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J.J. Post | Friday, February 25, 2022
Thursday night, Notre Dame women’s basketball dispatched Clemson, taking down the Tigers 77-56 at Purcell Pavilion. The win was powered by an impressive double double from freshman guard Sonia Citron, who posted 23 points and 13 rebounds on the night. Graduate student forward Maya Dodson chipped in with another big performance down low, adding 20
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Notre Dame held on for a thrilling 69-66 win over third-ranked North Carolina State Tuesday night. The Irish led for nearly the entire game, but the Wolfpack made a furious fourth quarter comeback before watching their potential game-tying three pointer bounce harmlessly off the rim. It was a signature win for the 20th-ranked Irish, who
J.J. Post | Friday, January 21, 2022
Notre Dame women’s basketball suffered their second conference loss of the season Thursday night, falling to Boston College in Chestnut Hill 73-71. The loss was a heartbreaker for the Irish, who led by six points with under five minutes remaining, but went cold from the field in the final minutes of the game. Notre Dame
Liam Coolican | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Notre Dame (13-3, 4-1 ACC) came away with a hard-fought 70-65 victory over 21st-ranked North Carolina (14-2, 4-2 ACC). Senior guard Dara Mabrey scored a season-high 24 points, including six three-pointers, and graduate student forward Maya Dodson added a double-double for the Irish. Dodson scored 10 points to go along with 11 rebounds and 4
Olivia Schatz | Monday, November 22, 2021
In an early November ACC matchup, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball team traveled to Syracuse, New York, for a revenge game in the Carrier Dome. After a 21 straight winning streak in the series, the Orange beat the Irish 74-63 in OT on Jan. 5, 2020, and then lost again 81-69 on Jan.
Greg McKenna | Monday, March 1, 2021
Three weeks after a nail-biting loss at then-No. 1 Louisville preempted a two-game winning streak that put the Irish back on the good side of the bubble, Notre Dame looked to close the regular season with a big resume-building win in the rematch Sunday afternoon at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish (10-9, 8-7 ACC), however, never
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, February 8, 2021
Notre Dame fell just short of upsetting top-ranked Louisville on Sunday afternoon, continuing a three-game losing streak on the road. Despite a balanced performance across the board — with four players reaching double digits — the Irish were unable to overcome a first-half deficit. In a game of momentum swings, the Cardinals (18-1, 11-1 ACC)
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, August 17, 2020
It’s near impossible to write about the future of sports with so much still up in the air. It seems like every day there’s a new rumor about the trend of college football as conferences debate their next steps. On the other hand, there are the few cases where we’ve seen athletes and coaches take
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, March 5, 2020
While an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament was virtually impossible, the Notre Dame women’s basketball team hoped their hot streak to end the regular season was the sign of a Cinderella run in the ACC Tournament. Unfortunately, the 10th-seeded Irish may have gotten caught looking ahead, they dropped a 67-65 heartbreaker to the 15th-seeded
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team will begin play Wednesday afternoon in the ACC tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. This is the first time since joining the ACC in 2013 that the Irish (13-17, 8-10 ACC) do not own the top seed heading into the tournament. This year, after an often-disappointing season, the Irish will