Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome Top of The Class Irish student-athletes excelling on the field and in the classroom Jeff Costello — Sr., Hockey The senior from Milwaukee takes over as Notre Dame's sole captain this season on the ice. Costello helped pull the team out of a midseason tailspin and to an eventual conference championship as an alternate captain a year ago. He scored the final goal in CCHA history to cap a 3-1 win in the championship game in March. He'll lead this year along with alternates T.J. Tynan, Stephen Johns and Bryan Rust, all of whom are also seniors. Nicolas Montoya — So., Tennis One of four Irish tennis players to make the all-tournament team during the season-opening OFCC Invitational, Montoya rolled to an 8‑2 win in his singles match to start the year. The sophomore for Arizona begins the fall as Notre Dame's No. 3 singles player. He won nine of 12 matches as a rookie. Montoya is the second member of his family to play tennis for the Irish. His brother Santiago graduated in 2009. Kelli Oride — Jr., Golf The junior carded her third career top-10 finish to open the 2013 season at the Mary Fossum Invitational in Michigan. Oride parred 43 of the 54 holes during the tournament, the second most in the field, and finished with a 7-over-par 223 for seventh place. The Kauai native averaged 77.8 strokes per round as a sophomore. She finished 114th overall at the NCAA East Regional last spring with a total score of 244. Evan Panken — So., Soccer A redirected corner kick gave the sophomore midfielder a little piece of Notre Dame history on Friday the 13th. Panken's goal was the first for the Irish in official ACC competition and it came during a 3-0 win over Syracuse. The Edina, Minn., product was a Big East Academic All-Star last year despite not seeing the field as a freshman. He had a 3.88 GPA as a pre-med and Spanish major.