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Track and Field: Irish head to Ky. for meet

By The Observer · Thursday, April 7, 2011

Coming off a strong performance in the Mike Poehlein Invitational at Purdue, and with the season winding down, the Irish need to keep playing at a high level this weekend as they head to Kentucky for the Louisville Border Battle.

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Special teams cost Irish

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

ST. PAUL, Minn. –– There is little doubt in the mind of Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson as to what ended his team's season one step short of the national championship game: the Irish special teams, a weakness all season, were exposed on the biggest stage in their 4-3 loss to Minnesota-Duluth.

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SMC Tennis: Belles continue winning streak

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Winning big is becoming business as usual for the Belles. They've won eight of their last 11, and seven of those eight wins have been by five matches or more. Their matchup last night was no exception, as Saint Mary's bested Olivet College, 7-2.

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Baseball: Broncos' errors boost ND

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

In a sharp contrast to the first half of the season, Notre Dame capitalized on its opponent's mistakes in the field and the pitching made it stand as the Irish took down Western Michigan 6-2 Wednesday at Frank Eck Stadium.

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Irish fall in St. Paul

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Down 4-2 early in the third period of the national semifinal game and facing a red-hot Minnesota-Duluth power play, Notre Dame thought it had turned the corner when senior left wing Calle Ridderwall blasted a shot from just inside the blue line past Bulldog goalie Kenny Reiter to pull the Irish within one. It was not to be, however, as Reiter stonewalled the Notre Dame attack the rest of the way to give Minnesota-Duluth a 4-3 victory over the Irish in front of 19,139 fans at the Xcel Energy Center.

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Football: Heading outdoors

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Notre Dame practiced outdoors Wednesday for the first time during the spring season, giving Irish coach Brian Kelly a different view of his squad as the 82nd annual Blue-Gold exhibition quickly approaches.

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Talented Minnesota-Duluth finally breaks through

By The Observer · Tuesday, April 5, 2011

It happens every year. Stinging from one last defeat at the hands of a familiar opponent to end the season, disappointed in the previous year's campaign and frustrated that its talent has not broken through, a team sets a goal — reach the Frozen Four. Rare is the team that can actually accomplish that goal, and rarer still do the stars line up as they have for Minnesota-Duluth. With the Frozen Four just a few hours down the road, in the very same arena that ended their season last year at the hands of North Dakota, the Bulldogs saw a golden opportunity and capitalized.

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