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-21 posts tagged "NCAA Championship"
Matthew Crow | Monday, November 20, 2023
On Saturday morning, Notre Dame cross country concluded its season at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Irish women capped off one of the best seasons in program history by earning fourth place, the team’s first podium finish at the national meet since 2004 and second-best finish in school history. Meanwhile, the men used
Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, May 30, 2023
The end of the 2022-23 sports season for Notre Dame is nearing. Here’s what you need to know from the last week. Baseball Things did not start off strong for the Irish in Durham. Though the bats kept the Irish in the game early, the Irish pitching staff simply could not keep the ball in
Annika Herko | Monday, March 27, 2023
For the third year in a row, the Notre Dame fencing team are national champions. In the 28-team competition held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, the Irish battled hard against rivals Princeton (No. 2), Columbia (No. 3), Harvard (No. 4), and Ohio State (No. 5). The Irish brought home a pair of individual
José Sánchez Córdova | Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The Notre Dame women’s fencing team found themselves in an unusual situation at the ACC Championships in at Cameron Indoor Stadium about a month ago. During a title-deciding match against Duke, they were down 4-8 and staring down the barrel of a first ACC title loss since 2018. But they rallied, winning 14 of the
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 9, 2021
After winning two straight home matchups, the Notre Dame men’s tennis team (11-8, 4-4 ACC) returns to the road this weekend for two conference matchups. The 42nd-ranked Irish take on 32nd-ranked Georgia Tech (10-7, 4-5 ACC) at 5 p.m. on Friday, and face Clemson (7-11, 1-8 ACC) Sunday at noon. The Irish have been playing
Sean Kelley | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Notre Dame Men’s Swimming and Diving program is prepared and ready for the precipice of their season, the NCAA Championship meet. When keeping the team focused, Coach Mike Litzinger made it clear how the team keeps on task. “It’s pretty easy [to maintain focus] if you’re going to be at the fastest swim meet in
Mike Everett | Monday, November 19, 2018
The Notre Dame men and women competed in the NCAA championship meets over the weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. It was the first time since 2013 that both the Irish men’s and women’s teams qualified for a chance at the championship. The women ended up placing eighth overall while the men came in 14th overall. The women’s
Charlotte Edmonds | Thursday, March 22, 2018
Notre Dame will prepare to defend its title starting Thursday at the NCAA championships with a full roster of 12 competitors. As one of only three schools, along with Columbia and Ohio State, to qualify the maximum number of athletes, the Irish have positioned themselves to compete for a repeat of last year’s success. The
Joe Everett | Thursday, November 16, 2017
For the 20th time in program history, Notre Dame has earned a bid into the NCAA championship. The Irish (11-6-2, 3-3-2 ACC) drew the No. 12 seed when the tournament field was unveiled Monday — their sixth-straight top-16 national seed — and are set to host the winner of Wisconsin and University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) on
Marek Mazurek | Monday, November 23, 2015
For the first time in 73 years, Notre Dame can claim a national champion in cross country as senior Molly Seidel crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of her nearest competitor to claim the title at the NCAA championship Friday in Louisville, Kentucky. Seidel finished with a time of 19:28.6 and led the