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Ellen Geyer | Saturday, November 28, 2020
I believe I owe Ian Book an apology. Just over a year ago, in October of 2019, I wrote a column lamenting the fact that he hadn’t improved between the 2018 and 2019 seasons. I stand by what I said — since winning the starting job in 2018, Book was on an upward trajectory, poised
Greg McKenna | Thursday, October 29, 2020
The No. 13 Irish will look to put the conference on notice Sunday ahead of the ACC Tournament when the Notre Dame women’s soccer team travels to Chapel Hill to face top-ranked North Carolina in the final match of the regular season for both teams. Sunday’s match is the 31st meeting between perhaps the two
Observer Sports Staff | Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Notre Dame was unable to come up with a win this weekend against No. 1 North Carolina and North Carolina State. The Tar Heels (20-2, 9-1 ACC) cruised to a 6-1 win over the Irish (10-10, 2-8) on Friday before Notre Dame fought hard but fell short in a 4-3 loss to N.C. State (12-11, 5-5)
Alex Bender | Thursday, October 13, 2016
On Friday night at Alumni Stadium, No. 20 Notre Dame will take on conference foe No. 11 North Carolina as each team looks to improve upon its current standing in the ACC. Last time out for the Irish (9-2-3, 4-1-1 ACC), the team suffered its first loss since late August, a stretch that spanned 10 games,
Caitlyn Jordan | Sunday, March 13, 2016
Photos from the Men’s Basketball game against the University of North Carolina at the Verizon Center in downtown D.C. on March 11. The Fighting Irish lost to the Tar Heels 78-47.
Mary Green | Wednesday, January 13, 2016
A week after the fact, the Irish were finally able to celebrate head coach Muffet McGraw’s 800th victory Sunday on their home court at Purcell Pavilion. Less than two hours later, McGraw had easily collected win No. 802, as No. 3 Notre Dame rolled to an 88-54 victory over North Carolina. The head coach said
Lesley Stevenson | Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Blue skies and “perfect weather” helped Notre Dame welcome season-high numbers of fans to football activities throughout the North Carolina game weekend, according to Mike Seamon, associate vice president for campus safety. “For as bad of weather as it was for the Stanford game last week, it was the exact opposite this week, as it could
Selena Ponio | Monday, October 13, 2014
After a suspenseful game that kept Irish fans at the edge of their seats, Notre Dame defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 50-43. This win advanced the Irish further into their undefeated season, 6-0, but wasn’t the easy win some students expected to watch. Freshman Julia Szromba said she was surprised by the fight UNC put
Zach Klonsinski | Thursday, September 25, 2014
No. 3 Notre Dame will kick off the home portion of its ACC regular season schedule Friday, hosting No. 8 North Carolina after spending the last two weekends on the road against conference foes. The Irish (3-1-2, 1-0-1 ACC) faced off against then-No. 20 Syracuse two weeks ago and No. 2 Virginia last weekend, earning
Evan Anderson | Thursday, April 10, 2014
No. 23 Notre Dame stormed to a series sweep of host North Carolina on Wednesday, its first sweep of the team’s inaugural ACC campaign. “They hit inside pitches, outside pitches, made things happen the entire day, and they are playing with a lot of confidence right now,” Irish coach Deanna Gumpf said of her team.