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Vol XXXIV No. 74

Friday, January 26, 2001

  Surging Notre Dame set to play in George's town
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor

The last time the Irish played in the MCI Center, it was Senior Day 2000, and the Irish humiliated the Hoyas on their homecourt 77-54. Everything went right from the Irish, from 54 percent shooting to a 51-29 advantage on the ... [more]


Spartans vault into Loftus to take on Irish track team
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Assistant Sports Editor

Looking to remain undefeated, the Irish men's track and field team takes to the track for the second time this season when they host Michigan State tonight at Loftus. The Irish are coming off a commanding victory over Western Michigan and ... [more]


Head-to-head matchups crucial to Irish victory
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer

Sure, Notre Dame sprinter Tameisha King has a ton of talent. But so far this season, the sophomore All-American has yet to compete against someone as good as Michigan State's Sherita Williams. When the Spartans enter the Loftus Sports Complex today ... [more]


Irish kick off 2001 Midwest season
By MIKE CONNOLLY

The Notre Dame fencing team travels to Northwestern this weekend for matches against five Midwest rivals and a chance to size up the competition before the Midwest Regionals in March. "Especially for Midwest Regionals we have to be on our toes," ... [more]


No. 13 Irish head to Orlando
by STEVE KEPPEL
Sports Writer

The Notre Dame women's tennis team travels to Orlando this weekend to participate in the adidas Classic. The 13th-ranked Irish hope to rebound this weekend after a toss loss to the fourth-ranked Duke Bluedevils to open the season on Jan. 21. ... [more]


Belles go for the sweep against Britons
By KATIE McVOY
Assistant Sports Editor

If Wednesday night's game read like a book, then the Belles are looking for a new chapter as they face off against the Britons of Albion College Saturday at Angela Athletic Facility. A 64-48 loss to Kalamazoo on Wednesday added yet ... [more]


Irish sluggers ranked No. 13 in ESPN poll
Special to The Observer

The Notre Dame baseball team continues to rack up high rankings in the national preseason polls, as the ESPN USA Today Baseball Weekly preseason coaches poll has tabbed the Irish 13th in anticipation of the upcoming season. Paul Mainieri's team previously ... [more]


Irish's Harris eager to play in front of hometown crowd
By MATT ORENCHUK
Sports Writer

Everyone can remember a day in their youth when they discovered something they love. For Notre Dame's Paul Harris his day was when his discovered hockey for the first time. He was 9-years old when he went to a Yale-Harvard hockey ... [more]