WBB: Irish Advance to Final Four after Win over Oregon

For the sixth time in eight years, and under challenging circumstances, the Notre Dame women’s basketball team is headed to the Final Four. After defeating the talented 2-seed Oregon Ducks in the Elite Eight, the Irish will face perennial foe UConn on Friday in Columbus. Elite Eight: ND vs. Oregon The Elite Eight matchup kicked [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:23-04:00March 27th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|1 Comment

Fencing: 2018 National Champions!

The Fighting Irish repeated as National Champions this weekend, their 10th title! Freshman Nick Itkin is also an individual national champion, besting his competition in foil.   Congratulation to coaches Gia Kvaratskhelia and the entire fencing team! The program also had 10 fencers earn All-American honors: Nick Itkin (foil) Axel Kiefer (foil) Ariel Simmons (epee) Nicholas [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:23-04:00March 27th, 2018|18S Reads|1 Comment

WBB: Irish Defeat Texas A&M, Advance to Elite Eight

Following a win over 4-seed Texas A&M, the Irish will be advancing to the Elite Eight for the seventh time in the last eight years. They won’t have an easy road to the Final Four, as they will face talented 2-seed Oregon on Monday. Sweet Sixteen: ND vs. Texas A&M Kathryn Westbeld returned to the [...]

By |2018-03-25T11:49:50-04:00March 25th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|2 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish lose to Michigan in classic trap game

Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (4-2) fell at home to Michigan (6-2), 13-12. There was no defeated enemy, the hordes were not driven before us, and we did not hear the lamentations of their women.  Conan would not be impressed.  After two top-10 wins, Wednesday indeed went to the hunter. Scoring Ryder Garnsey paced the [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:24-04:00March 22nd, 2018|18S Reads|2 Comments

Weekly WBB Recap: Irish Will Face Texas A&M in the Sweet Sixteen

The top-seeded Irish have advanced to their ninth straight Sweet Sixteen after victories over 16-seed California State Northridge and 9-seed Villanova. They will travel to Spokane to face 4-seed Texas A&M, who are coming off a thrilling win in their second round matchup. We’ll look at how they got here and then look ahead to [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:24-04:00March 21st, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|3 Comments

Lacrosse: Michigan comes to Arlotta

Notre Dame Fighting Irish mens' lacrosse (#4, 4-1, 1-0 ACC) host the Michigan Wolverines (NR, 5-2, 0-0 B1G), Wednesday at 4:00 pm, WatchESPN. This is the third  meeting between the two teams, with the Irish winning 16-5 at home last year, and 17-8 in Ann Arbor in 2015.  The Wolverines haven't played the meat of [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:24-04:00March 20th, 2018|18S Reads|5 Comments

Irish beat Buckeyes in OT Thriller to Claim Big Ten Hockey Title

In their first season in the conference, the #3 Irish hockey team completed the Big Ten Tournament and regular season sweep after beating #4 Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. Cam Morrison scored nine minutes into the overtime period on a pass from Jake Evans to clinch the title for ND. The win earns  [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:24-04:00March 18th, 2018|18S Reads|4 Comments

Lacrosse: St. Patrick’s Day tilt versus Virginia

Notre Dame mens' lacrosse (3-1,  #4/#4/#4) will face Virginia  (6-1, #9/#7/#8) on St. Patrick's Day, 6:00 pm at Arlotta Stadium, ESPNU  Another day, another top-10 matchup. The Fighting Irish have won the last five games in this series. The last two have been epic overtime wins that qualify as two of the most exciting finishes [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:24-04:00March 16th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball, Lacrosse|2 Comments

Avalanche of Bad Breaks Lands Notre Dame in the NIT

It wasn't supposed to be like this. This was the Golden Era of Irish Basketball. The run of success that started in 2015 would continue. Last year, the Irish were a mis-timed rolled ankle from hanging another ACC banner and deep NCAA run. This year, they returned the rightful ACC player of the year and [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:25-04:00March 13th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|15 Comments

Lacrosse: The Western Rivalry preview

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1, #8/#10/#11) host the Denver Pioneers (4-1, #4/#5/#4) this Saturday at Arlotta Stadium, 2:30 pm EST, ESPNU.  Of all the games on the schedule, we consider this game the litmus test for the Irish.   The Western Rivalry The Irish and Pios were for years the distant western outposts for [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:25-04:00March 9th, 2018|18S Reads, Lacrosse|4 Comments

Weekly WBB Recap: Irish Fall to Louisville in ACC Tournament Final

The story line leading into this year's ACC Tournament was Notre Dame's shot to get revenge on the Louisville team that embarrassed them on national television earlier this season, but the happy ending was not to be. After defeating Virginia in the quarterfinal and Florida State in the semifinal, the Irish couldn't quite pull off [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:26-04:00March 7th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|0 Comments

Previewing the Irish in the ACC Tournament

Saturday marked the end of Notre Dame's fifth ACC regular season. In a hard-fought battle, Mike Brey's squad attempted to claw to 9-9 in the league. Sadly, the Irish fell short and top-ranked Virginia prevailed 62-57. In only his second game back from injury, Bonzie Colson put up another heroic performance. In the end, Notre [...]

By |2018-05-09T22:25:26-04:00March 5th, 2018|18S Reads, Basketball|15 Comments
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