| Vol XXXIV No. 109 |
Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
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Irish play like Champions
Irish earn trip to Final Four with
NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Editor
 DENVER The sign in the stands said it all. Halfway up the Notre Dame fan section, a sign bearing the famous football slogan "Play like a champion today" rose above the cheering crowd. Behind an All-American effort from Ruth Riley the ... [more]
Pride knock Irish from No 2 ranking in OT thriller
Mike Connolly
Sports Writer
Head coach Kevin Corrigan said the men's lacrosse team's No. 2 ranking was a big target for all Notre Dame's opponents for the rest of the season. On Saturday, Hofstra's Michael Tierney hit the bullseye. Tierney scored his second goal ... [more]
Irish hurlers shut off Panthers, fall short against Hokies
Jeff Baltruzak
Assistant Sports Editor
This past weekend, the Notre Dame baseball team did its best Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde impression, shutting Pittsburgh out 3-0 twice on Friday, but blowing two run leads in the bottom of the ninth in each of its two games ... [more]
Rodriguez's contract defies spirit of baseball
Jeff Baltruzak
Assistant Sports Editor
The Texas Rangers will pay shortstop Alex Rodriguez $252 million over the next 10 years. For $25 million a year, you'd think they would have Bill Gates digging ground-ers out of the hole or at least Bill Clinton. Rodri-guez might hit ... [more]
Irish open at home vs. Broncos
LIA GARCIA MILHOAN
Sports Writer
The 12th-ranked Irish women's softball team looks to continue its strong start today when it faces Western Michigan in a 4 p.m. home opener at Ivy Field. Over Spring Break the Irish (18-3) traveled to Southern California for the KIA Classic ... [more]
Notre Dame splits weekend matches with SEC foes
STEVE KEPPEL
Sports Writer
It was a weekend of ups and downs for the Notre Dame women's tennis team as they traveled to Kentucky and Tennessee. The seventh ranked Irish continued their streak of five straight victories with a 5-2 win over Kentucky on Saturday, ... [more]
Irish attack freezes Pioneers, 20-2
Andrew Soukup
Associate Sports Editor
Pity the Denver women's lacrosse team. It must have thought it left the snow behind them in Colorado, but it encountered another snowstorm in South Bend, Ind. And that was before the Pioneers even set foot in the Loftus Sports Complex ... [more]
Irish play like champions
Riley plays key role in victory over Vanderbilt
Tim Casey
Assistant Sports Editor
DENVER We saw her dominate, dictate, create and celebrate. We saw her score 32 points, grab six rebounds, block three shots and make the Vanderbilt frontcourt look like a bunch of third-graders. We saw her with scissors in hand, climbing the ... [more]
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