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Aidan Thomas | Friday, September 23, 2022
After earning their first victory of the year, Notre Dame heads to North Carolina, eyeing a return to a .500 record. They face a tall task, entering the game as slight underdogs to the unbeaten Tar Heels. The story of this game is two programs with completely opposite strengths. Notre Dame ranks 115th out of
J.J. Post | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Through seven games of non-conference play, it would be difficult to call Notre Dame women’s soccer’s season anything but a roaring success. The team has notched a perfect 7-0-0 record, with every win coming by a multiple goal margin. The defense has allowed just three goals across 630 minutes of play. And with ACC play
Matthew Crow | Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Heading into a weekend with three home matches, including two against ACC foes Florida State and No. 25 Miami, Notre Dame men’s tennis knew not to expect anything to come easy. “It’s something we talk about all the time. At this point [in the season], every match is a dogfight. Everything’s really hard,” Irish volunteer
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
Nate Moller | Monday, August 30, 2021
With week one of college football less than a week away, it’s time to look at the different tiers of contenders for the upcoming season. Tier 1: The contenders Alabama: The Crimson Tide are going to be in tier 1 of college football every year. The talent that they possess on both sides of the
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 9, 2021
While Notre Dame’s defense has a few more questions than they entered 2020 with, the Fighting Irish are bolstered by a pair of their top defenders returning at defensive tackle, making the position one of the strongest on that side of the ball. Last year, Notre Dame boasted an elite run defense, as they particularly
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, November 6, 2019
The fall was quick and harsh for the Notre Dame men’s basketball team. After the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, which both ended in Elite Eight berths for the Irish, Notre Dame reached just the second round of the NCAA Tournament in the following season and faced an ugly loss to West Virginia. In 2017-2018, an
Elizabeth Greason | Tuesday, January 29, 2019
College basketball is a game of wins and losses. In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept, the wins are good. In fact, if you’re going to succeed, the wins are necessary. And the losses are bad. Don’t worry. That’s not my hot take. That comes a little later. Because although the losses are bad, they’re
Alex Bender | Wednesday, January 16, 2019
On Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C., Notre Dame hung tough with No. 13 North Carolina, but ultimately fell short as the Tar Heels took the game 75-69. The loss marked the first time since 2013 that Notre Dame (11-6, 1-3) has lost three of its opening four conference games. Early on in the night,
Alex Bender | Friday, October 5, 2018
After starting .500 through four games of conference play, Notre Dame lost in heartbreaking fashion on Thursday night, falling to No. 3 North Carolina 2-1. The game marked the 28th time in school history the two programs have met, making the Tar Heels (10-2-1, 5-0 ACC), Notre Dame’s second-most common opponent behind UConn, with their last