Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Softball coach Deanna Gumpf notched another 40-win season when the Irish won their last 15 regular-season games. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS Tournament in South Bend and reached the finals before falling to Louisville in a dramatic 4-3 extra-innings finale. Sophomore pitcher Laura Winter served 100 points (Even) TENNIS as the catalyst for the late-season success while throwing lights out down the stretch for the Irish. The conference's pitcher of the year finished the season with a 2.18 ERA and the third-fewest walks allowed, per seven innings, in the country. She had help from junior catcher Amy Buntin, who was named a second-team All-American after leading the team with a .360 batting aver- age and 60 RBI. The Irish lost two games to Arizona in the NCAA regional to end their season. Notre Dame's tennis teams fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Irish women continued to dominate For the second year in a row, both of Big East tennis with their fifth consecutive conference title. Senior Kristy Frilling led the way for Notre Dame by winning all six of her matches in the conference tourna- ment. She and doubles partner Shannon Matthews advanced to the NCAA round of 16 before falling to a pair from UCLA. They finished the year as the eighth-ranked duo in the country. The men's team finished third in the con- AUGUST 2012 104