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Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Former Notre Dame fencing assistant coach Anthony “Buckie” Leach died Saturday at 62, USA Fencing reported Monday. Leach had been with the Irish since the 2016-17 season. During his time with the program, the Irish had won three ACC championships and national titles and featured 20 All-Americans. Leach died Saturday night following a motorcycle accident
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, August 2, 2021
Former Irish fencer Gerek Meinhardt and current Irish fencer Nick Itkin were both part of the U.S. squad that captured the bronze medal in the men’s team foil event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. This was the second straight bronze for Meinhardt and teammates Alexander Massialas and Race Imboden, all of whom competed in the
Nate Moller | Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo, Japan, this summer with 20 athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Notre Dame women’s basketball has been very strong over the last decade, and three former players were selected to their national teams this year. Skylar Diggins-Smith (USA) Diggins-Smith currently plays for
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
Hayden Adams | Friday, January 17, 2020
The Notre Dame fencing team is set to compete in their second and third meets of the season this weekend. After the Elite Invitational in Philadelphia on Nov. 16, which saw the women’s team post a record of 4-1 and the men post a record of 3-2, the Irish will travel to Jamaica, New York,
Charlotte Edmonds | Friday, May 17, 2019
Having a top-ranked target on its back for the majority of the season, Notre Dame looked to continue its reign of dominance under head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia by three-peating at the national championship. While the team backed up its title for much of the regular season, a slow start and missed opportunities down the stretch
Holden Perrelli | Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Irish fencer Nick Itkin has accomplished a lot in little time. With his eyes set on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the sophomore appears well on his way with NCAA and junior world championships on his resume. From Los Angeles, California, Nick Itkin said he chose to pursue a collegiate fencing career at
Charlotte Edmonds | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
After struggling to find its groove in the first two days of competition, Notre Dame fell short of a comeback in the second half of the weekend on their quest to secure a third-straight NCAA title. Opening in Cleveland last Thursday, the men looked to hang in with a crowded field of Columbia, Penn State
Charlotte Edmonds and Grant DelVecchio | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
For Gia Kvaratskhelia, this week is familiar territory. In his fifth season with the Irish, championship chasing is like clockwork for the head coach. Kvaratskhelia, orginially from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, has built his program on the fundamentals, insisting that the work it has done throughout the season will set it up for
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The two-time defending national champions issued a mandate this past weekend, sweeping all six individual awards on their way to claim both the women’s and men’s ACC titles for the first time in program history. After falling short of the conference title last year, with the women losing to North Carolina in a three-way tiebreaker