye towards ACC tournament

Daniel O'Boyle | Thursday, February 22, 2018

In an unfamiliar position as the regular season winds down, Notre Dame finds control for the top seed of the ACC tournament still out of its hands as the they face Virginia Tech on Thursday. The Irish are tied at the top of the conference standings with Louisville, as both teams hold 13-1 conference records,

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Irish defeat Eagles, extend win streak to 10

Elizabeth Greason | Monday, February 19, 2018

The scores of Notre Dame’s two games against Boston College this season — 89-55 and 89-60 — are representative of, what one might think would be, two very similar games. And yet, in this road matchup, as opposed to Notre Dame’s home win, it was a tale of two halves. The Irish (25-2, 13-1 ACC) went into

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Mabrey, Ogunbowale pace Irish in win over Tar Heels

Elizabeth Greason | Friday, February 2, 2018

It may have been a matchup of two of the most legendary teams in NCAA history, but one squad clearly reigned supreme in Thursday’s matchup, as the No. 5 Irish took down North Carolina, 94-62. Notre Dame (21-2, 9-1 ACC) took control of the game in the first minute, as sophomore guard Jackie Young took

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Notre Dame stifles Florida State in 100-69 blowout

Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Monday, January 29, 2018

In yet another nationally-televised matchup for No. 5 Notre Dame, the Irish came out on top against No. 8 Florida State in a game that quickly turned into a 100-69 blowout. Coming off a 50-49 win against then-No. 2 Louisville, the Seminoles (18-3, 6-2 ACC) looking for their first-ever victory over Notre Dame (20-2, 8-1),

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No. 5 Irish overcome largest deficit in program history to take down No. 6 Tennessee

Elizabeth Greason | Friday, January 19, 2018

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better comeback.” That was Irish head coach Muffet McGraw’s sentiment in her postgame press conference after her squad rallied from a 23-point deficit to take down No. 6 Tennessee, 84-70. And it was the best comeback she had ever seen — the largest comeback in program history. The

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Notre Dame set for first ranked matchup of season

Daniel O'Boyle | Friday, November 17, 2017

In the second of a seven-game road trip, No. 6 Notre Dame will take on its first ranked opponent of the season: No. 18 Oregon State. The Irish (2-0) come into the game after beating Western Kentucky 78-65 earlier this week. Although a 13-point victory over Conference-USA opposition would typically be below the standards Muffet

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