ND Women's Swimming & Diving: Irish travel to East Lansing for meet
Notre Dame will look to protect its perfect record in the pool against Michigan State when the Irish travel to East Lansing, Mich., today.
Notre Dame will look to protect its perfect record in the pool against Michigan State when the Irish travel to East Lansing, Mich., today.
There will be no neighborly love this Sunday as Fisher braves the vaunted defense of Dillon in the first round of playoff games.
The last home game of the 2010 season, originally scheduled for Saturday against Georgetown, has been postponed to Sunday at 6:00 p.m. An Irish victory over they Hoyas could give the Notre Dame a bye in the first round of next week's Big East tournament.
Having run the Big East regular-season slate without suffering a single loss, No. 3 Notre Dame will host Connecticut Sunday in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.
With a sixth-place finish against some of the top teams in the nation at their last event, the No. 18 Irish have had a successful fall season, which they will try to continue Sunday and early next week as they travel to San Antonio for the Alamo Invitational.
The Belles hope to conquer their division foes and secure their best conference finish in program history at the MIAA Championships this weekend.
Saint Mary's hosts its annual home meet this afternoon at the Rolfs Aquatic Center at Notre Dame with Wabash and MIAA foe Kalamazoo coming to town.
After strong races at the NCAA pre-National Meet, The Irish head to Syracuse Friday to face off against their conference rivals in the 2010 Big East championship.
The Belles travel to conference rival Adrian tonight in search of their third MIAA victory as next week's conference tournament quickly approaches.
After finishing third at their first event of the fall season at the Head of the Rock Regatta in Rockford, Ill., the Irish are shooting to top Tulsa on the Saint Joseph River during Friday and Saturday's dual meet.
The No. 11/13 Irish will tackle the challenge of refocusing after taking down No. 1 Boston College a week ago when they face a home-and-home series against CCHA opponent Western Michigan this weekend.
The Irish will celebrate the holiday weekend by looking for a pair of victories as they host Big East opponents St. John's and Connecticut, two teams that they have easily defeated in seasons past. To repeat that trend and not let either the Red Storm or the Huskies have their way, Notre Dame (13-9, 6-3 Big East) knows it has to stick to its game plan.
As No. 3-seed Cavanaugh carries its perfect record into the playoffs, an underdog No. 6-seed McGlinn team will rely on its experienced offense to provide the spark needed to pull off the first round upset.
Though Notre Dame dominated possession for the first 89 minutes of their Alumni Stadium clash against Pittsburgh Wednesday, a set piece goal for the Panthers and a freak deflection on an own goal had the teams even at 2-2 with a minute left in the game. With the Irish headed for a disappointing tie, junior midfielder Brendan King headed home a cross in the final minute from senior forward Steven Perry to give Notre Dame a thrilling 3-2 win.
After claiming the Big East National Division title, No. 4 Notre Dame is shifting its focus to the postseason, which the Irish have become intimately familiar with during Irish coach Randy Waldrum's tenure.
In 1989, Notre Dame had been playing Division I tennis for four years, had never been to the NCAA Tournament, and never earned a spot in the national rankings. That all changed when head coach Jay Louderback arrived. Since he was hired to lead the Irish program, Louderback has led Notre Dame to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances and 15 conference titles. A year ago, the Irish finished with their best performance ever with an appearance in the semifinals. This season the Irish want to compete for a national championship again and will attempt to surpass the achievements of last season's team.
The Belles' season-long quest to establish themselves as competitors in the MIAA manifested itself in a close victory over Adrian Wednesday.
All Irish senior Stephen Havens knows how to do is win, as it's all he's ever done in his tennis career.
Notre Dame will honor junior Declan Sullivan with helmet decals and a pregame moment of silence before its game Saturday against Tulsa, Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick said in a press conference Thursday.
Senior diver Eric Lex could be on the way to his best season ever with Notre Dame after two big victories against Michigan and Oakland.