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Grc hosts discussion on sexual assault
Speakers share familial, personal experiences dealing with rape and the healing process
By RACHEL O’GRADY
Associate news e ditor
d uring s cheherazde Tillet’s sophomore year of college, she learned her older sister was a rape survivor.
“s he was raped her freshman year and then again her junior year, and I remember her telling me this very clearly,” Tillet said at the Gender r elation c enter’s annual “A Time to Heal” dinner Wednesday night. “I was a sophomore at the time, and I remember feeling hopeless and angry and not sure what to do next, because I grew up in a home of silence, but I also grew up in a home that understood sexual violence.”
Tillet said she turned to
photography to grapple with her sister’s experience with sexual violence and began to document her recovery through a series of photographs.
“It’s such an abstract thing to think, you know, how do we capture someone’s healing process?” Tillet said. “The camera can be such a way that has harmed so many people, particularly with interpersonal violence, and it can be used against you.”
As a result of the collection of photographs, Tillet teamed up with her sister, s alamishah, to create a documentary titled “story of a r ape survivor,” featuring the photos, along with
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SMC students, professor present at Seneca Falls Panelists discuss race and educational opportunity
By JORDAN COCKRUM news Writer
over fall break, three saint mary’s students and a professor gave a presentation at the seneca Falls dialogues conference in seneca Falls, new york, the site of the first u s. women’s rights convention in 1848.
Jamie Wagman, professor of history and gender and women’s studies, presented with junior Alison Tipton and seniors Katlynn dee and Adrienne Whisman.
“The conference itself was amazing,” Whisman said. “To be able to see the historical sights and birthplace of the united state’s women’s movement was unforgettable.”
The seneca Falls dialogues occur every two years and aim to continue a discussion of women’s rights and feminism, the seneca Falls dialogue website said.
“The seneca Falls dialogues are important in keeping the history of the location alive as well as in continuing the legacy of the people who fought for women’s rights,” Tipton said.
Wagman first discovered the seneca Falls dialogue conference in emails from a Women’s studies email forum.
“since I teach students about the famous 1848 first women’s conference in seneca Falls, new york, I was immediately intrigued,” Wagman said in an email.
After finding the seneca Falls dialogues, Wagman then invited students she thought would be interested in presenting at the conference.
“I asked three excellent history majors in my u s. history courses — both a survey class and a Women’s History class — if they wanted to present their own scholarship on gender history and visual culture at the conference,” Wagman said.
The group gave a presentation titled “constructing sexuality and Fetishizing Women in American History: debunking myths in Popular culture from Pocahontas to First Wave reformers.”
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By MEGAN VALLEY n ews Writer
As part of student government’s r ace r elations Week, d avid r obinson, former nb A player and father of student body president c orey r obinson; d avid Krashna, n otre d ame’s first AfricanAmerican body president; c hristina b rooks, the c ity of s outh b end’s diversity and inclusion officer; and m aria and Gabby muñoz, undocumented students at n otre d ame spoke in a panel Wednesday night on racial justice in the context of opportunity.
“ r ace r elations Week was an idea brought to our current student body president, c orey r obinson, by d avid Krashna, a 1971 graduate of the university and n otre d ame’s first AfricanAmerican student body president,” senior r achel Wallace, student union representative to diversity council, said. “[Krashna] had a vision for creating a
space on our campus for honest discourse about racial justice from a variety of different perspectives.”
Juniors m aria and Gabby muñoz are studying chemical engineering at the university thanks to the d eferred Action for c hildhood Arrivals ( dAc A), which allows undocumented residents to work and attend college legally in the u s They could not, however, apply for student loans, and many schools required them to apply as international students, forcing them to pay out-of-state tuition.
“Aware of this, we applied to 18 different colleges, hoping that one of them would offer us enough financial aid,” Gabby muñoz said.
“ s everal of them rejected us because we were dAc A students and others could not give us the financial support that we needed. n otre d ame was the only school that offered us full aid.”
The muñoz sisters said being dAc A students also
made it difficult to apply for internships and research positions, as most positions require applicants to be citizens.
“At the beginning of our freshman year, studying abroad seemed out of the question, since we could run the risk of not being able to re-enter the country,” m aria muñoz said.
Krashna was the first and only African-American student body president until senior c orey r obinson was elected last year. c iting other pioneering students — including Frazier Thompson, the first African-American student athlete to earn a letter at the university and Goldie l ee Ivory, the first African-American woman to earn a degree from n otre d ame — he said all students need to succeed is the opportunity to do so.
“Throughout the decades here at n otre d ame, other black students have matriculated and graduated from
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n otre d ame, when given the opportunity,” he said. “When given the opportunity, they have grabbed the opportunity to attend n otre d ame. Indeed, many have flourished as a result of the education they’ve received at the u niversity, as have other racial minorities.”
While the m uñoz sisters and Krashna focused on increasing educational opportunities at the u niversity, b rooks spoke on problems with the opportunity for education in s outh b end.
“The disparity in education is where we see 47 percent of the total population [of s outh b end] has a high school diploma or less, and we have 14 post-secondary institutions here, including four-year institutions, twoyear institutions and trade schools,” she said.
In order to address this disparity, she said s outh b end is focusing on two solutions to opportunity: m y b rother’s Keeper, an initiative launched by President b arack o bama to “address the persistent opportunity gaps by boys and young men of trouble,” and the youth Task Force, which offers “leadership and civic engagement opportunity.”
“All youth and young adults should be safe from violent crime and individuals who are confined should
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history really compelled me to accept,” Whisman said.
Whisman’s part of the presentation focused on the portrayal of lesbians during the lavender scare, an event in the 1950s in which “the government outed and fired thousands of people due to their sexual orientation,” she said.
“I focused on how lesbians were portrayed as ‘unwomanly’ and therefore a threat to national stability,” Whisman said. “In many cases, it was believed that getting rid of this ‘strange affliction,’ a.k.a. make them straight, would actually make a woman feminine, domestic and submissive.”
This effort was due to a government fear that “to be gay was to be morally degenerate and susceptible to communism,” Whisman said. In order to combat this, women had to work to defy stereotypes.
“Women had to physically change their behavior and looks in order to appear more feminine and therefore less like the stereotype of a lesbian,” she said. “lesbians and gay men dated or even married to avoid suspicion. It was all about appearances. If you didn’t look like a stereotype, you weren’t a threat.”
Whisman finds this research important because the impact it had was large, although it is lesser-known. “not only did it lead to thousands losing jobs, social positions, etc.,
receive the education, training and treatment that they need for a second chance,” she said.
d avid r obinson, a former nb A player for the s an Antonio s purs, founded the c arver Academy, a charter school in Texas. The power of education is life-changing, he said.
“I watched 500 graduating students walk across that stage, and every single one of them held up a sign that said what college they were going to,” he said. “I saw the families down there celebrating, and you could sense what a transformation it was for each of those families. They knew what it meant for these kids to be graduating high school and headed to college.”
d eveloping a strong culture is crucial to the success of minorities, r obinson said.
“ e veryone talks about culture, but no one really knows how to build it,” he said. “In a place like the s an Antonio s purs, I’ve been very fortunate to be in a place where we’ve built a strong culture, and that has lasted years. That culture has been perpetuated; when guys come to our team, they buy into it.
“Here, you have a wonderful university and you have the opportunity to build that same kind of culture, but everyone needs to buy into that.”
Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu
it also led to the formation of the lGbTQ community as it is seen today,” she said.
Tipton’s area of research had a different focus: intersectionality of race and gender, specifically in the case of Pocahontas.
“Visual representation is everywhere, and it is important to investigate this as well as the assumptions we derive from it,” Tipton said.
The ability to present this research at the conference and attend other sessions allowed Whisman to gain a widened outlook on this and other feminist issues, she said.
“I liked being able to talk to people from around the country and from various disciplines about my research and gain new perspectives and insights,” Whisman said. “Academia to me is about sharing knowledge, and this conference was a great place to have feminist-based dialogues on history and society.”
The sharing of knowledge and perspective that occurs at conferences like the seneca Falls dialogues is why Wagman encourages students to participate in them.
“I enjoy taking students to academic conferences where they can present their work, because it encourages them to take their work seriously and envision themselves as scholars,” she said. “They’re able to discuss their ideas with other students, activists, and faculty members from across the country.”
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performances by a variety of artists.
“It came around more to the fact that we’re celebrating the courage it takes for someone to heal, so we’re trying to put courage on a pedestal, and [the documentary] was sort of an homage to that,” Tillet said.
ugochi, a singer hailing from chicago, is featured in “story of a rape survivor.”
“When I joined ‘story of a rape survivor’ I thought I was just going to be singing somewhere, but you know, I found out it’s not going to just be a sort of gig,” ugochi said. “It brought a lot of things forward for me, even the fact that I was a survivor, something I had repressed as well.”
In facing the reality of her own rape, ugochi said working on the film helped her to deal with her issues.
“I was raped in college, too, and I really had repressed that, and it was great to have a resource to work all of those emotions and feelings. I gained a whole family through these performers,” she said.
ugochi said she was also impressed by the male presence on the project.
“It’s really empowering too to see these men who, you know, it’s not just women who this happens to, so it’s been really great to see them out there supporting a way to end
sexual violence,” ugochi said.
ugochi said it was special to be able to do what she loved while helping others.
“I think I’ve done this for so long because I got so much out of it,” ugochi said. “The relationships you create with these people is really just so incredible, because it’s hard to find those really human moments, and trying to feel like you’re doing something and feeling what they’re feeling.”
In her experience spreading awareness about sexual
violence, ugochi said she is impressed by the efforts many colleges are making to end it.
“I was blown away by the university of Kentucky; the men there were just as active as activists as the women, and it was really just incredible,” ugochi said. “They were there for the women and that level of camaraderie was really just all around, that energy, was just so great.”
Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu
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Would you take your daughter to a satanic concert? The majority of parents would say no. yet this past summer, thousands of mothers took their daughters to see s elena Gomez crawling around the stage in a black, scaly jumpsuit with clawed hands and feet. These mothers also screamed and cheered with their daughters when her backup dancers started grinding on each other.
I did not attend this concert, but a disturbed friend filled me in. What kind of values were these mothers promoting for their children? Why did no one else at the concert seem uneasy? It was as if they had become desensitized to the objectification of men and women happening onstage and the strange satanic themes permeating the venue. It was as if the sheer number of mothers who took their daughters to the concert reassured other mothers that the concert was not bad. If it were that bad, how could so many mothers deem it appropriate for their children?
It is not difficult in the 21st century to go along with the celebration of immorality. Wiwth television shows unashamedly called “ s candal” and billboards bordering on pornographic, it is sadly not shocking that mothers accept and even encourage their daughters’ interest in popular music centered on mutual objectification. If the music is popular, if so many people enjoy and listen to it, surely it cannot be harmful. yet trusting the preferences of the majority is a dangerous game, one that can have dire consequences politically as well as morally.
The banality of evil is a stepwise function. l ittle by little, we become accustomed to vice in our recreational outlets. In “The s crewtape l etters,” c s l ewis writes, “the safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope … without milestones, without signposts.”
m y road to hell started with the idolization of r ockstar b arbie. r ockstar b arbie was famous,
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the center of attention. s he was beautiful, and every Ken doll knew it. s he was a woman of means — able to vacation on the c aribbean coast in my kitchen sink one week and embark upon a s afari in my backyard the next. When I grew up, I wanted to be just like r ockstar b arbie.
e ight years later, I became obsessed with “The c lique,” a fictional young adult series about a group of exclusive materialistic and judgmental popular girls. What mattered to those girls, status and style, began to matter to me.
b ut it is normal for young girls to play with b arbies and consume fictional series without substance. s urely these youthful diversions cannot harmfully imprint a heart. yet it is modern society’s normalization of materialism and egotism that makes it so difficult to root out these vices in my heart ten years later.
It wasn’t until I chose s t. Thérèse of l isieux as my confirmation saint 13 years later that I realized that I could have grown up fascinated with God instead of by sin. Instead of reading the nineteenth century equivalent of “The c lique,” Thérèse read “The Imitation of c hrist.” In her teens, she wrote wedding invitations to her marriage with c hrist instead of fan-girling over “The b achelorette.” It is not a coincidence that s t. Thérèse did not aspire to become r ockstar b arbie or the head of an exclusive clique, but to pray for missionaries and make sacrifices for c hrist, no matter how insignificant.
b ut as satanic concerts become the new norm, is it even possible to be formed into such a saintly soul without completely isolating oneself from mainstream culture? I was doubtful until a friend filled me in on a babysitting experience. The kids played with hand-crafted dolls of the s aints as well as b arbies. “ l et’s play church!” they exclaimed as they lined up their dolls for c ommunion. c hildren imitate what they see. When exposed to good, they will imitate good. d o I regret the way I was raised? I cannot, as I don’t know who I’d be if I had played with saints dolls instead of b arbie’s. There’s also the risk of underexposure; if I had been raised in a more isolated household, I may not have known
how to react when exposed to the “ s candal”-ous world
What I do know is that I must be careful in selecting the toys I play with in the future. How I spend my recreational time and what I daydream about shape the rest of the story of my soul. l ast year, I was reading a best-selling fictional series about an e nglish woman traveling through time in s cotland. It was full of compelling drama and educational history. It was also full of violence and adultery. b ut family members and friends had recommended the series to me, so I figured I could skim the graphic scenes to get the good out of the book without the bad. yet my conscience was unsettled by what I saw whilst skimming, so I talked to priest about it. I expected him to reassure me that I was overreacting. He did not. He confirmed that I should no longer read the series, as the heroine was far from a healthy role model.
I was a bit taken aback, but grateful for his honesty. How many friends had I confided in about my unease who had reassured me that I was stuck in scrupulosity? e ither they knew that what I was reading was not good for me and didn’t want to offend me, or they, like me, had rationalized their qualms away with a “you do you” relativistic morality.
There is no such thing as harmless entertainment. I, at the age of 21 as well as at the age of six, am affected by what I read, watch and listen to. Just because many other people read a book or watch a television show does not mean it is harmless.
It does not seem fun to say no to what so many other people say yes to. It is less fun, however, to root a fascination with sin out of my heart — especially one that wedged itself in there with r ockstar b arbie.
Ms. Thomassen is a senior studying mechanical engineering. She lives at the Château off campus, with four friends and more crepes. She can be reached at ethomass@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Irish fighting for climate justice
Have you seen orange felt squares pinned to any backpacks lately? Has anybody come to your class recently to speak about a climate justice campaign? o r maybe you heard about us from the recent o bserver article. “ d ear Father Jenkins.” Fossil Free nd, a student-led divestment campaign, is responsible for all of these things. Their belief is simply this — if it is wrong to wreck the climate, it is wrong to profit from that wreckage. s pecifically, this wreckage is a direct consequence of the burning of fossil fuels, which is rapidly altering the climate. s adly, our l ady’s university is profiting from this wreckage by investing a $400 million of the university’s endowment in fossil fuel industries. s o, why orange? o range is the chosen color of divestment — a purposeful departure from the green representative of environmentalism — to highlight the fact that the issue of divestment, specifically from fossil fuels, is not merely an environmental issue, but a social and political justice issue as well.
Firstly, it is important to define divestment. d ivestment is removing all university investments, vis-a-vis the endowment, from fossil fuel companies. It is a campaign, dependent on the will and commitment of its members and active allies. Without student and faculty allies, the campaign would not exist. o nly through solidarity with these allies can Fossil Free nd inspire change on
campus and in s outh b end.
All students at n otre d ame should be invested in encouraging divestment, for many reasons. Firstly, Pope Francis’ l audato s i’ calls us to respect and care for our common home. He calls the climate a common good and laments how climate change, chiefly driven by the burning of coal and fossil fuels, is and will continue to contribute to water scarcity and toxicity, the loss of biodiversity and a “decline in the quality of human life,” which is leading to global inequality. Pope Francis has called on humanity, not c atholics alone, to address this moral issue. As a c atholic institution, we are morally obligated to divest from fossil fuels. n otre d ame does not invest in firearms, stem cell research or abortion due to highly esteemed religious beliefs. Why have we not yet divested from fossil fuels? To not do so is to outrightly rebel against the call to action of Pope Francis to preserve our planet. To not divest is not only to discount our morality, but to leave our children and grandchildren to suffer the consequences of our inaction.
d ivestment is the movement of this generation. Fossil Free nd has the power to transform n otre d ame and the larger s outh b end community, and if other colleges around the globe carried the flame of climate justice, we would all be moving toward a brighter future. d ivestment is not a new
concept. It was utilized during the s outh African apartheid by companies that boycotted s outh African products to send a message. It worked. Fossil fuel divestment is the justice issue of our time, and, as college students, we have the potential to revolutionize energy solutions and ideas of justice world wide. When our kids ask us what we did during the c limate c risis, what will you say to them? Will you sit idly by, or be on the right side of history? If you can no longer remain silent on this moral issue, Fossil Free nd invites you to join their ranks. They are seeking inspired individuals to join their campaign. Varying levels of commitment to the movement are available to n otre d ame students. Here are a few ways to get involved: like the Fossil Free nd Facebook page to receive updates; attend weekly meetings at 9 p.m. in Geddes b 036; but most importantly, come out on Thursday to show your support. We will begin gathering around 4:30 p.m. outside o ’ s haughnessy Hall, and then we will hear a message from the c limate Justice l eague around 4:45 p.m. to mobilize us for our march to m ain b uilding. This is our chance to demonstrate student support for climate justice. b e there — wear orange.
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Happy Birthday: use your imagination and think outside the box this year, and you will master what you set out to do. creativity and finding ways to appeal to a bigger audience will help you develop your talents and make new connections. sharing resources with others will lead to equality and good relationships. your numbers are 3, 12, 20, 27, 33, 39, 41.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): consider an investment opportunity, but if someone is pressuring you or trying to get you involved in a joint venture, back away. you’ll do better if you invest in yourself instead. An opportunity at work looks promising.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take an aggressive role in going after what you want. you’ll be given more information if you ask direct questions. don’t be afraid to be bold and to leverage the information you have in order to find out more. Travel and communication is featured.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): live up to your promises or someone will complain. use patience when dealing with your family members. look for unique ways to keep everyone around you busy, and channel the energy you have left into personal pampering.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): don’t take on someone else’s responsibilities. you have far too much to lose if you don’t step up and concentrate on the things that will benefit you. charity begins at home and you deserve to do something that makes you happy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): your generosity will lead to problems. someone will take advantage of you by asking for favors that will require far more on your part than you first realize. Proceed with caution. d on’t feel guilty saying “no.” o ffer suggestions; nothing more.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A personal situation will not be clear due to a lack of information. your gut will say one thing, but you’ll be told something quite different. Go to the gym or get involved in something that will ease your stress.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a deep breath before engaging in a debate or making a domestic change. you’ll do best if you sign up for something you enjoy doing or make physical changes that will boost your ego. romance is encouraged.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): don’t hesitate. you can turn any negative you face into a positive. Put your heart and soul into what you enjoy doing most, and something great will unfold. collaborate with someone you consider an expert.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s best to put everything you have into your job. someone will make you look bad by using personal information to tarnish your name. your best response is honesty, sincerity and taking care of your responsibilities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): look for ways to make your money work for you. you will negotiate effectively when dealing with settlements, contracts or other legal matters. don’t jeopardize your health by taking on too much. let your knowledge and insights guide you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): ulterior motives must not be allowed to take over. As long as you are honest about the way you feel and what you want to do, you should have no regrets. Altering the way you live and work looks promising.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Participate in functions that will encourage you to make new friends and allies. share your ideas and offer unique solutions, and you will attract interest from others. A proposal that will allow you to use your skills looks promising.
Birthday Baby: you are unique, imaginative and intense. you are charismatic and popular.
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Sophomore Annie Heffernan paces herself at the Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30. Heffernan finished in 20th place.
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perfect position right now,” sparks said. “We feel like she’s right where she needs to be … there are some things we can do to improve physically. In training, there’re some things we’re working on. s he’s in a good place moving forward.”
l ast season, rohrer finished second at the Acc meet behind teammate molly s eidel. l ast week, rohrer was named the Acc performer of the week.
For the men, the fourthplace finish marks an improvement over the team’s last showing — a 25th place finish at home in the Joe Piane Invitational. The key to the top-five men’s finish was sophomore Anthony Williams. Williams placed sixth with a time of 24:29.1 for the eightkilometer race, and s parks said he is impressed with the way Williams prepares for each event.
“[Williams] is a walk-on athlete that showed up on campus a year ago with minimal fanfare … the guy does everything right, and you can’t ask much more than that,” s parks said. “From the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed, he’s constantly doing things to make himself a better athlete, and that’s hopefully rubbing off on our other younger guys because we’re about as young and inexperienced of a team as you can have. It’s nice to have someone who understands what it takes to be successful.”
l ooking forward, the team
will travel down to north c arolina to compete in the Acc championships Friday. s parks said he likes where both of his teams are going into the event.
“I think both teams are in an upswing,” s parks said. “The women’s team made some positive steps at Wisconsin, moved up nationally. n c
s tate is ranked top five in the country so they’re going to be a tough team to beat, especially running on their home course. We’d like to be top two on the women’s side.
“And then if the men can finish in the top half, which is the top seven or eight, then they’ve made a big step from where they were two weeks before.”
o ne factor s parks feels may help the women is their experience. l ast year, the women took third in the Acc meet with r ohrer, Heffernan and fellow sophomore r achel d a d amio all placing in the top 60.
“[The experience] honestly does help the women because they’ve been there, done that,” sparks said. “And that’s a little bit of the fear factor for the men’s team with so many freshman and inexperienced athletes. That’s a big concern with them going into the championship, is how do they respond to the bigger meets. For the women, there’s a comfort factor with the veterans in a meet like that.”
The Acc championship meet takes place Friday in c ary, north c arolina.
Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu
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ND faces Miami in final game with chance at title singles boost Irish at ITA regionals
By DAN O’BOYLE sports Writer
With a chance to claim a share of the Acc regular season title in the final game before the conference tournament begins, no. 12 notre dame will host miami on Thursday night.
The Irish (11-2-4, 6-1-2 Acc) do not control their own destiny going into the game, but a victory combined with either a draw between fellow Acc contenders duke and clemson or a win for the Tigers will see the Irish tied for points atop the conference standings with the blue devils (12-3-2, 7-1-1 Acc) or the Tigers (12-3-2, 6-1-2) respectively. Florida state could also claim a share of the title with a victory over north carolina. A shared title with clemson would also give the Irish the top seed for the Acc tournament, while a split with duke or Florida state will depend on goal differences.
The regular season title and top seed isn’t all the Irish have
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Senior midfielder Sandra Yu holds off a Virginia defender on Oct. 9. The Irish can share the ACC title with a win against Miami.
By MICHAEL IVEY sports Writer
o ver the fall break, n otre d ame competed in the ITA m idwest r egionals at the Varsity Tennis c enter in c olumbus, o hio. The four day tournament lasted from o ct. 20 to o ct. 23.
In the singles competition, senior Josh Hagar, freshman Jonathan s mall, freshman m att Gamble, sophomore Alex l ebedev and freshman Guillermo c abrera were able to earn singles victories in the round of 64. l ebedev and Hagar made it through the round of 32 and l ebedev emerged victorious in the round of 16 before falling in the quarterfinals.
In doubles competition, the duos of sophomore Grayson b roadus/ s mall, junior d rew d awson/ c abrera and l ebedev/Gamble powered their way to wins in the round of 64. e ddy c ovalschi/Hagar joined l ebedev/Gamble in earning
victories in the round of 32, and made it all the way to the quarterfinals. b oth teams dropped close matches in the semifinals.
Irish head coach r yan s achire said he was happy with his team’s showing over the weekend.
“[This was] a big individual tournament where all of our guys competed and overall I was very happy with our performance,” s achire said. “I thought we played and competed well. you always want to do a little better in terms of results and things like that, every team does I’m sure, but overall I was very happy with how we did things and how we are making progress this fall.”
When asked what he liked in particular, s achire pointed to the performances of the freshman on the team as well as l ebedev’s performance.
“All four freshman that were in the main draw went
Irish find success, failure on road Rohrer wins performer of the week as ACCs loom
By MANNY DE JESUS sports Writer
over the break, notre dame came away with another team title and invitational medalist at the Georgetown Intercollegiate in beallsville, maryland, but back end of the road trip was featured fatigue and a 13th place finish at the mcneese state Quail Valley collegiate Invitational on Tuesday.
on the front end of the break at Georgetown, the Irish finished the two-day event 12 strokes ahead of the Hoyas, who finished second with a score of sixover-par 858. The team win was the second team victory of the fall season, and it also marked the second straight event that the Irish had the tournament’s top individual. sophomore ben Albin finished four-under par on day one, three-under par on day two and finished the tournament with another three-under-par performance to finish two strokes ahead of the next golfer.
Albin’s medalist performance gave notre dame two straight medalist performances, which hasn’t been done since the fall of
1990.
“[senior] blake’s [baren] performance at [the Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf classic] was really inspiring for me,” Albin said. “It was about a week before we went to Georgetown, and just to see that he could break through and win his first full field tournament of the season really inspired me to know that I can do the same thing. I went to [Georgetown] with the goal of really the first time to go out and win the tournament. When I was able to win the one at Georgetown, it really helped the rest of our team. The momentum from blake’s win really carried over to that week.”
In addition to Albin, barens finished tied for fifth with a threeday score of two-under-par 211. The next two closest Irish golfers, sophomore miguel delgado and senior matt rushton, finished tied for 21st with scores of sixover-par 219 .
After walking away from Georgetown with the team title, the Irish traveled to Vero beach, Florida to compete in the mcneese state Invitational, and
By MAREK MAZUREK sports e ditor
The Irish notched two top-10 finishes over break as the women’s team finished ninth in the n uttycombe Invitational in m adison, Wisconsin, while the men took fourth place in the b radley c lassic in Peoria, Illinois. Highlighting the women’s fourth consecutive top-10 finish was sophomore Anna r ohrer, who placed third overall with 20:03.4. s ophomore Annie Heffernan was the second Irish runner to cross the finish line, coming in at 22nd overall.
With the A cc championships this weekend, Irish assistant coach m atthew s parks said he is pleased with where r ohrer is mentally and physically, and said the sophomore standout even has room to improve.
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Irish sophomore Anna Rohrer crosses the finish line in first place at
