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30 posts tagged "Valparaiso"

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Notre Dame XC starts season at Winrow-Valparaiso Invite

Tyler Reidy | Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Notre Dame cross country got its 2022 season underway on Friday, competing in the Winrow-Valparaiso Invite just 58.7 miles west of South Bend. The Fighting Irish are no strangers to the Valpo course, having opened the season there all but twice in the 21st century (2002 and 2020). Both the men’s and women’s teams –

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No. 1 Irish baseball blasts Valparaiso

Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, March 16, 2022

On Tuesday afternoon, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played their home opener at Frank Eck Stadium. And, for the first time in 21 years, the Irish entered the contest ranked No. 1 in the nation by a major poll. Sitting atop both the Baseball America and Perfect Game polls, the Irish welcomed the Valparaiso Beacons.

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Notre Dame softball no-hits Valparaiso

Emily DeFazio | Friday, March 26, 2021

The Notre Dame softball team (13-8, 6-6 ACC) shut out Valparaiso Wednesday with a six-inning no-hitter in their first home game of the season. The game was also Notre Dame’s first home competition in almost 700 days, as the last game Notre Dame hosted was on May 5, 2019.  The COVID-19 pandemic cut Notre Dame’s

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Irish secure first ACC series win, look ahead to first home game of the year

Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, March 24, 2021

This past weekend, the Irish (12-8, 6-6 ACC) traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for a four-game weekend series, looking to close out a long road trip through the Southeast with their first conference series win of the season. They kicked off the series against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday, in what quickly became a

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Notre Dame outlasts Valparaiso

Elizabeth Greason | Thursday, April 26, 2018

It could have been prettier, but the Irish were able to outlast a Valparaiso comeback attempt on Wednesday evening, giving them just their second three-game win streak of the season after hanging on to win 6-5. The Notre Dame bats were hot from the start, as the Irish (18-23, 8-13 ACC) jumped out to a

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Notre Dame picks up two non-conference wins at home

Zach Klonsinski and Joe Everett | Thursday, April 27, 2017

The Irish kicked off a 13-game home-stand with a pair of nonconference victories at Frank Eck Stadium, downing Valparaiso, 10-3, and Eastern Michigan, 5-0, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Notre Dame (20-22, 8-13 ACC) started off on the right foot Tuesday evening by scoring early and often to rout visiting Valparaiso (16-23, 6-10 Horizon). Senior right

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Irish set to host Crusaders ahead of top-two showdown

Renee Griffin | Friday, December 2, 2016

No. 1 Notre Dame will return home from Iowa and strive to keep its record spotless against Valparaiso on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion, with a matchup against No. 2 Connecticut looming next Wednesday. The Irish (7-0) are coming off a 73-58 win over the Hawkeyes on Wednesday night. Despite the successful result, head coach Muffet McGraw

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Veteran squad ties in exhibition, eyes regular season start

Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, August 24, 2016

A 1-1 tie against Valparaiso at Alumni Stadium on Monday night wrapped up the preseason for No. 9 Notre Dame, who will open the regular season Friday night against UC Irvine at 7:30 p.m. The match against the Anteaters will kicking off the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament at Alumni Stadium. The stalemate with Valparaiso came after a scoreless tie against SIU

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Hearne comes up big in win over Valparaiso

Hunter McDaniel | Thursday, April 14, 2016

One week after the first attempt at the game between Notre Dame and Valparaiso was delayed after a full day of rain, the two teams finally met Wednesday at Frank Eck Stadium on a beautiful day for baseball. The Irish (18-12, 6-7 ACC) rode senior starting pitcher Michael Hearne’s complete game to an easy 3-1 win

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Irish jump out to early lead in win over Cougars

Greg Hadley | Wednesday, April 13, 2016

It wasn’t quite a blowout or a cakewalk, but Notre Dame was never seriously challenged in a 6-3 win over Chicago State on Tuesday night at Frank Eck Stadium. The Cougars (7-24, 1-8 WAC) entered the game ranked 284th in the nation according to RPI ratings, Notre Dame’s worst opponent of the season. But the

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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