Vol.167No. 7
Notre Dame men's and women's lacrosse hoping to deliver signature springs
After back-to-back Frozen Four appearances, the Notre Dame hockey program has gone from the hunter to the hunted.
As of Nov. 12, 2018, multiple sports teams at Notre Dame remain undefeated. Most people are probably thinking of the Fighting Irish football team right about now, but the women’s swim team is also among the unbeaten.
As Rudyard Kipling once wrote, “If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, yours is the Earth and everything in it.” As for the Irish men’s cross country team, theirs was the 2018 ACC Cross Country Title and everything in it.
In two of the last three years, Notre Dame women’s basketball forward Brianna Turner was named an All-American.
But what about the year she wasn’t?
The men’s soccer team had many thrilling moments coupled with some tough losses to bear during the regular season.
Hunter Ostrom has gotten off to a stellar start in his sophomore golf season, winning the individual Northern Intercollegiate Championship this past September.
It was fourth-and-8 from the Navy 24-yard line. There were 45 seconds left, and the game was tied at 28. Brandon Walker had missed a field goal from 40 yards early that day, so Charlie Weis sent out Evan Sharpley, Armando Allen and the offense out to attempt to convert.
On Sept.15, Notre Dame graduates Molly Bruggeman, class of 2014, and Erin Boxberger, class of 2017, collectively known as the “Shamrock Sisters,” made history at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team was not supposed to win a national championship last year, but they did. With only seven scholarship players available for the tournament due to the many injuries the Irish faced during the regular season, Muffet McGraw added to her impressive resume by leading…
329 The number of career points senior kicker Justin Yoon has scored for the Notre Dame football team.
Following the retirement of women’s tennis head coach Jay Louderback, who led the Irish from an emergent program to one with 24 NCAA championship bids and 28 All-American honors, Notre Dame searched for a leader who would build upon his legacy. The Irish found one in Alison Silverio.
Notre Dame-Michigan is always a big game. But when the two rivals haven’t played in five years, both are ranked in the top 15, are visited by College GameDay and meet in the first game of the season, the stakes are even higher.
Great potential can change to heartbreak so quickly. Hard to believe? Just ask the 2017-2018 Notre Dame men’s basketball team.
9: The number of Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country runners in the top 10 at the 2018 Crusader Open in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Sabrina Flores has been an indispensable member of the Notre Dame women’s soccer team since her first days on campus. Now a senior and one of three team captains, she sees the makings of a remarkable season ahead.
With each fall comes the renewal of Notre Dame’s campus with fresh faces, places and enthusiasm. The 2018 Notre Dame women’s volleyball team also got an update with a new squad and first-year head coach Mike Johnson.
The Notre Dame men’s basketball team had quite an unsanctimonious end to its season.
With a record of 27-9-2, the 2017-2018 Notre Dame men’s hockey season may be the most commendable in the Jeff Jackson era.
"I didn’t think we’d have more ACL tears than losses"
April brought the cold ... and some mind-boggling Irish statistics ...
Is Jim Harbaugh blackmailing Mark Emmert?
14 The number of games the women’s basketball team has won away from home — including neutral-site contests — this season.
Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale has been a key part of the No. 5 Notre Dame women’s basketball team this season.
Entering his 30th season at the helm in South Bend, head coach Kevin Corrigan’s Fighting Irish are ranked No. 6 in the 2018 USILA Preseason Poll.
The Notre Dame’s men’s basketball team has dealt with its fair share of adversity and then some.
Notre Dame senior sprinter Jordan Shead has been a crucial part of the Fighting Irish track and field team ever since her arrival in 2014.
The number of consecutive weeks men’s hockey was ranked No. 1 from Jan. 8-22 in the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls.
Over the years, the number 16 has remained an important one for Notre Dame athletics.
One week after crushing Boston College in Chestnut Hill, the Fighting Irish took on another longtime foe, the Michigan State Spartans, in East Lansing. While still early in the season, the game was critical.