| Vol XXXVII No. 42 |
Friday, November 1, 2002 |
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There's no place like home for the Irish
By MATT LOZAR
Assistant Sports Editor
 Everybody talks about the advantage a home team has in football, basketball and even hockey. But here at Notre Dame, the team with the biggest home advantage might surprise a few people — the Irish volleyball team. In its final home ... [more]
Irish battle Hokies for home field
By BRYAN KRONK
Assistant Sports Editor
The formula doesn't get much easier for the No. 16 Notre Dame mens soccer team heading into the postseason. A win tonight against Virginia Tech, in the Big East regular season finale for the Irish, clinches a home game in the ... [more]
Belles looking for one last chance
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
The Belles will have one final chance to show the MIAA that they can compete. Saint Mary's will be running in the MIAA Championship Saturday with the hopes of improving on their finish in the MIAA Jamboree earlier this season. ... [more]
Belles have nothing to lose and no expectations
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
There are no expectations, but there are plenty of motivators. As Saint Mary's heads into its first dual meet of the season, the Belles have no expectations. They are facing one of the league's best in the Hope Flying Dutch. With ... [more]
Welsh Family starts march toward 4th straight crown
By HEATHER VAN HOEGARDEN
Sports Writer
Lyons Hall (3-2-1) looks to dethrone Welsh Family Hall (5-1) from their reign as interhall champions on Sunday. The Lions have had a great season, and they look to continue their success in the playoffs. They have momentum going into the ... [more]
Bullfrog passing game is key to upsetting Pyros
By TREY WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
If the rankings prove to be reliable, womens interhall fans will find a pretty evenly matched battle as No. 4 Pasquerilla East takes on No. 5 Badin in the first round of playoffs this Sunday at McGlinn fields. The players, however, ... [more]
Irish and Boilermakers dual meet ends in rare deadlock
By JOE HETTLER
Associate Sports Editor
The old cliché says tying in sports is like kissing your sister. If that stands true, the Notre Dame womens swimming team better pucker up. The No. 14 Irish women won seven events en route to tying Big Ten foe Purdue ... [more]
ND Mens Cross Country: Chasing down the title
The irish compete in the Big east Championships in Boston today
By: JOE LINDSLEY
Sports Writer
Over the past six years, the Notre Dame mens cross country team has come away with the team title in three Big East Championships. All three of those victories have come in the Bronx, N.Y., at Van Cortland Park. The three ... [more]
ND Womens Cross Country: Chasing down the title
The Irish compete in the Big east Championships in Boston today
By: JOE LINDSLEY
Sports Writer
Throughout the past decade, the Notre Dame mens cross country team has had a lot of success when it comes to the Big East Championship, but the womens squad has yet to earn a title or finish as the runner-up. That ... [more]
Hockey: Irish looking to ground high-flying Eagles
By: CHRIS FEDERICO
Sports Editor
This weekend, the upstart, underdog Irish have a chance to knock off the undefeated, third-ranked Boston College Eagles. No, it's right. Keep reading. The Notre Dame hockey team, off to a solid start at 3-2-1 and in the national rankings for ... [more]
Mens Basketball: Carroll savors senior season leadership role
Irish open season tonight in exhibition matchup with the Illinois All-Stars
By: ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
Matt Carroll has been looking forward to this season for a long time. He's a senior, and will be counted on to lead a relatively young Irish basketball squad. He's a sharpshooter, and wants teams to build their defenses around shutting ... [more]
Mens Interhall: Dillon, Stanford ready for playoff rematch
By: PAT LEONARD, JUSTIN SCHUVER and ERIK POWERS
Sports Writers
Dillon and Stanford are ready. The two teams squared off in the second week of the regular season. The Big Red came out on top, 20-8. Now, with fall break over and practice resumed, the two teams prepare for a Sunday ... [more]
Distractions abound this week
Andrew Soukup
Irish Insight
Twenty-three questions. That's how long it took for some brave soul to bring up the topic of Boston College at Tyrone Willing-ham's weekly press conference. Before someone asked Willing-ham to describe Boston College's strengths, the Irish coach had to answer questions ... [more]
Toughing life out
Battle has overcome plenty of adversity in his career, but nothing compared to losing his brother
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
Tough for Arnaz Battle has nothing to do with a football field. Tough isn't starting your college career working as a backup and when you finally start that first game, play arguably the worst game of your life. Tough isn't entering ... [more]
Irish defense looking to clip Eagles' wings
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
They may be 4-3, but the record doesn't tell the entire story. Or so the Notre Dame defense would have you believe. Heading into last week's game against Florida State, it was pretty clear that the Irish would have their hands ... [more]
Budinscak hitting stride at right time for Irish
By JOE HETTLER
Associate Sports Editor
After four games this season, Notre Dame defensive end Kyle Budinscak thought he had hit a low point in his football career. After eight games this season, he's feeling much better. "Sometimes it's real hard," Budinscak said. "Sometimes you have to ... [more]
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