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ND Women's Basketball: Team earns title with three weekend wins

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

Following back-to-back losses against ranked opponents in No. 13 UCLA and No. 9 Kentucky, Notre Dame returned to the win column in convincing fashion over the weekend. The Irish took down IUPUI, Wake Forest and Butler to claim the WBCA Classic title at the Purcell Pavilion.

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Hockey: Irish battle Fighting Sioux

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

Playing in front of 11,680 fans at No. 7 North Dakota's Ralph Engelstad Arena, the No. 12 Irish struggled in a 6-3 loss Friday night but rebounded with a gritty performance Saturday for a hard-fought 2-2 tie.

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ND Women's Soccer: Squad advances to College Cup with win over OSU

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

For the fifth consecutive year, Notre Dame will take the pitch on the final weekend of collegiate soccer after shutting out Oklahoma State, 2-0, Friday night. Freshman midfielder Elizabeth Tucker netted a pair of goals in the final 30 minutes of the NCAA Championship quarterfinals match, sending the Irish back to the College Cup.

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ND Basketball: Senior laden roster will serve Irish well

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

One thing became apparent as the Irish won three games over the weekend to take the trophy at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla. — the best player on the team is anyone's guess. And there is nothing more exciting about this team than that.

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Fencing: Irish show strong results across seas

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 22, 2010

Notre Dame recently spanned the globe to compete in various events. Four team members traveled to Sosnowiec, Poland, to compete in a World Cup event, highlighted by sophomore Lian Osier's third-place finish in the sabre event, and another quartet of Irish fencers traveled to Milwaukee, Wis. for the North American Cup B.

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Football: USC-bound

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 22, 2010

The Notre Dame defense has effectively dominated in consecutive blowout victories in the month of November, bucking a number of downward trends that hampered the Irish down the stretch in recent seasons.

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Baraka Bouts: Freshman Carmack among winning fighters Sunday

By The Observer · Monday, Nov. 22, 2010

In one of the few unanimous decisions of the night, freshman Anna Carmack defeated Rebecca Buczkowski, a junior, in an all-out slugfest. Carmack and Buczkowski forsook defense in exchange for punishing offense. These two tough-as-nails fighters ignored personal pain and focused solely on dishing out damage to the other boxer.

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Strong finish a positive for Irish

By The Observer · Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010

There were many positives to take away from Notre Dame's 27-3 win over Army on Saturday night. The Irish are bowl-eligible with their sixth win, the defense didn't allow a touchdown for the second straight game, and freshman quarterback Tommy Rees continued his solid play in place of injured Dayne Crist. Perhaps the most important encouraging sign from this weekend's victory, though, is the fact that the Irish look like a noticeably improved football team from the one that took the field at the beginning of the season.

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ND Cross Country: Irish off to NCAA Championships

By The Observer · Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010

In an event featuring more than 30 teams, the Irish took third in last week's NCAA Midwest Regional. Now they head to the NCAA Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind., where the competition promises to be even tougher.

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