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Vol XXXIII No. 43

Monday, November 1, 1999

  Irish men take first at Big East Championships
By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN
Assistant Sports Editor

It took three tries, but the Irish men's cross country team knocked off its conference archrival, the Georgetown Hoyas, to win its second Big East Championship in three seasons. Junior Ryan Shay paced the Irish as he has all season, capturing ... [more]


Strieffer's goal opens offensive floodgates against IU
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Associate Sports Editor

The Indiana Hoosiers played the sixth-ranked Notre Dame women's soccer team tough for 81 minutes, before All-American Jenny Streiffer broke a 1-1 tie. Her goal sparked two more Irish goals in the next three minutes as the Irish won 4-1. Despite ... [more]


Dusbabek goal fails to prevent stalemate with Miami
By MATT OLIVA
Sports Writer

Two wins this weekend would have put the Irish back on track. After beginning the season with a 1-5 record, Notre Dame recorded its first CCHA win of the season with an impressive 5-2 victory over Miami on Thursday night. The ... [more]


Irish season hinges on one game after loss to Hoyas
By KERRY SMITH
Sports Writer

It all comes down to one game. For the men's soccer team, the future of its entire season hinges on Wednesday's game against Seton Hall. The Irish had a chance to secure a spot in the postseason Big East tournament on ... [more]


Belles take third in MIAA play
By KATIE McVOY
Sports Writer

The Saint Mary's volleyball team finished its season with a third-place ranking in the MIAA Conference. Saint Mary's defeated Defiance College on Wednesday and took an eighth place finish at the Calvin Tournament this weekend. Suzanne Martin led Saint Mary's to ... [more]


Notre Dame sinks Navy in final seconds
By TIM CASEY
Sports Writer

As Jarious Jackson rolled to his left with 40 seconds left in Saturday's game against Navy, flashes of the Sept. 11 Purdue game arose in the minds of the Irish faithful. But, on Saturday, instead of a false check that confused ... [more]


Offense plagued by penalties
By BILL HART
Associate Sports Editor

Even though it was a day short of Halloween, Notre Dame football fans were surely spooked by what they saw in Saturday's 28-24 win over Navy. As the Irish faithful left Notre Dame Stadium after watching quarterback Jarious Jackson engineer yet ... [more]


Jones has career day in win over Navy
By BRIAN KESSLER
Sports Editor

Following Notre Dame's 28-24 victory over Navy, Julius Jones had no idea how many yards he just rushed for. Reporters swarmed the freshman tailback as he emerged from the locker room and one of them clued Jones in that he picked ... [more]