| Vol XXXV No. 34 |
Friday, October 12, 2001 |
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Vollers grows up
Senior tackle once thought he'd stay smaller — now, he is the biggest man on the team
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Sports Writer
 Kurt Vollers has grown a lot at Notre Dame. He's bulked up from the 240-pound defensive lineman who enrolled in the fall of 1997 to the 324-pound offensive tackle set to graduate this December. He's gone from someone who never lifted ... [more]
ND, WVU meet in battle of underachievers
By KERRY SMITH
Sports Writer
At first glance Saturday's match-up between Notre Dame and West Virginia appears to produce a similar pair. Both teams are struggling offensively, both head coaches have searched for a leader at the quarterback position and both teams are looking for ways ... [more]
Irish ballers tip off at midnight
Men hope for life after Murphy
By ANDREW SOUKUP
Associate Sports Editor
Barely two sentences into his first press conference of the 2001-02 basketball season, Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey answered the question everyone else was dying to ask. "I think the theme since last spring has been `Is there life ... [more]
Defending champs start new season with three new starters
By NOAH AMSTADTER
Sports Editor
When the 2001-02 installment of the Notre Dame women's basketball program put on their uniforms for media day and took the Joyce Center floor together for the first time last Thursday, they hardly resembled the squad that brought home the NCAA ... [more]
Irish harriers travel to Pre-Nationals
No. 5 men face top competition in Greenville
By KATIE HUGHES
Sports Writer
The front of the pack will be a little more crowded this Saturday for the men's cross country team. The No. 5 Irish head to the Pre-National meet at the Furman Cross Country Course in Green-ville, S.C., and will face their ... [more]
No. 24 women face first test as ranked team
By KATIE HUGHES
Sports Writer
For the women's cross country team, early season mission No. 1 is accomplished. The Irish earned a No. 24 ranking after last week's victory at the Notre Dame Invitational and will send the same solid team to the NCAA Pre- National ... [more]
Top quarterbacks face off in PE-BP battle
By KATIE KINNER and MATT LOZAR
Sports Writers
With the end of the season quickly approaching, the scramble to the playoffs will be marked by the competition between two scrambling quarterbacks when Pasquerilla East meets Breen-Phillips on Sunday afternoon. Katie McFarland, the Babes' star offensive player, and PE quarterback ... [more]
Belles look to avenge stinging Hornet loss
By LINDSAY MOLLAN
Sports Writer
The Saint Mary's soccer team takes on Kalamazoo College this Saturday at noon in their fourth consecutive away game. The Belles, who have won two of their last three away games, have become accustomed to playing on the road and feel ... [more]
Prescod scores 2 as ND blanks WV
By CHRIS FEDERICO
Sports Writer
The difference between the good teams and the average teams is that the good ones win the close games and the games they ought to win. The men's soccer team took another important step towards making this distinction Thursday with a ... [more]
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