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Holy Cross basketball splits Wednesday games

By Adam Akan · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

Both the men and women of the Holy Cross basketball program were in action on Wednesday night. The 11-9 women’s team took to the road against Calumet College of St. Joseph, looking to improve on their 6-6 conference record in a pivotal game. 

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Irish linebackers return en masse for 2023

By Tyler Reidy · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

The Fighting Irish linebacker core will bring back the same top six players that closed out last season. Two four-stars and a three-star from the 2023 recruiting class will join them. Here’s a full outlook on Al Golden’s group of linebackers heading into next season.

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Freshmen cornerbacks should help Irish offset losses at DB

By Andrew McGuinness · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

When freshman cornerback Benjamin Morrison was the toast of South Bend after recording five interceptions during a three-game span in November, The Athletic’s Pete Sampson dropped a bombshell that flew a bit under the radar. “Before the Ohio State opener, a source at Notre Dame indicated Morrison might be the best cornerback Notre Dame had signed in 10 years,” the longtime Irish beat writer wrote. While Notre Dame isn’t exactly known for its defensive back program, that’s still a pretty bold claim — especially since the source told Sampson this before Morrison played a single snap of collegiate football.

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Belles fall to Hope 121-51 in conference play

By Mannion McGinley · Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

After they opened the new year 2-1, the Saint Mary’s basketball team fell 121-51 to No. 8/9 Hope on Wednesday evening. The Belles took down Olivet a week earlier but couldn’t find the same rhythm against the reigning Division III champions. 

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Irish to take on Eagles after thirteen-point loss to Seminoles

By Tyler Reidy · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

Notre Dame men’s basketball (9-10, 1-7) returns to action on Saturday for another ACC battle with Boston College (8-11, 2-6). Both teams are looking to escape the league’s basement after poor starts in conference play. The Eagles check in on a four-game losing streak after playing their most difficult stretch of the season. After beating Notre Dame in January, they faced then-No. 16 Duke, Wake Forest, No. 17 Miami and national runner-up North Carolina. The Irish have dropped eight of their last ten, including Tuesday’s home debacle against Florida State. The Seminoles opened the game on a 13-0 run, then went up 32-8 before securing an 84-71 win at Purcell Pavilion.

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Irish travel to rematch No. 6 Penn State

By Tyler Reidy · Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

Another large opportunity awaits Notre Dame hockey this weekend at Pegula Ice Arena. The Fighting Irish (10-11-3, 5-7-2) will make the trek east to finish their season series with the sixth-ranked Nittany Lions (17-6-1, 7-6-1). Notre Dame still occupies fifth place in the Big Ten standings; a tie (shootout win) and shutout loss against No. 2 Minnesota brought the Irish to 17 points in 14 games. Meanwhile, Penn State just played its most competitive series of the season to date. The Nittany Lions took an overtime loss and earned a 4-4 tie (shootout loss) in No. 15 Michigan State’s barn last weekend. Penn State now sits in a three-way tie for second place with Michigan State and Ohio State but has two games in hand on the Spartans. All three teams trail front-running Minnesota by 10 points.

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Winter Break recap: Notre Dame

By Tyler Reidy · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023

Between the conclusion of Finals Week on Dec. 16 and yesterday’s resumption of the school year, Notre Dame’s hockey team and two basketball teams combined to play 21 games. The three amassed a total record of 10-10-1, with women’s basketball making the most holiday magic at 6-1. Here’s a breakdown of how each team fared over the past month.

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Irish swimming and diving sweep Navy, split with Princeton

By Aidan Thomas · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023

Sparked by 15 individual wins, the Notre Dame swimming and diving program recorded three wins versus Navy and Princeton this past weekend. The men’s team went 2-0, improving to 4-1, overall. Meanwhile, the women’s team split with a 1-1 record, moving their record to 3-2.

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Irish dominate jumps, take two wins at Michigan Invitational

By Aidan Thomas · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023

The Notre Dame track and field squad competed for the first time in 2023 at the Michigan Invitational. On Friday, the Irish competed against a host of schools, including Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan, Madonna and Toledo. Notre Dame claimed a pair of first-place finishes in women’s high jump and long jump. Those performances sparked a strong team effort featuring 16 top-five finishes. Sophomores Madison Schmidt (high jump) and Kendall Burgess (long jump) took home victories for Notre Dame.

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Holy Cross women’s basketball knocking off opponents, knocking down wins

By Thomas Zwiller · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023

Inside the Holy Cross College basketball locker room, on the far-right whiteboard, sits a lone number four, boxed off and written in erasable marker. This solitary four seems somewhat out of place on a whiteboard primarily dedicated to scheming up plays. However, that four is linked to a promise head coach Tom Robbins made at the beginning of the season: to have the best season in program history.

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Irish drop to 1-7 in ACC with loss to Seminoles

By Liam Coolican · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023

It was a Tuesday night must-win game for Notre Dame men’s basketball. But as has become a recurring theme this season, the Irish failed to deliver. After falling to 1-6 in conference play following a deflating road loss to Syracuse, the Irish needed to turn things around against a struggling Florida State team in front of a packed student section back from winter break.

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Notre Dame seeks breakout weekend against No. 2 Minnesota

By Tyler Reidy · Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

For the first time in five weeks, Big Ten hockey returns to Compton Family Ice Arena this weekend. Notre Dame, unranked for the first time this year, will host conference frontrunner Minnesota in a key two-game series. The Fighting Irish (10-10-2, 4-6-1-1) sit in fifth place with 15 points, while the Golden Gophers (16-6-0, 10-2-0-0) hold a comfortable lead with 30 points. No. 5 Penn State and No. 8 Ohio State currently trail by eight and nine points, respectively. Minnesota previously handed Notre Dame its only sweep of the season back in early November.

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Irish score six in game two, salvage series split with Wisconsin

By Thomas Zwiller · Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023

After splitting a home series with Alaska last weekend, the Notre Dame Men’s hockey team went on the road, resuming conference play against the University of Wisconsin Badgers. The Irish tread water, splitting with the cellar-dwelling Badgers. They dropped game one, 2-0, and they won game two, 6-4.

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Irish come up short on the road against North Carolina

By Matthew Crow · Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023

A string of narrow losses left Notre Dame men’s basketball winless in ACC play entering a critical game at North Carolina on Saturday morning. Despite a worthy effort from the Irish on both ends of the floor, they continue to seek their first conference victory. The Tar Heels pulled away down the stretch en route to an 81-64 win.

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