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Fencing: ND coach: 'It's a great day'

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After four frenzied days of competition at the NCAA championships, Irish coach Janusz Bednarski could finally reflect on his team's season, which ended in a national title.


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Women's Rowing: Irish take three races at regatta

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Notre Dame and Indiana split six races Sunday in Indianapolis, denying Purdue and Eastern Michigan any victories. The Irish won the first and second varsity four races, and took the third varsity eight, while the Hoosiers were victorious in the first and second varsity eight races, as well as the novice eight.


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Football: QB battle continues to heat up

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If there was one conclusion to be made from Saturday's practice inside the Loftus Sports Center, it was that the quarterback competition is far from settled. Junior Dayne Crist, freshmen Tommy Rees and Andrew Hendrix and early enrollee Everett Golson all participated equally in quarterback drills — just as Irish coach Brian Kelly drew it up.






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Fencing: First in fencing

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For some collegiate programs, winning championships ceases to be a goal and becomes an expectation. Notre Dame's fencing program is one of those programs — by winning their eighth national championship and third under Irish coach Janusz Bednarski Sunday, the Irish fencers fulfilled not a goal, but an expectation.




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Baseball: ND wins Georgetown series

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Finally able to take to their home field for the first time all season, the Irish couldn't have been happier — that is, until they won a three-game series against conference rival Georgetown to open Big East play.




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Myers: Irish get better at winning (Mar. 27)

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Before Notre Dame's opening round game against Utah, I told The Observer's photographer to make sure to get some shots of the walk-ons when they would inevitably get the call towards the end of the game.



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Hockey: Irish defeat Merrimack in overtime to advance

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — With 15:00 left in overtime of Notre Dame's NCAA first round matchup with Merrimack, Irish coach Jeff Jackson called his team's only timeout. The Warriors were dominating the Irish in overtime, peppering Notre Dame netminder Mike Johnson with shot after shot. Nothing had slipped by Johnson yet, but it seemed only inevitable.