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-19 posts tagged "Leon Brown"
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, December 2, 2014
After the crowd filed out of Alumni Stadium on Sunday, Leon Brown walked back out of the tunnel leading to the Irish locker room. The graduate student forward stopped and crouched at the edge of the pitch, where minutes before his collegiate career came to an end after Notre Dame fell to ACC rival Virginia, 1-0.
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
During last year’s regular season, since-graduated forward Harrison Shipp bolstered Notre Dame’s offensive production. Shipp might have finished with a team-high 12 goals in all, but when the NCAA tournament rolled around, another Irish player stepped up: now-junior midfielder Patrick Hodan. The then-sophomore scored at least one goal in both ACC tournament games and four
Kit Loughran | Monday, November 17, 2014
The No. 2 Irish lost in penalty kicks after a 1-1 regulation period against No. 14 Clemson in the ACC tournament semifinal Friday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Notre Dame (11-4-4, 6-1-1 ACC) entered the tournament as the top seed, but a late Clemson header by graduate student midfielder Bobby Belair off junior
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, November 13, 2014
For the second time in as many years, No. 2 Notre Dame travels to Cary, North Carolina, to play in the ACC tournament semifinal today against No. 14 Clemson. The winner will have a chance to claim the tournament title Sunday afternoon. The Irish (11-4-3, 6-1-1 ACC) advanced to the semifinal match after a
Alex Carson | Monday, November 10, 2014
Graduate student goalkeeper Patrick Wall made eight saves and junior midfielder Patrick Hodan scored his eighth goal in nine games as No. 4 Notre Dame defeated No. 15 Virginia, 3-0, in an ACC tournament quarterfinal at Alumni Stadium on Sunday. “It was a good performance,” Irish coach Bobby Clark said. “The whole team just worked phenomenally
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, November 6, 2014
The first part of the trifecta is complete; the second portion is ready to begin. That was the message from Irish coach Bobby Clark as No. 4 Notre Dame readies for its ACC tournament opener Sunday against No. 15 Virginia at Alumni Stadium. The Cavaliers (10-5-2, 3-3-2 ACC) beat in-state rival Virginia Tech, 1-0, on
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, November 3, 2014
After battling to a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Michigan State earlier in the weekend, the Irish bounced back with a convincing 4-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Pittsburgh. The victory gave the Irish (10-4-3, 6-1-1 ACC) a clinching of the ACC regular-season championship, the second straight season they have done so after joining the conference last
Zach Klonsinski | Monday, October 27, 2014
After scuffling for much of the season, No. 3 Notre Dame saw its offense explode over the mid-semester break. The Irish (9-4-2, 5-1-1 ACC) tallied seven combined goals in ACC victories over Duke and Virginia Tech to propel themselves into first place in the conference standings although they did see their winning streak snapped with a loss to No.
Kit Loughran | Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The rainy skies cleared up just in time for an Irish victory last night. No. 11 Notre Dame beat No. 19 Northwestern, 1-0, Tuesday at Alumni Stadium. The Irish (7-3-2, 3-1-1 ACC) won off a penalty kick from junior midfielder Patrick Hodan in the 66th minute. The win marks Irish coach Bobby Clark’s first win
Alex Carson | Sunday, October 12, 2014
An overtime goal from junior midfielder Patrick Hodan gave No. 6 Notre Dame a 3-2 overtime conference win over No. 18 Louisville on Friday night at Alumni Stadium. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Irish (6-3-2, 3-1-1 ACC) and kept the hosts tied at the top in the conference’s Coastal Division with Virginia. Notre