Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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12 MAY 2019 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME MOVING? Call us at 1-800-421-7751 Irish student-athletes excelling on the field and in the classroom Andie Aldave — Lacrosse The sophomore from Owings Mills, Md., was named to Inside Lacrosse's Midseason All-America first team. Through 13 contests, she had collected 43 points (29 goals and 14 assists). Aldave had scored at least four goals on four occasions and had netted a team-high four game-winning goals. As of April 10, she also ranked seventh in the nation in draw con- trols with an average of 7.50 per game. MK Bonamy — Softball The senior from Hoover, Ala., was named the ACC Player of the Week April 9. She had a huge week for the Irish lead- ing up to the award, hitting .667 (6 for 9) with a slugging percentage of 1.111. In that stretch, she racked up a dou- ble, a home run, seven RBI and three stolen bases. Through 37 games this sea- son, Bonamy was batting .337 with five home runs and 33 RBI. Bryan Costabile — Lacrosse The junior from Sykesville, Md., was named the ACC Player of the Week April 1. He matched his ca- reer high in goals for a game with five in the win over No. 8 Syracuse March 30. That performance gave him his third hat trick of the sea- son and marked the second time on the year that he has scored at least five goals. Through nine games, Costabile led Notre Dame with 22 goals and was second with 25 points. Tommy Sheehan — Baseball The sophomore from Bri- elle, N.J., recorded his sec- ond complete-game shutout of the season in a 5-2 victory over Virginia April 5. He al- lowed just one earned run in nine innings of work, becom- ing the lone ACC pitcher to pitch two complete games so far this season, and the first Irish pitcher to do so since 2016. Sheehan compiled a 5-2 record and a 3.96 ERA in his first eight starts of the season. TOP OF THE CLASS ✦ GIMME FIVE The 14-19 record this season represented the fourth most losses by the Notre Dame men's basketball team since the start of the program that began with three games in 1898. The highest defeat total was the 5-21 cam- paign in 1965-66 under second-year head coach John Dee, while the prominent 20-year Digger Phelps run began and ended with 20-loss cam- paigns: 6-20 in 1971-72 and 12-20 in 1990-91. On the bright side, the only other time Notre Dame had a losing season under head coach Mike Brey — who also will be entering his 20th year with the Fighting Irish — was 2013-14. The unit bounced back from that 15-17 disap- pointment in its first season as an ACC member with a 32-6 mark the next season, highlighted by the ACC championship, and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in 35 years. That 17-game turnaround in wins remains the highest since the program first accepted a bid to the NCAA Tournament in 1952-53. Here are the top five turnarounds in one season by the program: Year (Record) Next Season 1. 2014 (15-17) 32-6 — Plus 17 2. 1972 (6-20) 18-12 — Plus 12 3. 1956 (9-15) 20-8 — Plus 11 4. 1962 (7-16) 17-9 — Plus 10 5. 1966 (5-21) 14-14 — Plus 9 Notre Dame went to the NCAA Tournament in three of those five seasons, and in 1973 (when only 25 teams were invited to the NCAA Tournament) it was the runner-up in the 16-team NIT. Getting To Know … JUNIOR DEFENSIVE TACKLE KURT HINISH Hometown: "Pittsburgh." High school: "Central Catholic." Major: "Sociology." Favorite food: "I love Mexican food." Favorite place to eat in South Bend: "Probably this Mexican place on the op- posite side of town called Taste of Mexico." Favorite pro sports team: "The Steelers." Favorite pro defensive lineman: "Aaron Donald [of the Los Angeles Rams]." Favorite movie: "'A Bronx Tale.'" Favorite music: "I listen to a lot of old school rock and roll." Favorite musician: "Metallica." Favorite TV show: "'Trailer Park Boys.' That's a funny show." Favorite part about playing for Notre Dame: "It's the tradition and everything that goes into this university. It's incredible, all the tradi- tion we have." Toughest player you've lined up across from: "It was probably either C.J. Thorpe, who is a guard at Penn State right now, or my cousin Jacob who plays offensive line at Yale. He was really good in high school." CHARTING THE IRISH SEVEN SATURDAYS AT HOME Until 1988, Notre Dame had never played seven football games at home in a season. Even that year it occurred by accident because only six games were scheduled at home. However, when the road game at SMU that sea- son had to be canceled because of the NCAA death penalty imposed on the Mustangs, Notre Dame scheduled Rice as the substitute at home. Seven home games didn't occur again until 1999, when Kansas was added at home in the opener for the Eddie Robinson Classic. Since then, especially because of the permanent addition of a 12th regular- season game in 2006, there have been five other years where Notre Dame hosted seven home games, and 2019 will mark the eighth, with three first-time visitors: New Mexico (Sept. 14), Virginia (Sept. 28) and Bowling Green (Oct. 5). In years where there is a Shamrock Series outing, that is used as a seventh "home" game outside Notre Dame Stadium. The 1988 national title season still re- mains the lone one in which the Fighting Irish finished 7-0 at home. The current 11-game winning streak at home is the third longest since the dedication of Notre Dame Stadium in 1930. YEARS WHEN NOTRE DAME PLAYED SEVEN HOME GAMES Year Home Record Overall Record 1988 7-0 12-0 1999 5-2 5-7 2006 6-1 10-3 2007 1-6 3-9 2009 4-3 6-6 2010 4-3 8-5 2017 6-1 10-3