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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Men's Swimming and Diving: Squad dominates in diving portion of meet

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Notre Dame enjoyed a successful weekend at the Big East Championships in Louisville as all five Irish divers earned points for their team. The Irish (6-4 regular season) swept both events and took a 74-point lead over second place Louisville, the league's reigning champion, heading into the swimming portion of the championships.








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ND Women's Basketball: Press overwhelms Rutgers

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It was not easy, but the Irish accomplished what they set out to do Saturday afternoon — to beat conference rival Rutgers to head into their showdown against Connecticut, Notre Dame's biggest game of the season, on a nine-game winning streak.


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Hockey: Green sweep

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Coming into the weekend needing six points to keep pace in the CCHA race, No. 10 Notre Dame did just that, sweeping Bowling Green to take sole possession of first place in the conference with just two weekends remaining. The Irish (18-9-5, 15-6-3-2 CCHA) defeated the Falcons (8-21-3, 3-18-3-1) 2-1 Friday night and came back with a much stronger performance Saturday night to earn a comfortable 5-1 victory.



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Women's Lacrosse: Irish split games in California

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After beating Cal on Friday, the No. 10 Irish headed 30 miles south to Palo Alto to face the No. 13 Stanford Cardinal on Sunday. Sunday's results were a bit different from Friday's victory, as Notre Dame (1-1) lost a heartbreaker by a score of 13-12.


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ND Women's Tennis: Michigan, Vanderbilt beat Irish

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Despite back-to-back losses on Thursday and Saturday, the Irish (4-4) pulled back together to come out of the weekend's home tournament with a win on Sunday. After falling to both No. 8 Michigan and No. 18 Vanderbilt by 4-3 decisions, No. 13 Notre Dame triumphed over Wisconsin 6-1.