Welcome to the Frank Eck Stadium! Home of the Irish!
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Notre Dame's five-year-old Frank Eck Stadium has taken its place
alongside some of the finer baseball facilities in the Midwest and the
nation.
Upon its opening in 1994, the 2,500-seat Eck Stadium became the
latest jewel among Notre Dame's ever-expanding athletic facilities. Located
on the campus' southeast corner, Eck Stadium has become a favorite with the
Irish as Notre Dame posted a 126-27 home mark (for an .824 winning
percentage) during the 1994-98 seasons.
Plans to build the stadium were announced on June 7, 1991, thanks
to a generous gift to the University by alumnus Frank Eck and his company,
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio. Eck is the firm's
chairman and chief executive officer. He graduated in 1944 with a degree in
chemical engineering and later endowed a collection in that field at Notre
Dame's Hesburgh Library. Eck also has underwritten construction of the Eck
Tennis Pavilion, an on-campus indoor tennis facility completed in 1987. His
next campus project was the much-anticipated Eck Center, a multi-use
facility that opened in February of 1999 and houses a greatly expanded
Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore, headquarters for the Notre Dame Alumni
Association and a new campus visitors' center.
Eck Stadium includes spacious home and visitor locker room areas,
meeting rooms and coaching facilities for each team. The stadium also
houses a beautiful press box/VIP room overlooking home plate and the
2,500-seat grandstand. The stadium is illuminated by a lighting system for
night play.
"We're blessed to have such a beautiful facility," says Irish coach
Paul Mainieri. "It's truly a first-class place to practice and a wonderful
place to play. Our program takes great pride and care in the fact that we
have one of the finest home fields in college baseball."
Game Schedule for the South Bend Regional
Fri. 28 3:00 p.m.
Fri. 28 7:00 p.m.
Sat. 29 11:00 a.m.
Sat. 29 3:00 p.m.
Sat. 29 7:00 p.m.
Sun. 30 1:00 p.m.
Sun. 30 6:00 p.m.
