| Vol XXXIV No. 53 |
Friday, November 10, 2000 |
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Irish wrap up
conference season
By RACHAEL PROTZMAN
 The Notre Dame volleyball team ends its conference season this weekend as it travels to Syracuse. "We are approaching this weekend with the mindset that we have one last job to do in our Big East season. We need to go ... [more]
Irish face International All-stars in final exhibition
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Notre Dame will be hard-pressed to match its 16-0 game-opening spurt against the California Midwest All-Stars Wednesday, but the Irish will try Sunday against the International Select All-Stars. "I'd like to see us start the same way," Notre Dame head coach ... [more]
Athletic Grubb excels on gridiron, soccer field
By LAUREN CONTI
Sports Writer
When the Whirlwinds of Welsh Family Hall hit the stadium turf on Sunday to face off against the Howard Ducks they will be boasting not only the veteran members of last year's championship squad, but also the star addition of former ... [more]
Veselik looks to lead underdog Howard past Welsh
By SUSIE CARPENTER
Sports Writer
The ultimate prize of interhall football is winning the championship in Notre Dame Stadium. Fourteen teams began the season. This number narrowed to eight for first round playoff action, then to four in the semifinals. Welsh Family and Howard are the ... [more]
Dynasties collide as powerful Juggs take on Knights
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
When Keenan and Knott meet in Sunday's interhall football final at Notre Dame Stadium, it will be the first time the two powerhouse teams have ever played each other. And players from both teams feel it's about time. "The two best ... [more]
Gritty Keenan looks to break through Knott defense
By CHRIS FEDERICO
Sports Writer
The last three interhall football championships have been won by either the Knott Hall Juggs or the Keenan Knights, so it could seem no more appropriate that these dorms should meet each other Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in Notre Dame ... [more]
Irish look to shoot down pesky Eagles
By BRIAN BURKE
Sports Writer
With a Bowl Championship Series bid now in sight, it is only fitting that Notre Dame faces a Boston College squad this Saturday that has developed a knack for spoiling Notre Dame seasons. Most Eagle fans revel in the memory of ... [more]
Reaching his goals
O'Leary leads Notre Dame toward BCS bid
By TIM CASEY
Assistant Sports Editor
Dan O'Leary had just started playing football. He was a young teenager in the early 1990s, a 6-foot-3 180-pound tight end at St. Bernadette's school in Ohio. During those years, he formed many friendships, won a lot of games and created ... [more]
Eagles look for win with Hasselbeck-less offense
By KERRY SMITH
Sports Editor
In the college careers of the players that will step on the field at Notre Dame Stadium Saturday, there has not been a rivalry more heated than the Notre Dame-Boston College battle. Even though Notre Dame holds an 8-3 series record ... [more]
Huskers clash with Wildcats in BCS battle
By PEYTON BERG
Sports Writer
On the surface, Saturday's game between the Huskers and the Wildcats doesn't look like much. A closer analysis of the infamous Bowl Championship Series poll reveals that this game is critical to the national championship race. Most observers assume that Oklahoma ... [more]
Boston College fans among many who despise Notre Dame
Tim Casey
Assistant Sports Editor
Acronyms and athletics go together like stupid similes and sports writing. There's the NBA, NFL, NHL, ACC, IOC, USBL, CBA, AHL, AAA, XFL... And the BCS. Since Glenn Earl's season-saving block against Air Force, conversation on campus has centered on Irish ... [more]
Ready to shine
Top-seeded Irish anxious to start championship run
By KEVIN BERCHOU
Sports Writer
All season long Notre Dame women's soccer head coach Randy Waldrum has not minced words in articulating his squad's lofty goals. After reaching the NCAA championship game last year before losing to North Carolina, Waldrum's mission t his time around is ... [more]
Ready to shine
Top-ranked Irish anxious to start championship run
By KEVIN BERCHOU
Sports Writer
All season long Notre Dame women's soccer head coach Randy Waldrum has not minced words in articulating his squad's lofty goals. After reaching the NCAA championship game last year before losing to North Carolina, Waldrum's mission t his time around is ... [more]
McGraw lands top recruits
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Assistant Sports Editor
Following the departure of head men's basketball coach Matt Doherty after only one season, the importance of being able to guarantee continuity in the coaching staff during recruiting has become magnified at Notre Dame. As a reward for the team's success ... [more]
Irish look for revenge against No. 1 Eagles
By MATT ORENCHUK
Sports Writer
The Notre Dame hockey team hosts No. 1 Boston College Saturday. The Catholic school match-up is the second time the team will meet, after a 4-1 Eagles win in Boston earlier this season. Boston College and Notre Dame have played once ... [more]
Student managers play critical role in Irish athletics
By JOHN BACSIK
Sports Writer
It's 6 p.m. on a Friday night. While most students are busy making their night's plans or walking over to the pep-rally, more than 70 student mangers work diligently inside the gates of the house that Rockne built. Every Friday before ... [more]
Irish men prepped for return trip to Nationals
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
The Notre Dame men's cross country team has put itself in strong position for a return trip to the NCAA Championships. With a top-20 ranking, three meet titles and a 10th place finish at Pre-Nationals to their credit, the Irish just ... [more]
Women ready to run at Districts
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
The talent is there. The team is in shape. The only thing the Irish lack is getting the whole team to run its best on the same day, hopefully this Saturday in the NCAA District IV meet in Ypsilanti, Mich. "We ... [more]
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