Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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ND SPORTS Irish Roundup the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Nov. 9. Katie Naughton and Crystal Thomas helped erase an early one-goal deficit in the first half, while sophomore Lauren Bohaboy also scored. Notre Dame was slated to take on Wake Forest, the third seed in their quadrant of the bracket, in the second round Nov. 16 at Gainesville, Fla. WOMEN'S SOCCER (14-5-2) Two freshmen scored goals for the Irish to lead them to a 3-1 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee in in the national rankings after knocking off Big East foes No. 16 Louisville and Pittsburgh — two of the best in the conference — on back-to-back days. Junior Frank Dyer has won two events in each meet so far, and sophomore Zachary Stephens set a pool record in the 200-meter breast- stroke against Louisville. Their next swim is at the Hawkeye Invitational Nov. 30. The Irish women are 1-3 in dual meets so far this season with their lone win coming over Pitts- SWIMMING & DIVING The men's team finished its first month of the season without a loss. They jumped to No. 18 in Lakewood, Fla. Julie Sabacinski lost to eventual champion Liza Tymchenko from Memphis. Britney Sanders lost to Florida's Brianna Morgan to finish a very successful fall season. Sanders was the Big East Player of the Month for both September and October. The rest of the Notre Dame team finished their fall season at the Western Michigan Super TENNIS A pair of Irish juniors reached the quarterfinals of the Dick Vitale Clay Court Classics Nov. 9-11 Challenge Nov. 9-11. They will start the spring with a Jan. 18 home match against Bowling Green. The men's team won six of its eight singles matches in its fall finale at the Tribe Invitational Nov. 9-11 in Williamsburg, Va. Senior Blas Moros, senior Spencer Talmadge, junior Greg An- drew and freshman Quentin Monaghan all won matches and made the all-tournament team at the event. Notre Dame's next event will be Jan. 19 to kick off Big East play at home against Marquette. Marquette Nov. 11. With the top seed in the Big East Tournament at stake, the Golden Eagles swept Notre Dame in three straight sets. The Irish entered the game in a tie for first place after beating Cincinnati in five sets at home. VOLLEYBALL (20-7) Notre Dame lost its first conference game of the year in the season finale on the road against They started the three-round conference tournament against South Florida in Milwaukee Nov. 16. burgh Nov. 9. Notre Dame won eight events in their meet against Louisville Nov. 10. Sophomore Emma Reaney and senior Kim Holden won two each. Senior diver Jenny Chiang, a former Big East champion, also won the one-meter platform competition.