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         <title>M. Tennis. Andrews Wins Second BIG EAST Weekly Award of Season</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Following an 8-0 week in singles and doubles, including a win over No. 13 Alex Musialek from Kentucky, Notre Dame sophomore Greg Andrews has earned his second BIG EAST Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week award of the young season, the conference office announced Tuesday.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. Red-Hot Irish Play Host To Rutgers On Wednesday</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Surging Notre Dame is in the Top 25, and back in BIG EAST action against Rutgers. The Irish host the Scarlet Knights on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ESPNU has the broadcast.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The University of Notre Dame men's golf team advanced into the semifinals at The Match Play, earning wins over Loyola Chicago and Villanova on Monday at the Reunion Resort Watson Course. The Irish took down the Ramblers 5.5-0.5 in the opening round before defeating the Wildcats 4.0-2.0 in quarterfinal action.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. #4 Irish Look To Get Back On Track Tuesday Against Providence</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Faced with an unfamiliar feeling after just its second loss of the season, No. 4 Notre Dame will look to bounce back Tuesday when it plays host to Providence at 7 p.m. (ET) in a BIG EAST matchup at Purcell Pavilion.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. Jack Cooley Honored As BIG EAST Player of the Week</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Junior forward Jack Cooley (Glenview, Ill.) has been named the BIG EAST Player of the Week after registering back-to-back double-doubles for Notre Dame in wins last week against West Virginia and DePaul. He averaged 21.5 points and 13.0 rebounds to earn his first career player-of-the-week honor.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Tennis. Notre Dame Spring Sports Preview: Women's Tennis</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[While the 2010-11 season saw the Irish return to the NCAA Team Tournament yet again - the 16th consecutive year the team has done so - a second round exit from the festivities has left the Irish with a hunger to return to the tournament again in 2011-12 and hopefully make a deeper run in the field.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Tennis. Notre Dame Spring Sports Preview: Women's Tennis</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[While the 2010-11 season saw the Irish return to the NCAA Team Tournament yet again - the 16th consecutive year the team has done so - a second round exit from the festivities has left the Irish with a hunger to return to the tournament again in 2011-12 and hopefully make a deeper run in the field.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Tennis. Irish Lose Thriller To No. 6 Kentucky; Sweep IUPUI On Sunday</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In an absolute thriller that wasn't decided until the final point of the second to last singles match, the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats held off the No. 30 Notre Dame men's tennis team, 4-3, in front of a raucous and passionate crowd at Eck Tennis Pavilion on Sunday afternoon.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Golf. Early Test Awaits Irish Men's Golf At The Match Play</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After a two-month hiatus from competitive action, the University of Notre Dame men's golf team returns to the links Monday and Tuesday at The Match Play at the Reunion Resort Watson Course in Orlando, Fla., to kick off its spring schedule.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. Postgame Quotes</title>
         <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:47:22 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<strong>Notre Dame Head Coach Muffet McGraw</strong><em>On today's game...</em><br>"I thought we've been building up to this game now for a couple of weeks. We justhaven't played well in a long time, and the pressure really got to us today. WestVirginia played a great game. They're a really good defensive team. They got usout of our rhythm. Besides Skylar [Diggins] no one could really get anything goingoffensively. I thought [Asya] Bussie was outstanding for them. She was really thedifference in the game. We couldn't defend them in the post, and we couldn't scorein the post on our end. I'm just really disappointed for everybody. Hopefully, thisgets the pressure off our back, and now we can settle and start playing our gameagain."<em>On their physical style of play...</em><br>"They were physical, but I don't know if that's what threw us off. We just didn'texecute the offense like we can. We weren't able to put up the numbers that weusually do on the boards. We weren't shooting the ball well. We couldn't play wellagainst their zone offense. We were trying to drive, but they packed it in and tookit away. Down the stretch we're usually such a smart team, but today we lookedflustered."<em>On the team's poor passing...</em><br>"Ten assists and 17 turnovers tells you the story on that. We made a lot of baddecisions on who we were throwing to and how we were throwing it. We missed alot of opportunities."<strong>Notre Dame Player Quotes</strong><strong>Skylar Diggins &#149; Junior &#149; Guard</strong><em>On what went wrong in the second half...</em><br>"We just weren't attacking. We were getting transitions at first, but then we stoppedplaying defense, and they scored."<em>On using the loss to move forward...</em><br>"We became complacent. We didn't play defense. We haven't practiced withintensity this week, and it showed. It's not the end of the season. It's just a bad loss.We've got to come back and make sure we're ready for the rest of the season. Weknow the league we're in. Anybody can beat you, even at home. It's disappointingto our fans and everyone to let someone come in and beat you at home. We have tolearn from this loss. We have to let it go and move on to the next game."<strong>Devereaux Peters &#149; Senior &#149; Forward</strong><em>On having to play against Asya Bussie...</em><br>"She is an aggressive player. She was finishing, and we couldn't stop it. We couldn'tkeep her out of the paint. We let her get easy lay-ups. We weren't doing our job ondefense."<strong>West Virginia Head Coach Mike Carey</strong><em>Opening Statement...</em><br>"That's a great win for us. Notre Dame is a great team, and they deserve to be No. 1or No. 2 in the country. They're well coached and a great team with great players.But with that being said I thought our players came in here, got in foul trouble early,and had to play some players we don't play a lot and they did a great job. I'm veryproud of my team and I thought they came in here with a tough crowd and greatatmosphere and [responded well] for as young as they were. I thought Asya Bussiein the last two or three minutes really carried us and did a great job. When we gowith that high-low with Ayana Dunning, that gives us a great tandem right there.I'm very proud of them, and Notre Dame will be fine. They're a great team, and weneeded this one bad and we were able to get it. With that being said, when you playin the BIG EAST, we have five more games, and we play Rutgers next on Wednesdayat our place. I told the team after the game to enjoy this, but that's the problem inthe BIG EAST since you have to play another ranked team next."<em>On preventing Notre Dame's offensive cutting...</em><br>"I thought we sat down on defense when they threw it to the elbow and their guardsmake those shuffle cuts. We did a good job switching but didn't give up the backdoor at times. At times we did but made them go over the top and]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. No. 2 Notre Dame's Streak Ends Against West Virginia, 65-63</title>
         <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:10:49 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[West Virginia beat No. 2 Notre Dame 65-63 on Sunday, snapping the Irish's 21-game winning streak. Skylar Diggins had 32 points for Notre Dame (24-2, 11-1), who came into the game leading the nation at 83.2 points per game. Ayana Dunning added 11 points for the Mountaineers, who finished with a 41-33 rebound advantage.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Ice Hockey. Irish Drop 5-1 Decision At Ferris State</title>
         <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:44:45 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Ferris State got goals from five different players and senior goaltender Taylor Nelson stopped 27-of-28 shots as the Bulldogs rolled to a 5-1 win over Notre Dame on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 2,493 at Ewigleben Arena. Nate Milam, Chad Billins, Cory Kane, Derek Graham and Jordie Johnston scored for Ferris State while Riley Sheahan had the lone Notre Dame goal.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Swimming. Chiang Continues Dominance On 3-Meter Boards</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Notre Dame junior diver Jenny Chiang did it again on Saturday evening, winning her third consecutive 3-meter title at the BIG EAST Diving Championships at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh, Pa.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Freshman Nick Nemetz stole the spotlight for the second straight night at the BIG EAST Conference Diving Championships held at the Trees Pool by winning the 1-meter diving title one day after taking home gold in the 3-meter event. The freshman collected 322.30 points after posting a preliminary total of 292.70.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. #2 Irish Host West Virginia Sunday In Annual Pink Zone Game</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[With a little more than two weeks to go in the regular season, the BIG EAST Conference race continues to heat up, as No. 2 Notre Dame welcomes West Virginia to Purcell Pavilion at 3:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday for a nationally-televised league matchup on ESPNU.]]></description>
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