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Men's Swimming and Diving: ND to face Spartans in dual meet

By The Observer · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

With the Big East tournament quickly approaching, the Irish look to capitalize on their momentum when they take on Michigan State in a dual meet Saturday. The Irish have won their last two contests, a dual meet against Northwestern and the CopaCoqui tournament in Puerto Rico.

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Men's Basketball: Chaotic Big East tests Irish

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

A year after a record 11 berths in the NCAA tournament, the Big East is back to its old chaotic ways. After placing four teams in the top-10 of the preseason Associated Press poll, the conference now owns just two places in the top-10.

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2011 Season Archive

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

ORLANDO, Fla. - Capitalizing on a turnover and offensive inefficiencies from Notre Dame, Florida State overcame a 14-point third quarter deficit to win the Champs Sports Bowl 18-14 on Dec. 29.

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Women's Basketball: Century Marksmen

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

In the midst of a 15-game winning streak, the second-ranked Irish and their potent offense are getting it done. Having already eclipsed 100 points twice in a season for the first time, Notre Dame is well on its way to achieving one of the most successful offensive seasons in program history.

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Fencing: Tumultuous journey leads coach to Notre Dame

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

During the late seventies Irish coach Janusz Bednarski was an economics professor at the SGPiS Business College in Warsaw in his home country of Poland, a state at that time controlled by the Soviet Union. Frustrated by the economic environment of Poland, Bednarski decided to switch teaching to physical education and coaching.

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Miscues cost Irish in bowl loss

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

ORLANDO, Fla. — It started against South Florida, it reared its ugly head against USC and, finally, it prevented Notre Dame from picking up a season-ending bowl win. Turnovers once again led to Notre Dame's demise, as Florida State took full advantage of three takeaways en route to its 18-14 victory in the Champs Sports Bowl.

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Swarbrick pleased with conference realignment, athletic success

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

While the fall semester of 2011 was notable for the first home night football game in 21 years, the beginning of a potentially historic women's basketball season and the opening of the brand-new Compton Family Ice Arena, many Notre Dame fans will remember it most for one reason: conference realignment. Most relevant to Notre Dame, the Big East seemed to be on the verge of collapsing before adding Houston, Central Florida and Southern Methodist University in all sports and two more schools in football to ensure stability.

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ND Women's Swimming: Irish falter in double dual meet

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

Despite a two-week training trip to Hawaii in early January, Notre Dame failed to earn a victory at a double dual meet in Ann Arbor on Saturday. The Irish fell to Michigan by a 180-115 margin and narrowly lost to Northwestern 156-144 in their first meet since the Ohio State Invitational in early December.

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ND Women's Basketball: Shooting spree

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

When Irish sophomore forward Natalie Achonwa hit a three-pointer with 36 seconds left on the clock Tuesday, she wrapped up the scoring rally that was Notre Dame's 120-44 win over Pittsburgh at the Purcell Pavilion.

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