NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH
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2010 S C H E D U L E
SENIOR CHRISTINE LUX
NOTEBOOK • Notre Dame returns 13 letterwinners from a 2009 squad that finished 43-17 overall (19-4 BIG EAST) and captured the BIG EAST Championship title. • Senior all-American Christine Lux will carry a bulk of the offensive load for the Irish in 2010. Lux has hit a school-record 15 home runs in each of the last two seasons while driving in 51 runs last year, which ranks third on the program’s single-season list. • Katie Fleury, Brianna Jorgensborg, Erin Marrone, Dani Miller, Jody Valdivia and Lux are returning starters who have earned at least one all-BIG EAST citation each throughout their careers. • Valdivia was the only BIG EAST pitcher without a loss through the 2009 league slate. • The Irish have claimed four BIG EAST Tournament titles and eight trips to the NCAA Tournament under head coach Deanna Gumpf, who enters her ninth season at the helm of the program with a record of 332-153-1 (.684) for the highest winning percentage of any team.
2009 S T A T I S T I C A L L E A D E R S Batters Beth Norway Heather Johnson Erin Marrone Christine Lux Dani Miller Linda Kohan
Avg. .356 .356 .355 .329 .324 .310
R 35 21 24 40 22 29
Pitchers Brittney Bargar Jody Valdivia
ERA 1.72 2.28
W-L 24-12 19-5
HR 5 3 5 15 11 11
RBI 16 39 14 51 46 36
APP/GS IP 42/34 236.2 32/26 159.1
SB 7 2 4 2 1 0 SO 175 165
February 12 Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) vs. Creighton 9 a.m. vs. Oregon 11:30 a.m. 13 vs. Auburn 4:30 p.m. vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. 14 vs. Washington 10:30 a.m. 20 Southern Miss Mizuno Classic (Hattiesburg, Miss.) vs. Louisiana Tech 2 p.m. at Southern Miss 7 p.m. 21 vs. Stephen F. Austin 9 a.m. vs. Alcorn State 2 p.m. 26 vs. Lehigh 9 a.m. vs. Ohio 11:30 a.m. 27 UVA Invitational (Charlottesville, Va.) at Virginia 4:30 p.m. vs. George Washington 7 p.m. 28 vs. Lehigh 11:30 a.m. March 6 UC Riverside Aten Tournemant (Riverside, Calif.) vs. Ohio State 9 a.m. vs. East Tennessee State 11:30 a.m. 7 at UC Riverside 11:30 a.m. 10 at Cal State Northridge TBA 12 Long Beach State Invitational (Lakewood, Calif.) vs. Buffalo 9 a.m. vs. San Diego 11:15 a.m. 13 vs. UNLV 3:45 p.m. vs. Long Beach State 6 p.m. 14 vs. Purdue 9 a.m. 18 at Western Michigan 5 p.m. 23 Eastern Michigan 4 p.m. 24 Toledo (DH) 4 p.m. 27 at SETON HALL (DH) Noon 28 at SETON HALL 11a.m. 30 at Loyola-Chicago 4 p.m. April 1 RUTGERS 6 p.m. 3 RUTGERS (DH) 11 a.m. 7 Bowling Green (DH) 4 p.m. 10 USF (DH) Noon 11 USF Noon 14 GEORGETOWN (DH) 4 p.m. 15 Cleveland State 4 p.m. 17 at LOUISVILLE (DH) Noon 18 at LOUISVILLE 11 a.m. 21 Valparaiso 4 p.m. 22 at DE PAUL (DH) 1 p.m. 24 VILLANOVA (DH) Noon 25 VILLANOVA 11 a.m. 29 Wisconsin 4 p.m. May 8 at ST. JOHN’S (DH) Noon 9 at ST. JOHN’S 11 a.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change BIG EAST Conference games are in CAPS
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