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The Holy Cross men’s soccer team fell to No. 10 Bethel (Indiana) at home on Wednesday afternoon. Bethel’s star freshman Luca Canto scored the lone goal of the game in the 26th minute of play, propelling the Pilots to a 1-0 victory in what proved to be an impressive result for the Saints despite the loss.
Saturday’s home opener against Texas A&M carries a “win or go home” feel for Notre Dame. A second loss on the season would more than likely eradicate any hopes the Irish had of making the playoffs. Historically, Marcus Freeman has struggled in home openers. He now has perhaps the biggest test of his young coaching career on Saturday night.
There’s no mistaking how important this game is. Opening up on the road against a top-10 team in Miami before a rematch with Texas A&M meant starting 0-2 was a real possibility. The Irish will undoubtedly be a much different team by the end of 2025. However, the committee will not care about that if they see two losses to what could end up being the only ranked opponents on their schedule. Keeping a 10-2 Notre Dame team riding a 10-game win streak out of the College Football Playoff (CFP) feels unlikely, but it is definitely a possibility. Nonetheless, even if their playoff hopes remain alive, the Irish have no margin for error with a loss on Saturday. A win, however, could change the trajectory of the season and remind the country why they belong in the inner circle of contenders. They will need a similar blueprint to last season’s victory over the Aggies to do it.
In 2025, Notre Dame is looking for offensive production from their new upperclassman tight end after Mitchell Evans was drafted by the Carolina Panthers. The senior tight end from Des Moines, Iowa, Eli Raridon, looks prepared to fill that position and should not go unnoticed in this iteration of the Irish offense.
At Wednesday’s student senate meeting, senators introduced and voted with a majority to advance impeachment proceedings against St. Edward’s Hall senator Michael Heffernan. An impeachment hearing against the senator will be held Sept. 17.
The Notre Dame women’s golf team placed seventh out of 15 teams this past week at the Wolverine Invitational in head coach Breanna Jenco’s first competition in charge. Held at the Michigan Golf Club in Ann Arbor, the Irish shot a combined +41, edging out the likes of Indiana, USF and Rutgers en route to a respectable finish on a historic weekend.
I was filled with a sense of bittersweet nostalgia as I read “Dear Enemy” by Jean Webster, a book published in 1915. Written by one of my favorite authors from childhood, it recounted the life of a young college graduate who finds herself in charge of the children of a home for orphans. For a book that was written in the early 1900s, it was surprisingly feminist. I found myself laughing out loud at the snarky comments and sharp arrows that were clearly meant to pierce the thick walls of entrenched patriarchy. But what stayed with me beyond the last page was the exuberant joy that characterized the protagonist and the world she inhabited. In Webster’s world, the clouds made a very brief appearance, only to be chased away by the ever-present rays of sunshine and the laughter of the light-hearted protagonist.
It seems that the podcast has taken over America. Once classified as a wasteland for the have-been stars and pseudo-intellectuals, podcasts are as big as ever. They’re now treasure troves of life advice, gossip and scandals and (for some twisted reason) the indulgence of society’s obsession with true-crime investigation.
On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Saint Mary’s defeated Benedictine 3-1 to advance to 6-0 on their record-breaking season, while Benedictine’s loss ended their three-game win streak and dropped them to 4-5 on the season. Leading the Belles was junior middle hitter Caroline Carens, who last week was named Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Player of the Week. She once again showed the Belle community how she earned that title as she led her team to victory against the Eagles.
Tuesday evening, Saint Mary’s students lined up between McCandless Hall and Angela Athletic & Wellness Complex for their chance to participate in a drunk driving golf cart simulation as part of Saint Mary’s annual safety tailgate.
Notre Dame Volleyball currently sits at 1-3 on the season, but they have an opportunity to get back to .500 with two games over the weekend. Despite their record, the team has shown significant promise. Two of the losses came in five-set games, one against Villanova (5-0) and another with Illinois (2-2).
With the class of 2029 settling into campus, freshmen are amidst their third week of the Moreau First-Year Experience. The course has been a staple of Notre Dame’s curriculum for the past decade, although the course has undergone significant changes this year.
The speech language pathology (SLP) department at Saint Mary’s held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the College’s new Language and Literacy Lab from 1:30-2 p.m. on Monday in room 18 of Havican Hall. The lab aims to help SLP students gain holistic skills while benefiting the children at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC), who will receive specialized attention in the space designed for them.
With the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) releasing its full conference schedule on Tuesday afternoon, Notre Dame men’s basketball’s full slate is now set for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Fourth-year head coach Salima Rockwell and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish volleyball team welcomed Southeastern Conference (SEC) power Louisiana State University (LSU) to Purcell Pavilion Tuesday evening for the first annual “Showdown at the Net” game. LSU picked up the convincing 3-0 victory, despite each set being competitive with the Irish falling 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22. The home defeat drops Notre Dame to a disappointing 1-3 on the young season, marking another period of September struggles under Rockwell's leadership.
In the past few months three restaurants opened near campus: a taco bar, an Asian fusion restaurant and a neighborhood bar and grill. These restaurants cater specifically to students, offering special promotions for game days and other events.
The unbeaten Saint Mary's Belles volleyball team will welcome the 4-3 Manchester Spartans to the Angela Athletics and Wellness Complex on Friday night.
Welsh Family Hall held a memorial Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Monday evening for sophomore Audrey DeShetler. DeShetler passed away on June 8 after a 14-year battle with neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer.
“Off the dome” is a human-interest series highlighting the interesting professors and faculty at Notre Dame. Suggest a guest by contacting aelshoff@nd.edu.
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