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Men's Soccer: Ties carry ND into NCAA

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

Notre Dame began its 2009 season with a 1-0 exhibition win over Northwestern and ended it with a 3-1 loss to Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In between was an up-and-down season, but it proved momentous for the program in a number of ways.

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ND Women's Basketball: Successful season ends in Sweet 16 OT loss

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

Heading into the 2009-2010 season, expectations couldn't have been higher for a team laden with talent and experience, but with little to show for it. Notre Dame had not advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament since 2008, the program was breaking in a new home court and the squad featured four starting seniors and a number of questions about the future.

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ND Women's Golf: Brophy finishes second in Big East

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Irish completed a season laden with challenges, but despite the adversity, managed to put together some strong finishes against top competition. Notre Dame ultimately finished 17th at the NCAA Central Region last Saturday, but still has a season of highlights to reflect upon.

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Cross Country: Women finish 23rd in country

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

Although both the men's and women's cross country teams started out the 2009 season with back-to-back first places in their first two meets, the end of the season produced different results for the two squads.

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Saint Mary's: Year in Review

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

Soccer After finishing the season with a record of 4-13-2 (1-6 MIAA) to mark another disappointing campaign, the Belles dismissed head coach Ryan Crabbe in the hopes of changing their recent misfortunes. Saint Mary's now hands over the reins to Michael Joyce to take the program back to excellence.

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Story of the Year: Swarbrick fires Weis, looks to Brian Kelly to turn team around

By The Observer · Thursday, May 13, 2010

After failing to post a winning regular-season record in three tries after guiding Notre Dame to back-to-back Bowl Championship Series (BCS) berths in his first two seasons, former Irish coach Charlie Weis was fired on Nov. 30, 2009. His replacement, Brian Kelly, was hired away from Cincinnati and introduced as Notre Dame's 29th head football coach less than two weeks later.

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Men's Lacrosse: Backs against the wall

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 28, 2010

With No. 19 Notre Dame's postseason hopes hanging in the balance, No. 2 Syracuse will visit sold-out Arlotta Stadium Saturday in one of the most anticipated season finales in program history. Irish coach Kevin Corrigan said he hopes a large contingent of students will attend and make "The Lot" an intimidating venue for the Orange.

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ND Softball: Team closes out regular season

By The Observer · Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Coming off of a three-game sweep of conference rival Villanova, the No. 25 Irish hope to continue their success by taking on Bowling Green and Wisconsin in their final home games of the season.

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