Contact Info:

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Last Updated:

03/30/02

April 6-8, 2000

Competing in the national championships, the men's volleyball team posted a record of 2-5 for the weekend. In opening round action, Penn narrowly defeated Notre Dame, 16-25, 35-33, 18-16. Notre Dame then fell to Cal State-Sacramento 25-14, 25-13. After dropping another tight three game contest to Tennessee, 25-18, 20-25, 16-14, the Irish defeated the Western Michigan Broncos 25-23, 25-19. A third match that could have gone either way saw Notre Dame lose yet another close match to Colorado State 25-20, 17-25, 15-12. The netters closed the tournament by splitting their last two contests, beating Army before succumbing to Wisconsin.

March 24-25, 2000

The volleyball club finished prepping for the upcoming Midwest Intercollegiates and nationals by splitting four games at Indiana's Hoosier Invitational. The club opened with a 25-13, 25-17 victory over Illinois Wesleyan before dropping matches to Team Root 25-19, 25-21, and Kendall University 19-25, 25-21, 15-11. Notre Dame closed the competition by defeating Ball State 25-17, 25-21.

February 26, 2000

Notre Dame went 2-2 at the Hoosier Invitational defeating Illinois Wesleyen and Ball State 2, while dropping matches to Team Root and Kendall.

February 22, 2000

The Irish remained undefeated at home this year by defeating Moraine Valley College, bringing their home record to 1-0 on the year.  In a long five game match, the Irish were able to pull out a victory with a total team effort, with everyone making valuable contributions.

February 1 9, 2000

Notre Dame went 2-3 on the day at the Midwest Ten Conference Tournament, and ended up tying for 5th place while missing all their juniors who were attending Junior Parents Weekend.  They finished off Midwest Ten conference play by defeating Calvin, and then dropping matches to Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Iowa State.  This resulted in finishing Conference Play with a 4-5 record, which seeded them seventh.  After developing more team chemistry as the day went on, the team won its opening round match vs. Calvin, and then was knocked out of the tournament in the quarter-finals by Marquette.

From: The Observer (Notre Dame's Newspaper), Tuesday February 15, 2000

The men's volleyball club dropped a well-played match to Western Michigan last week.  Although missing more than half the team including three key starters, the club was in each game, succumbing 25-18, 25-23, 25-23, in rally scoring.  Mike Griggs had an outstanding match, playing out of position with so many missing teammates. The club returns to divisional championship play this weekend.

February 9, 2000

Notre Dame traveled to play Western Michigan University for a Wednesday night match, dropping the match to the Broncos in three games (19-25, 23-25, 23-25).  Despite missing three regular Irish starters out with injuries, the team fought hard throughout the match.  Next up for the gimped Irish squad is the Midwest 10 Conference Tournament at Marquette.