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Kit Loughran | Friday, October 30, 2015
The Irish close their 2015 regular season against Pitt on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. No. 14 Notre Dame (8-3-5, 3-2-2 ACC) will host ACC rival Pitt (5-8-3, 0-6-1) to wrap up both teams’ regular season play. Last year, the Irish finished their regular season with a 4-1 victory over the Panthers that clinched their second
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Notre Dame ended last week’s 3-game road stretch winless, drawing 0-0 with Virginia Tech and 1-1 with Northwestern, before a 2-1 defeat to No. 2 Wake Forest. The Irish (8-3-5, 3-2-2 ACC) traveled to Virginia Tech on Oct. 16 unbeaten in their past six contests, the last three of which were decided in overtime. Both
Manuel De Jesus | Thursday, October 15, 2015
No. 7 Notre Dame will travel on a crucial road trip in the next week as the second half of the season gets into full swing. The Irish (8-2-3, ACC 3-1-1) will travel to Virginia Tech on Friday, Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, on Tuesday to take on Northwestern and to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on
Brett O'Connell | Monday, October 12, 2015
Patrick Hodan scored two goals for the Irish, but it was sophomore forward Jeffrey Farina whose overtime goal won the day for Notre Dame in a marquee matchup against conference foe Duke on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. The No. 7 Irish (8-2-3, 3-1-1 ACC) started the game strong, establishing a comfortable two-goal lead and controlling
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Seconds before the final buzzer sounded, Irish sophomore forward Jeffrey Farina sent a strong header towards the corner of the net, but Michigan sophomore goaltender Evan Louro gathered the ball into his chest and hugged it as the clock expired. It was a perfect microcosm of No. 7 Notre Dame’s night during a 1-1 draw
Kit Loughran | Thursday, October 1, 2015
It all comes down to one thing in sports: scoring more than the other team. For the Irish, though, the pressure of finding the net isn’t solely on the strikers, thanks to the versatility of the team. “I feel there are a lot of players on our team who are very capable of scoring,” Irish head coach
Zach Klonsinski | Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Finding itself behind on two separate occasions, No. 7 Notre Dame fought back and survived a challenge from Marquette, 4-2, Tuesday night at Alumni Stadium. Graduate student defender and captain Max Lachowecki buried the game winner in the 80th minute to give the Irish (7-2-1, 2-1-0 ACC) a hard-fought victory over the Golden Eagles (3-3-2,
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Following a stretch where it dropped consecutive matches for the first time since early October last season, No. 14 Notre Dame responded with a pair of dominant victories last week. Now the Irish look to build upon that success with a mid-week matchup against Marquette on Tuesday night at Alumni Stadium. Notre Dame (6-2-1, 2-1-0 ACC)
Daniel O'Boyle | Monday, September 28, 2015
In a meeting of the past two national champions, No. 6 Notre Dame emerged triumphant, beating No. 4 Virginia 3-1 at Alumni Stadium on Friday night. The Cavaliers (5-1-2, 1-1-1 ACC), who were reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute, were undefeated in their 12 games, including an NCAA tournament victory over the Irish (6-2-1, 2-1-0) last season,
Zach Klonsinski | Friday, September 25, 2015
Revenge will be in the air Friday night at Alumni Stadium as one of the ACC’s budding rivalries writes its next chapter. In just two seasons as members of the same conference, No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 6 Virginia have met five times. So far, the Cavaliers (5-0-2, 1-0-1 ACC) hold the upper hand