Notre Dame will tee off in its last tournament of the season Sunday with the Big East Championship in Orlando, Florida.
For the third time in two years a Notre Dame player was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft as the Cincinnati Bengals took former Irish tight end Tyler Eifert with the 21st pick Thursday night.
The Irish hit the road this weekend to put their nine-game winning streak to the test as they face local Big East rival DePaul in a three-game weekend series. Notre Dame (35-10, 15-1 Big East) will carry momentum from its last game, an 11-1 victory over Connecticut that marked the 500th career win for Irish coach Deanna Gumpf
In a battle of size versus speed, the quicker No. 1 Sophomores at Holy Cross withstood a second half surge from No. 4 D.G.P. to earn the 21-17 win. With the win, the defending champions advance to the championship game and keep their hopes of repeating alive.
Saint Mary's needs to close the gap with Olivet this weekend after finishing the opening round of the MIAA NCAA qualifier in second place Wednesday, 23 strokes behind opening day leader Olivet.
It just took one pitch for sophomore BlaiseLezynski to contribute to Notre Dame's offense Wednesday, as the sophomore hit the first pitch in his pinch-hit at bat over the right field wall to grab a 4-3 lead for the Irish in the seventh inning against Michigan State.
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Thomas Edison famously said he never failed when inventing the light bulb but instead found 10,000 ways that didn't work.
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