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Elizabeth Greason | Friday, November 2, 2018
It is extremely difficult to go undefeated in college football. On a week-to-week basis, teams drop out of the elusive category surprisingly after a poor performance (or a shockingly good performance from their opponent). No team is immune. At this point in the season, we’ve narrowed the field of undefeateds down to just four remaining
Elizabeth Greason | Wednesday, October 31, 2018
In what was his first chance to address the media since No. 4 Notre Dame’s 44-22 win over Navy on Saturday due to the team’s travel schedule, Irish head coach Brian Kelly discussed what the squad learned in San Diego and talked about how Notre Dame is preparing to tackle Northwestern this weekend. In the past,
Marek Mazurek | Thursday, April 19, 2018
Notre Dame squeaked by in a game Wednesday evening against Northwestern despite inclement weather, but the Irish were unable to squeak out a win. After Tuesday night’s game against Western Michigan was cancelled due to inclement weather, it looked like Wednesday’s game was in danger of being postponed as well. And a 25-minute delay did
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 13, 2018
After a comprehensive defeat at the hands of No. 7 Northwestern, Notre Dame will attempt to get back on track when it hosts No. 19 Duke in its final ACC regular-season game of the year. Last week, a strong three-game stretch for the Irish (7-7, 2-4 ACC) came to an abrupt halt with a 20-10
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
No. 7 Northwestern dominated Notre Dame on the draw Sunday, as a recent strong run of form came to an end for the Irish in a 20-10 defeat. The Wildcats (11-3, 3-0 Big Ten) were led by senior attack Shelby Fredericks, who entered the game with 74 draw controls in just nine games played after
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, April 6, 2018
No. 20 Notre Dame will have a chance to guarantee itself at least a .500 regular-season record for the 13th consecutive season when the Irish travel to No. 9 Northwestern on Sunday. After a difficult start to the season, the Irish (7-6, 2-4 ACC) are riding an impressive three-game stretch that saw them upset No.
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, February 14, 2018
No. 22 Notre Dame extended its undefeated start to the season by defeating Northwestern 5-1 at the Combe Tennis Center in Evanston, Illinois, on Sunday. In the singles competition, junior Alex Lebedev grabbed a 6-4, 6-2 victory on court No. 1, while freshman Tristan McCormick won 6-4, 7-6 on court No. 3. Over on court
Meagan Bens | Wednesday, October 4, 2017
No. 7 Notre Dame battled out a 2-1 win in overtime against Northwestern on Tuesday night at Alumni Stadium. Playing their second Big Ten opponent of the season, the Irish (7-2-1, 2-1-1 ACC) possessed the ball the majority of the game, but the Wildcats (2-9-0, 0-5-0 Big Ten) made all their chances count. At the beginning of the first half,
Zach Klonsinski | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
It was the Charlie Vorsheck show for much of Tuesday night at Frank Eck Stadium as Notre Dame downed Northwestern, 3-2, in nonconference action. After conceding a two-out RBI double in the first inning, the junior righty sat down the next 14 Northwestern hitters in order. “I had no clue until right now, actually,” Vorsheck
Meagan Bens | Thursday, April 27, 2017
After being swept by Virginia last weekend, the Irish turned their game around to win over Northwestern, 10-2, Tuesday. According to Irish head coach Deanna Gumpf, the three losses over the weekend resulted from not responding to the Cavaliers (21-29, 8-13 ACC) well enough. “We didn’t do anything particularly well,” Gumpf said. “When you have a good