Top Posts
Latest Posts
-
We started today with breakfast in the hotel – pastries galore, as well as some kind of brown potato pancakes that several teammates/coaches bit into expecting sausage. At 9 a.m., we left for the Prague Castle, the largest castle in the world. We climbed 285 steps up to the top to see the amazing view…
-
European Vacation: Notre Dame Volleyball Style – Opening Thoughts on Prague
May 21, 2013, 5:19 PM EDT
As the bus rolled out from the Joyce Center I couldn’t help but be a little bit nervous about the upcoming trip. At 26 years old it’s my first trip overseas. Heck except for Montreal, Toronto and Niagara Falls in Canada and Tijuana, Mexico (I’m not even sure that counts as international travel) I’ve never…
-
We had a great start to our tour after leaving from Chicago yesterday. We began with a little excitement by seeing Anthony Davis (NBA basketball player – New Orleans Pelicans) in the security line at O’Hare Airport! Once we boarded the plane, most of us slept through the eight-hour flight from Chicago to London Heathrow.…
-
European Vacation: Notre Dame Volleyball Style – Leading Up To The Trip
May 17, 2013, 11:32 AM EDT
We are just two days away from leaving on a once in a lifetime trip to Europe – all 22 of us. Included in the 22 are 12 players, four support staff, three coaches, two Notre Dame students and one sport administrator (sentence works best when said to beat of The Twelve Days of Christmas). The…
-
Since I’ve moved to a new position with the Monogram Club from Fighting Irish Digital Media, I haven’t had much time for blogging or tweeting (don’t worry – there will be a new @NDSportsBlogger soon). However, I’m obviously still listening to music, and Christianne asked me to put together a new playlist for the Fighting…
-
Here’s a basic math problem for all you mathematics majors out there. If the Irish played 38 innings of baseball against South Florida this past weekend, how many games did they play? The rational answer would be four, with one game lasting a few extra innings. However, the Irish only played three games at Frank…
-
The Fighting Irish entered this weekend with a subpar 4-8 record in the BIG EAST, finding themselves near the bottom of the conference standings. After a huge three-game sweep of Connecticut at Frank Eck Stadium, however, the Irish now boast a 7-8 record in BIG EAST play and are ranked sixth in the conference standings.…
-
Notre Dame Set to Face Boston College at Fenway Park in 2014
Apr 30, 2013, 10:16 AM EDT
In Notre Dame’s inaugural season in Hockey East, the Irish will visit a number of unfamiliar venues as teams such as Vermont, New Hampshire, and Providence replace familiar CCHA rivals. Instead of traveling to Yost and Munn Arenas, the Irish will be visitors at facilities such as the Gutterson Fieldhouse, Whittemore Center, and Schneider Arena.…
-
The 12th Annual O.S.C.A.R.S. will be held this coming Wednesday, May 1 to celebrate the academic and leadership accomplishments made by Notre Dame student-athletes over the 2012-2013 year. This year’s show will be very similar to last year’s, but a new award has been added to the mix. The Tweetmaster Award will go to the…
-
There are 291 softball teams who compete in the NCAA at the Division 1 level, with each team fielding roughly 18 players per roster. After some calculator-assisted arithmetic, one can see that there are about 5,240 girls playing D-1 softball—an incredible number. This week, Laura Winter of the Notre Dame Softball team received some more-than-incredible…
-
I was asked by FIDM to start covering Notre Dame men’s tennis for Irish UNDerground back in late January. Since then, I’ve been to every home match and racked up around 45 hours at the Eck Tennis Pavilion watching the men play. I can honestly say too that I enjoyed every single one of those…
-
Around this time last year, I had a minor heart attack. I’m sure many soon-to-be college grads across the nation experience some form of a panic attack in the days leading up to their commencement ceremonies, but few probably do because their dad doesn’t want to come to the ceremony itself. Now granted my dad…
-
The Fighting Irish did what they had to do this weekend, sweeping the Quinnipiac Bobcats to end their season-high six-game losing streak. The Irish got back on track on Saturday, sweeping an afternoon doubleheader from the Bobcats. While these wins were key for the struggling Irish, they carried even more meaning for Coach Mik Aoki…
-
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team has found itself stuck in quite a big rut, having lost six games in a row. The Irish are now 19-15 on the season, 4-8 in the BIG EAST, which has them ranked in 9th place amongst 11 conference teams heading into the back half of the season.…
-
Last week, you guys got to hear all about the ND experience through the eyes of a freshman athlete. This week I would like to show you guys another perspective. Meet Paige Aiello, a senior from Rochester Hills, MI. Paige began her collegiate career as a walk on, and over the past four years, has become a…
-
1-The seed Notre Dame received for the BIG EAST Tournament 2-The number of Notre Dame women’s tennis players who have won BIG EAST Player of the Week this season (juniors Britney Sanders and Jennifer Kellner) 3- The number of days the team spent back in South Bend after returning from Florida before turning around to…
-
This weekend is going to be a busy one at Notre Dame. Aside from the softball, baseball, men’s lacrosse, and the Blue-Gold Game, everyone’s invited to come watch Notre Dame men’s tennis host the BIG EAST Championship Tournament. Consider this your formal invitation. The event: BIG EAST Conference Championship The last time they compete for…
-
Wind, hail and temperatures hovering around freezing were not enough to keep fans out of the stands at the Melissa Cook Softball Stadium this past Saturday. These conditions may have deterred some fans on any other weekend, but not this time. No, this weekend the Irish Softball team celebrated their 3rd annual Strikeout Cancer Weekend,…
-
Notre Dame has seen its fair share of student-athlete siblings over the years. Julie and Kenny Sabacinski are another one of those pairs. She’s a junior on the women’s tennis team, while he’s a freshman on the men’s. They grew up in Plantation, Florida and attended American Heritage High School. They both began playing tennis at…
-
As we boarded the bus after this past weekend’s sweep to Pittsburgh, I asked freshman right fielder Zak Kutsulis, “How close did you come to catching it?” Kutsulis didn’t need clarification. He knew that “ball” I was referring to came off the bat of Eric Hess in the 5th inning, with two out and two…
Fighting Irish on YouTube
-
Irish defeat Pitt 5-3 - Notre Dame Baseball
Length: 2:27 | May 23, 2013 -
Eric Jagielo and Blaise Lezynski Interview - Notre Dame Baseball
Length: 3:18 | May 22, 2013 -
Irish defeat Seton Hall 5-0 - Notre Dame Baseball
Length: 2:45 | May 22, 2013 -
10th Consecutive Big East Championship - Rowing
Length: 2:01 | May 22, 2013
