Women's Lacrosse: Irish finish preseason, look to open season
The No. 20 Irish finished their preseason with a pair of away exhibition games against Johns Hopkins and Virginia Tech over the weekend.
The No. 20 Irish finished their preseason with a pair of away exhibition games against Johns Hopkins and Virginia Tech over the weekend.
With the Big East indoor championships fast approaching, most of the team used this past weekend to prepare for the championship meet. But last Friday, five Irish runners competed in one final meet before the team moved forward, running in the GVSU Big Meet at Grand Valley State's Kelly Family Sports Center.
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Looking to capture their second Big East title in four years, the Irish traveled to Pittsburgh over the weekend for the Big East swimming and diving championships. Notre Dame finished the diving portion with a 57-point lead over the rest of the field.
While most of the Irish squad will spend the weekend resting on campus, five Notre Dame runners will travel to Allendale, Mich. on Friday to compete in the Grand Valley State University Big Meet.
The Irish will travel to Pittsburgh this weekend for the Big East championships in the hopes of securing their 15th championship in their 17-year history in the Big East.
Their next time out, the Irish can take another step toward securing the longest winning streak in school history, while also contributing to the fight against cancer. No. 2 Notre Dame will put its 21-game winning streak on the line against surging Big East foe West Virginia for the annual Pink Zone game Sunday.
Coming off a strong 5-2 win at No. 64 Northwestern on Tuesday, the No. 30 Irish will continue a busy stretch this weekend. Notre Dame will play three matches at the Eck Tennis Pavilion, as they face Wisconsin today and No. 6 Kentucky and IUPUI in separate matches Sunday.
Notre Dame will kick off an important week of competition this weekend. The swimmers have a few more days of preparation before the Big East championships, but for the divers, today marks the beginning of the postseason.
The journey has not been easy for No. 9/9 Notre Dame this season, as they've fought through the grind of playing a brutal CCHA schedule. The road doesn't get any easier this weekend, as the Irish will take on conference leader No. 5/6 Ferris State in a crucial home-and-home series with serious playoff implications.
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After defeating West Virginia on Wednesday, the Irish return to Purcell Pavilion with hopes of extending their season-long five-game winning streak against a struggling DePaul squad.
During their current four-game winning streak, the Irish have upset the No. 1 team in the country, outhustled the defending NCAA national champions on the road and ended the conference's longest winning streak. Now, the Irish have yet another daunting task ahead of them as they look to stop the Big East's top scoring duo in one of college basketball's most hostile atmospheres: West Virginia.
Notre Dame students have various ways of dealing with the permanent gray skies of the winter months. For members of the women's tennis team, escaping the dull and dreary South Bend winter is often just one road match against an SEC opponent away.
After falling to No. 10 Duke on Sunday, the No. 30 Irish rebounded Tuesday with a dominating start to earn a 5-2 victory at Northwestern.
On a squad where youth dominates the roster, senior swimmer and co-captain Amy Prestinario has managed to post impressive results in the pool and hold a strong leadership role outside of it.
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After defeating Olivet on Saturday, the Belles will attempt to stave off another opponent looking to overtake them in the standings when they face off against Adrian tonight.
Devereaux Peters scored a season-high 21 points and pulled in 16 boards over the nation's second-best rebounding team as No. 2 Notre Dame took down another Big East opponent at Syracuse on Tuesday by a 74-55 score.