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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
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
Serena Zacharias | Monday, October 1, 2018
Notre Dame fencing head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia, fencing team captain senior Sabrina Massialas and former NFL coach and Notre Dame football player Tom Clements spoke at the Eck Center Friday as part of the “Catching Up With…” Football Friday lecture series. Kvaratskhelia and Massialas began the conversation by discussing how they became involved in fencing. Kvaratskhelia
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, March 26, 2018
When asked about the key to the success of the fencing team, athletes and coaches repeatedly cited one quality — grit. This determination proved key in the team’s quest to repeat as national champions this past Sunday in State College, Pennsylvania. Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said there was never a doubt in the team’s
Charlotte Edmonds | Thursday, March 22, 2018
Notre Dame will prepare to defend its title starting Thursday at the NCAA championships with a full roster of 12 competitors. As one of only three schools, along with Columbia and Ohio State, to qualify the maximum number of athletes, the Irish have positioned themselves to compete for a repeat of last year’s success. The
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Notre Dame had another dominant performance at the Midwest Regional championship in Cleveland on March 10, earning the maximum number of qualifications a team can achieve for the NCAA championships Thursday. Coming off the ACC championships — where both the men and women finished in second place in team competition, though the women swept the
Charlotte Edmonds | Thursday, February 8, 2018
After hosting duals for the past two weekends, the No. 1-ranked Irish will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to participate in the Duke Duals. Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said he’s fully aware of the intense competition they’ll be facing this weekend. “All the teams there will be tough to deal with,” he said. “Especially
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, February 7, 2018
This past weekend, No. 1 Notre Dame impressed yet again, this time as hosts at the Northwestern Duals held in Castellan Family Fencing Center. The top-ranked women went 11-0 and extended their current win streak to 22 matches while the No. 1 men walked away from the action at 7-2. On day one of competition,