| Vol XXXIV No. 134 |
Friday, May 18, 2001 |
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Notre Dame Athletes of the Year: Aaron Heilman returns for senior year, sparks Irish baseball resurgence
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor
 One inning. Just one inning. That's how long it took Notre Dame baseball coach Paul Mainieri to realize just how good Aaron Heilman was going to be. Notre Dame was in the process of dismantling Florida State 10-1 in the 1998 ... [more]
Notre Dame Athletes of the Year: All-American Ruth Riley leads Irish to first national championship
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Editor
Most members of the Class of 2001 spent this past week enjoying the rewards of their four years on campus — a trip to Cedar Point, an outing to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs and Wednesday night's formal dance. Ruth ... [more]
Saint Mary's Athlete of the Year: Cook ends two successful years with championship
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
Sad circumstances brought her to Saint Mary's, but senior Natalie Cook will leave with a smile. Cook, who came to Saint Mary's after the death of her tennis coach, wrapped up two years of personal and athletic success last Saturday with ... [more]
Women's Basketball: Irish bring home championship
By TIM CASEY
Senior Staff Writer
Before the season, anyone associated with women's college basketball stated the obvious. Connecticut and Tennessee, the two glamour programs, the defending national champion and runner-up, would more than likely meet once again for the bragging rights (and another banner) on April ... [more]
Track and Field: Grow, Shay head to NCAAs
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Editor
They started out as two teams of the many, working together for the best possible team finish at each weekend's competition. What remains are the few and the proud, athletes who already have or are working to qualify for the NCAA ... [more]
Track and Field: Graf makes B-cut, leads Belles in final meet
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
Junior transfer student Laura Graf made history for Saint Mary's College at the MIAA track championships last weekend as her 800-meter time was good enough for a provisional qualification for nationals. Despite the fact that Graf's 2:15.28 time was good enough ... [more]
Belles bring home first-ever MIAA championship
Katie McVoy
Associate Sports Editor
It was a small but lively crowd that greeted the Saint Mary's tennis team on a Monday night when most students were studying for finals. The 15 members of the tennis team were all smiles as they entered an Angela Athletic ... [more]
Baseball: Notre Dame hopes for first Big East Tournament title Championship
By JEFF BALTRUZAK
Assistant Sports Editor
The Notre Dame baseball team will most likely be at graduation this weekend, but don't expect them to be especially perky. The Irish will travel through the night on Sunday morning, leaving the Big East Championships in Bridgewater, N.J. at 4 ... [more]
Season-ending bowl loss taints successful season
Tim Casey
Senior Staff Writer
One night. That's how long it took for the 2000 football campaign to change from being termed a surprising success to being treated as another Bob Davie-led failure. It all "came apart" on Jan. 1, in front of a national television ... [more]
Softball: Irish make history, earn first No. 1 regional seed
By PETE FRASSO
Sports Writer
As students, parents, and faculty and the President of the United States gather this weekend for graduation and Commencement at Notre Dame, the Irish women's softball squad still has some work to do. The team began its march to the College ... [more]
Inglesby, Murphy spark Irish to regular season success
Kathleen O'Brien
Senior Staff Writer
Every year during the last decade, the Notre Dame men's basketball program found itself on the outside looking in at an exclusive party — March Madness. This year, the Irish earned themselves an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Sparked to success ... [more]
Softball: Belles play hard, but can't make the grade
By KATIE McVOY
Associate Sports Editor
It wasn't a question of solid pitching or getting hits. The Saint Mary's softball team just couldn't put the two together to bring home enough wins to put the team over .500 this season. The Belles finished in the same seventh ... [more]
Women's Lacrosse: Fourth season makes firsts
By ANTHONY BISHOP
Sports Writer
The fourth season of Notre Dame women's lacrosse was a season of firsts. The team achieved its first-ever victory over a ranked team, Delaware, and then proceeded to defeat a top-10 team, Yale. These victories helped the Irish gain national recognition ... [more]
Irish to make second quarterfinal appearance
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Sports Writer
The Irish have been here before but this time everything is different. The Notre Dame men's lacrosse team makes its second straight quarterfinals appearance Sunday when it takes on John Hopkins in College Park, Md. The game will be a rematch ... [more]
Huskies end Irish tournament play
Katie Hughes
Sports Writer
The Irish men's tennis team ended its 2000-01 campaign in the second round of the tournament with a 4-1 loss to Washing-ton, ending a path that soared past expectations. The Irish defeated No. 47 Harvard decisively 4-0 to advance to the ... [more]
Rowing: Irish rowers miss out on NCAA Championship regatta
By JEFF BALTRUZAK
Assistant Sports Editor
It will take two seconds to read this sentence. And two seconds was all that Irish rowing coach Martin Stone believes separated Notre Dame from a trip to its first NCAA Championship regatta. "We were the next varsity 8 they were ... [more]
Makinen leads Irish to Final Four
Mike Connolly
Sports Writer
For 24 straight games, the Irish women's soccer team never found itself trailing when time ticked off the clock. For 17 straight games they held on to the No. 1 ranking in the country. For 45 minutes, they dominated defending champion ... [more]
Irish make second consecutive trip to NCAA tournament
Andrew Soukup
Associate Sports Editor
Sixteen teams arrived in Georgia. Only one will leave with a championship. For Notre Dame's women's tennis team, this is the last stop. The Irish landed in Georgia late Monday night to begin preparations for the NCAA Championships, and Irish head ... [more]
FALL SPORTS: Teams face highs and lows in fall season
Observer Staff Report
Notre Dame Men's Soccer It was a season of recovery and regret for the Irish men's soccer team this fall. At first glance, fans may simply see a team with a 7-8-2 record that failed to qualify for the Big East ... [more]
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