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SMC Basketball: Undefeated Belles hope to continue record at Anderson

The Belles will put their undefeated record to the test at Anderson College Tuesday. They have won each of their games by 26.6 points three games into the season.

Football: USC-bound

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.

Baraka Bouts: Freshman Carmack among winning fighters Sunday

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.

Victory under the lights brings bowl game

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Strong finish a positive for Irish

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.

ND Women's Soccer: Toppling the Tar Heels

They did it again. Facing top-seeded North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Championship, the Irish dismantled the Tarheels 4-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

ND Cross Country: Irish off to NCAA Championships

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.

ND Men's Soccer: ND falls to Dartmouth in OT

Dartmouth forward Andrew Olsen scored the game-winning goal nine minutes into overtime in Sunday's second round game of the NCAA tournament and brought Notre Dame's 2010 season to a close with a 2-1 loss to the Big Green at Alumni Stadium.

SMC Basketball: Belles move to 3-0 on season

The Belles extended their win streak to three this weekend as they defeated North Central College 75-56 in the Holiday Inn Select Tip-Off Tournament title game.

ND Women's Basketball: UCLA, Kentucky take down Notre Dame

After opening the season with blowout victories over New Hampshire and Morehead State, Notre Dame has dropped consecutive matches by narrow margins against two ranked opponents.

ND Volleyball: Irish fall in Big East semis

The Irish fought for their postseason lives at the Big East Championships this weekend, defeating Villanova in the quarterfinals before falling to Cincinnati in the semifinals.

Men's Basketball: Maine next on schedule for Irish

Senior guard Ben Hansbrough is averaging 20 points per game for the Irish this season, and he has led the team in scoring in each of its first three games. Despite that, Irish coach Mike Brey said he is not concerned about what will happen to the offense if Hansbrough has an off game as Notre Dame prepares to take on Maine tonight.

Hockey: Irish defend home ice with pair of victories

In their final season at the Joyce Center, the No. 11 Irish continued to defend their home ice with two wins over Michigan State in a weekend series. Notre Dame defeated the Spartans 6-2 Friday night and 4-2 Saturday night to extend their win streak at home to six.

Defense rebounds in November

Before Saturday, the last time the Irish went two straight games without allowing a touchdown was in November of 1988 against Rice and Penn State. Not coincidentally, that was also the same year of Notre Dame's last national championship.

Baraka Bouts: Boxers pair up, compete in bouts after months of training

Football: Irish down Army in Big Apple

Notre Dame ended its two-day tour of New York City with "the most important thing," as Irish coach Brian Kelly said after Notre Dame's 27-3 victory over Army Saturday night.

Hockey: Spartans provide only home opponent of November

The No. 11 Irish return to the friendly confines of the Joyce Center this weekend after a five-game road trip that returned mixed results.

Men's Soccer: NCAA���opener features foe familiar to Clark

From 1985 to 1993, Irish coach Bobby Clark bled green as the head coach at Dartmouth. On Sunday, the Big Green will line up opposite Clark's No. 9 Notre Dame squad as the Irish begin their NCAA tournament slate at Alumni Stadium.

ND Volleyball: Conference title quest kicks off

The Irish will take on Villanova today at the University of Pittsburgh in the first round of the Big East Championship, with postseason hopes on the line.

SMC Swimming and Diving: Shorthanded Belles back in action in Phoenix

After taking almost a month off, the Belles will head to the University of Chicago to compete in the Phoenix Fall Classic this weekend.