Hockey: Offensive struggles lead to split in Alaska
No. 9 Notre Dame split a pair of conference games at No. 13 Alaska over the weekend, handing the Nanooks their first loss of the season Friday, 3-2, before falling 3-1 Saturday night in Fairbanks.
No. 9 Notre Dame split a pair of conference games at No. 13 Alaska over the weekend, handing the Nanooks their first loss of the season Friday, 3-2, before falling 3-1 Saturday night in Fairbanks.
Jimmy Clausen set career-highs in pass attempts (51), completions (37) and passing yards (452), and a new school record of completions, Golden Tate made nine catches for 132 yards and a touchdown and Michael Floyd returned to the field for Notre Dame.
Jimmy Clausen set career-highs in pass attempts (51), completions (37), and passing yards (452), Golden Tate made nine catches for 132 yards and a touchdown, and Michael Floyd returned to the field for Notre Dame, but the Irish were not able to fight off the Navy Midshipmen for a win Saturday, falling 23-21 in the 83rd meeting of the two teams.
Following back-to-back second-place finishes in the NCAA Championships, the Irish begin this season looking to grab that elusive title. Led by sophomore epeeist Courtney Hurley and sophomore Olympian Gerek Meinhardt, Notre Dame will send its best to compete in the USFA NAC Juniors today in Kansas City, Mo.
We've been told 9-3 is not good enough.
At the start of a season with many questions still unanswered, coach Mike Brey is still looking to fill in the pieces of his lineup around star seniors Tory Jackson and Luke Harangody. Tonight's exhibition game against Quincy University is simply the next step in that process.
Notre Dame began the weekend in style as sophomore Kristy Frilling won her opening round match in the ITA National Indoor Championships Thursday. The Irish will also send a doubles pairing to Kalamazoo, Mich., for the Western Michigan Invitational beginning today.
The Irish travel 3,500 miles to Fairbanks, Alaska this weekend for a two-game CCHA series against the Nanooks in the second weekend of conference play.
The Irish women's and men's squads will be looking for important dual meet victories as both teams travel to take on Purdue today in West Lafayette.
After a blowout victory over Washington State in San Antonio that may have helped Notre Dame's future recruiting in Texas, this weekend the Irish will welcome official visitor Marquis Flowers to South Bend to see the team take on Navy.
Notre Dame looks to bring its win streak to an even dozen this weekend as it travels to Marquette and Syracuse for its last conference road games of the season.
If the old adage "Defense wins championships" is true, Sorin's first round playoff game against Siegfried should be nothing more than a speed bump on the road a to a championship in a few weeks. The Otters (3-0-1) enter the playoffs undefeated thanks to their stellar defense, which has yet to allow a point this season.
In a match-up between the top-seeded team and the eighth-seeded team, Pasquerilla West (6-0) will look to continue its path toward perfection in a first round game against McGlinn (3-3-1).
For a team that's managed to scrape together only two winning streaks all season, there is no better time for the Irish to start a third.
Carroll and Knott meet in the first round of the playoffs Sunday, and both will be playing for one of the biggest wins in recent dorm history.
Notre Dame will round out its fall practice schedule when it travels to compete in the William and Mary Invitational this weekend in Williamsburg, Va.
With the triple option offensive system that Navy runs, the quarterback position is slightly different than at other schools.
His teammates and coaches call him Notre Dame's best athlete. But just how athletic is senior safety Sergio Brown?
One doesn't often equate a weasel with dominance. However, over the last six years, there seems no other word more appropriate to describe the Purple Weasels of Pasquerilla West's Interhall football program.