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The observer | WEDNESDAY, mArch 24, 2021 | ndsmcobserver.com
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squad falls 3-2 to Wake Forest
By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS
senior sports Writer
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online March 22.
In one of its highest profile soccer matchups of the year, notre dame nearly pulled off the upset over no. 5 Wake Forest at home saturday. The Irish (8-6, 4-4 Acc) scored first and set the tone for much of the game, but ultimately conceded a winning goal in minute 89 in a 3-2 loss at Alumni stadium. The Irish wasted no time, getting two shots off and earning two corner kicks in the first five minutes of play. While junior defender Philip Quinton went down with an injury early on, the rest of the team got involved, putting pressure on the Wake Forest (10-2-1, 2-0-1 Acc) defense. In the 8th minute, notre dame had a long throw in from the left sideline that ricocheted around the 6-yard box before senior midfielder dawson mccartney drilled a shot into the back of the net. mccartney joined the Irish roster in december as a transfer from dartmouth, where he was Ivy League rookie of the Year in 2017. While he didn’t play this past fall season due to the Ivy League’s cancellation of all sports, he recorded eight goals over the course of his previous three seasons with the big Green.
“I think he’s done great. I think he’s really fit into the to the team really well, just as a person,” head coach chad riley said of mccartney. “And then I think we certainly knew what he could do as a player and I think we’ve been really happy with the way he’s been playing.”
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Irish win first ACC series, look to first home game
ALLISON THORNTON | The Observer
Irish junior pitcher Paton Tidd winds up a pitch during Notre Dame’s win over IUPUI on April 2, 2019 at Melissa Cook Stadium. Observer Staff Report
This past weekend, the Irish (12-8, 6-6 Acc) traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for a fourgame weekend series, looking to close out a long road trip through the southeast with their first conference series win of the season.
They kicked off the series against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday, in what quickly became a duel between the starting pitchers.
Junior Payton Tidd was solid throughout. she pitched 6.2 innings while scattering just five hits and earning her fifth win of the season. entering the last inning with the score sitting at 2-2, fifth-year senior and second baseman
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ND WomEN’S SWim
Observer Staff Report
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online March 22.
The no. 4 Fighting Irish (4-2, 1-2 Acc) earned some redemption this past weekend with a pair of victories over Liberty and no. 15 Louisville. The Irish had suffered back to back losses to the no. 2-ranked syracuse orange (5-0, 3-0 Acc) the week before.
The Irish hosted the Liberty Flames (4-4, 0-0 AsUn) Friday at Arlotta stadium and were able to handle them steadily in a 19-5 victory. Graduate student samantha Lynch and senior maddie howe paced the Irish with four goals apiece in attack.
All four of howe’s goals came during the first half, which helped cushion notre dame’s lead to 9-4 by halftime.
nd takes on ncAA championships
By SEAN KELLEY
sports Writer
Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online March 22.
As the last hand hit the wall at the Greensboro Aquatic center for the ncAA Women’s championships, the University of notre dame Women’s swimming and diving team left the arena with a sense of accomplishment that no personal record or medal can compare with. The team was represented by first-year swimmer megan deuel; sophomore swimmer coleen Gillilan; junior swimmers sammie eyolfson, madeline LaPorte, bayley stewart and Luciana Thomas; and senior diver Kelly straub. head coach mike Litzinger said his studentathletes exited the pool knowing that they competed fiercely during the strangest year in recent history, something each individual will carry with them for the future.
“[They blocked] out the noise of covId and the ‘We can’t get it done this year’ attitude, and they went around and decided that they were going to get something done,” he said. beyond the overarching aspects and connotations of the meet, great successes occurred in the pool and on the deck.
Litzinger said that while the scenery was different, there was still plenty of energy for the notre dame swimmers to feed off of.
“You could tell when a notre dame swimmer was up on the block because you could hear the rest of the girls,” he said. “It was just as exciting as the meet
