No. 9 Onions!!! def. No. 8 Amish Guard
Toledo senior center fielder Ben Hammer responded to the Irish pitching staff as if he were in batting practice Tuesday, as he knocked in two home runs and five RBI on four hits to lead the Rockets to a 15-3 win over the Irish at Scott Park in Toledo, Ohio.
No. 10 Notre Dame hosts No. 4 Northwestern tonight at Arlotta Stadium in a matchup of two top-10 teams looking to rebound from recent losses.
Notre Dame (35-10, 15-1 Big East) returned home Tuesday for a doubleheader sweep over Connecticut (22-22, 6-10) in Melissa Cook Stadium. The squad earned two wins - 6-0 in game one and 11-1 in five innings in game two - extending its winning streak to nine games. The second win marked Deanna Gumpf's500th career win as Irish head coach.
Down seven shots to Louisville after Sunday's first round of the Big East championship at Reunion Resort and Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., the Irish faced the possibility of a disappointing tournament finish after a strong regular season.
Coming off a loss against Hope in Michigan on Saturday, the Belles hosted North Central on Monday, winning 6-3.
After finishing Sunday in second place, the No. 26 Irish concluded the second round of the Big East championship Monday in first place after firing a three-under-par 285.
Under the best weather they've seen all season, the Belles split a doubleheader with Hope College on Monday, winning the first game 3-1 and dropping the second 8-2.
With a three-game home sweep of Quinnipiac in the books, Notre Dame hits the road today for another non-conference matchup as it takes on Toledo.
The Irish are riding a seven-game win streak heading into tonight's doubleheader against conference rival Connecticut.
Bookstore Basketball at Notre Dame is the largest outdoor five-on-five basketball tournament in the world. And it's also a hotbed for creative team names, some more and some less appropriate than others.
The cold and dreary weather that has plagued South Bend all spring hasn't stopped Bookstore Basketball, which has reached the final stages and continues today with the Sweet 16.
With first place in the Big East on the line, No. 2 Notre Dame found itself locked in a tight back-and-forth battle with red-hot Villanova. But Irish junior attack John Scioscia then exploded for three fourth-quarter goals as Notre Dame pulled away with a 13-9 victory Saturday at Arlotta Stadium.
The Irish claimed their fourth Big East sweep of the season with a dominating three-game run against Pittsburgh this weekend.
The Irish continued their reign over the Big East conference with a sixth-straight Big East Championship this weekend in Tampa, Fla.
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