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Tobias Hoonhout | Monday, January 22, 2018
Don’t get me wrong — Trae Young is tremendously fun to watch. The freshman phenom has taken Oklahoma and the college basketball world by storm, lighting up the scoreboard with incredible numbers. The diminutive point guard has limitless range and incredible vision, already recording three 40-plus point outings and leading Oklahoma — who finished last
Alex Carson | Monday, November 21, 2016
There are five zero- or one-loss Power Five teams left in college football this season. Two of them play each other this week, while the other three are all from different conferences. Conventional wisdom says this will be easy enough, right? If Alabama, Clemson and Washington win out, they’re in the four-team playoff, while the
Alex Carson | Monday, November 2, 2015
I’m going to start my column like you might expect an eighth-grade term paper to start: F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of one of the greatest books of all time, once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain
Andrew Robinson | Thursday, January 29, 2015
Preparing for what could potentially be a season-defining performance, Notre Dame is set to travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas this weekend, where it will face a daunting field in the Razorback Invitational. The Irish has faced increasingly stiff competition as its season progressed, and the upcoming Invitational is posed to continue this trend. The meet boasts a field
Christine Mayuga | Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Hosting three of the top teams in the nation in one the most competitive pods of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, No. 14 Notre Dame anticipated a series of close matches this past weekend at Eck Tennis Pavilion. Although the Irish walked away with the 4-3 victory over No. 24 Oklahoma State in the first round, they just
Ryan Klaus | Monday, January 26, 2015
No. 14 Notre Dame split its two matches this weekend at the ITA Kick-Off Championships at Eck Tennis Pavilion. “We love playing at home,” Irish coach Ryan Sachire said. “It was a reward for the final ranking we had last year and that’s how we were determined to be the host school here. It was
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Notre Dame’s spring season will shift into high gear as the No. 14 Irish host the 2015 ITA Kick-Off Weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Eck Tennis Pavilion. Sixty men’s teams will compete across the country to qualify for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in February, and those teams are separated into groups of four playing at 15 campus
Ryan Klaus | Sunday, January 18, 2015
No. 14 Notre Dame had a positive start to the dual-meet season Saturday, beating No. 18 Kentucky, 4-3, in Lexington, Kentucky. “It’s always great to start the season with a win, particularly over a really good team like Kentucky from the SEC, which is a tennis powerhouse conference, and it’s extra special that it was on the
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, October 6, 2014
Over the weekend, Notre Dame made deep runs in both singles and doubles competition at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Junior Quentin Monaghan advanced to the round of 32 in the singles main draw, going 4-1 at the tournament. Ranked No. 88 nationally, Monaghan won all three of his qualifying matches to make the
Mary Green | Friday, May 16, 2014
At the start of the season in November, the question on everyone’s mind was: How will Notre Dame transition to its new era in the ACC, especially without All-American guard Skylar Diggins? The Irish seemed to have found their answer, running the table to win the ACC regular season and tournament championships and extending their