SMC Soccer: Belles hit stride with 3-0 victory
St. Mary's notched their second straight home victory Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 win over Franklin College.
St. Mary's notched their second straight home victory Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 win over Franklin College.
The Belles fell to conference foes Alma and Adrian, 3-0 and 3-1, respectively, over the weekend to extend their losing streak to five matches.
In their first conference match and a game that could set the tone for their entire season, the Irish defeated No. 12 St. John's 1-0 Saturday.
The Irish came back from second place to win Michigan State's Mary Fossum Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. Sunday.
Saint Mary's claimed their highest finish ever at an MIAA event at this weekend's conference jamboree at Olivet College.
There was no last-second heartbreak for Notre Dame Saturday as a balanced Stanford attack led by junior quarterback Andrew Luck wore down the Irish defense en route to a 37-14 Cardinal victory.
Looking to snap out of a three-game losing streak, the Belles will travel to Alma to face off with the Scots tonight.
In 2009, the Irish defeated every team in Big East regular season play before falling in five sets to Louisville in the conference tournament's championship match. This year, they don't plan to let that happen, as their conference season begins this weekend against West Virginia tonight and Pittsburgh Sunday.
When Knott and Duncan face off Sunday, both squads will be looking to put narrow opening losses behind them. The Juggerknotts (0-1) fell to Morrissey by a final score of 7-6, while Duncan (0-1) held defending champion Siegfried to just one field goal in a 3-0 defeat.
The Irish tee off their season Saturday at Michigan State's Mary Fossum Invitational.
In their second straight weekend facing stiff competition, the No. 5 Belles will head to Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., to participate in the Fall Preview at the Mission Inn Resort, where the NCAA Division III championships will be held for the 14th consecutive year this spring.
With the season's final nonconference game behind them, the Irish spent the week gearing up for a potentially season-defining weekend in the Big East. The No. 5/9 Irish (7-1-0, 1-0-0) will host Cincinnati Friday night and then travel to Kentucky for a matchup with No. 24/18 Louisville Sunday.
The Belles are preparing to host Franklin Sunday in hopes of securing their second win of the season. Saint Mary's recently secured their first season victory Sept. 16 off a goal from freshman Jordan Diffenderfer to defeat Illinois Tech 1-0.
After braving the whipping winds and ocean mist of Kiawah Island, S.C., en route to a second place finish in the College of Charleston Invitational on Sept. 26-27, the Irish find themselves on much more familiar territory next week as they welcome several of the best golf programs in the country to campus for the Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic.
After losing last year's Big East championship game in a penalty kick shootout to St. Johns, 5-3, the Irish will welcome the conference rival Red Storm to Alumni Stadium Saturday to begin the 2010 season Big East play.
Defending champions Howard will take on Pangborn Sunday.
Saint Mary's will head to Olivet Saturday to race in this season's MIAA Jamboree. All MIAA teams will be competing in the race, which will play a significant role in determining the conference champion later this season.
For Irish coach Bobby Clark, teaching the game of soccer is a family affair. This is most evident through his son Tommy, a former soccer player at Dartmouth who founded Grassroot Soccer, an organization that looks to fight AIDS through the game of soccer.
The Irish Insider Extra's jokes in the past weeks about whether or not we were at Wednesday football practice may have fallen flat; but we certainly won't be there from now on.
Notre Dame released its 2010-11 schedule Tuesday and revealed what could be a difficult season for the Irish.