| Vol XXXIV No. 80 |
Monday, February 5, 2001 |
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Fifth straight win is special in Big East
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
 On a cold night in Pittsburgh, the Panthers started out hot by hitting their first five shots while the Irish were the team on ice, trailing 21-10 early on. But Notre Dame chilled Pittsburgh's hopes of winning with 54 percent shooting ... [more]
No. 1 Irish shoot down Eagles
21-0 start sets team record for consecutive wins
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Assistant Sports Editor
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. In the concourse at Boston College's Conte Forum sits a trophy case highlighting the Eagles' athletic accomplishments over the last several decades. The case holds a picture of the scoreboard at Notre Dame Stadium, displaying a final score ... [more]
Shay returns to 5,000 in record-setting pace
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
Before Notre Dame's first meet against Ball State and Western Michigan, Irish head coach Joe Piane said he wanted senior Ryan Shay to slowly become accustomed to racing again. After all, the All-American hadn't raced since he finished 10th in the ... [more]
Knights dominate Belles
By KATIE McVOY
Assistant Sports Editor
The Calvin Knights' homecoming game was anything but hospitable to the visiting Belles as they dropped their ninth consecutive game 80-45 Saturday. Problems that seemed to be on their way out the door Wednesday against Kalamazoo came back to haunt Saint ... [more]
Leahy sisters compete on same court for first time ever
Tim Casey
Assistant Sports Editor
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. The Leahy sisters stood just inches apart, each attempting to grab a rebound. There was 1:15 remaining in Saturday's game, Notre Dame ahead 78-58, when Boston College's Nicole Conway toed the free throw line after being fouled by ... [more]
Irish win 2 meets, qualify swimmers for Big East
By COLLEEN McCARTHY
Sports Writer
After winning back-to-back meets, the Notre Dame men's swimming team is well-prepared for the intense competition and strenuous schedule of the upcoming Big East Championship. "We've had four meets in nine days and we've won them all," said head coach Tim ... [more]
Grow guns it on homestretch to beat Olympian
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Sports Writer
The gun went off for the women's 400 meters, and Liz Grow found herself in an unfamiliar position. Second place. Canadian Olympian Foye Williams blasted out of the blocks and led the talented Irish junior for the first half of the ... [more]
Irish netters go two for two in weekend dual meets, Dasso, Varnum sail to semis in Rolex National Intercollegiates
By STEVE KEPPEL
Sports Writer
The 13th-ranked Notre Dame women's tennis team held off Illinois State and Western Michigan in dual competition Sunday even without top players Michelle Dasso and Becky Varnum. Dasso, a senior All-American, and Varnum, split off from the team to compete in ... [more]
Picking the mind of basketball coach Mike Brey
Ted Fox
Fox Sports ... Almost
Reading the same sort of column every week gets old, doesn't it? The Notre Dame men's basketball team ran its Big East winning streak to five games on Saturday with a 75-67 win at Pittsburgh, completing a season sweep of the ... [more]
Murphy meets familiar foe in Jarvis, St. John's
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Associate Sports Editor
All-American Irish forward Troy Murphy and St. John's coach Mike Jarvis have a little history between them, one that will rest at the back of Murphy's mind tonight when the Irish host the Red Storm. Last season, it was Jarvis who ... [more]
Erikson, Grubb, Lindsey get scooped up in weekend draft
Special to The Observer
Three more former Notre Dame women's soccer players were drafted by teams in the first-year Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), following Sunday's four-round supplemental draft held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Defender Kelly Lindsey — who recently completed her senior season at ... [more]
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