| Vol XXXIII No. 107 |
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 |
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Notre Dame stands two wins away from NIT title
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
 The Irish men's basketball team waits two wins away from a feat never before accomplished at Notre Dame — a championship in a postseason tournament. Winning the National Invitation Tournament may not be the pinnacle of college basketball; that's something reserved ... [more]
Doherty leaving his mark on program in just one season
By BRIAN KESSLER
Assistant Sports Editor
Two weeks ago, first-year head coach Matt Doherty was forced to put a little detour in this year's game plan. Winning an NIT championship wasn't in his original list of five goals that he set forth at the beginning of the ... [more]
Saint Mary's opens home season with pair of wins
By KAREN SCHAFF
Sports Writer
The Saint Mary's softball team started the home season off on the right foot with an 8-0 win over the Concordia Cougars. With these wins the Belles bettered their record to 9-4. Saint Mary's hosted a double header with Concordia for ... [more]
Heilman pitches a gem in Notre Dame's 3,000th game
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Writer
In 1866, two students from Marshalltown, Iowa — Sturgis and Adrian "Cap" Anson — introduced the game of baseball to the students at Notre Dame. For the next 20 years, the sport was played between teams of students on campus. Finally, ... [more]
Irish fall to Michigan, place second at Invite
By RACHAEL PROTZMAN
Sports Writer
Notre Dame softball combined for a season-high record of 16 hits as it finished second in the Boilermaker Invitational over the weekend. The No. 22 Irish, who improved to 22-8 overall, went 3-1 at Purdue, falling only to the tournament champion ... [more]
Irish recruiting class ranked ninth in nation
Special to The Observer
Notre Dame head volleyball coach Debbie Brown's 2000 recruiting class has been ranked ninth nationally in the May 2000 issue of Volleyball Magazine, one of the sport's most well-known and oldest monthly publications. The Irish class of 2004, which is comprised ... [more]
Alkire earns second Big East honor
Special to The Observer
For the second time this season, Notre Dame softball player Melanie Alkire has been named the Big East Player of the Week for her strong performances in Notre Dame's six games last week. Alkire, who received the same honor March 13, ... [more]
Irish sweep Jayhawks 9-0 after 9-day layoff
By KEVIN BERCHOU
Sports Writer
After a nine-day layoff, the Notre Dame women's tennis team was eager to return to play Monday, and return they did, blasting the overwhelmed Kansas Jayhawks 9-0 at the Eck Tennis Pavillion. The Irish came out firing on all cylinders, and ... [more]
Irish drop to 9-7 with losses to Tar Heels, Blue Devils
By RACHEL BIBER
Sports Writer
Defeat is usually tough to swallow, but the 23rd-ranked Irish men's tennis team wrapped up a weekend of competition with an especially bitter taste in their mouths after losing to both 28th-ranked North Carolina and 5th-ranked Duke, to fall to 9-7 ... [more]
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