Big East News Articles

The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from a Big East-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.

Irish in BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game for second straight season.

Syracuse, Georgetown, Loyola, Notre Dame and Connecticut were each selected.

Syracuse is ranked No. 3 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse national poll and No. 5 in the USILA poll, while Notre Dame is ranked No. 5/6.

Riley joins four other inductees as members of the Academic All-America® Hall of Fame Class of 2012

The University of Notre Dame claimed its ninth-straight BIG EAST Women’s Rowing Championship title Sunday on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

The Irish end the season with a 13-5 record, a mark that is one of the best in school history.

Loyola, Syracuse and Notre Dame will represent the league.

The Greyhounds will play either Syracuse or Georgetown on May 5 at 1 p.m. ET.

Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo was named the BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year.

Host Syracuse holds the No. 1 seed.

Three league players earned First Team accolades, including BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Logan McCraw.

Two BIG EAST doubles teams and three singles players wrapped up the 2011 campaign over the long Memorial Day weekend at the NCAA Tennis Championships at Stanford.

The Irish won the 2004 Preseason WNIT.

Three of the four BIG EAST singles players in the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships at Stanford advance to the second round of tournament play, representing three different conference schools.

Two BIG EAST women’s tennis teams and two men’s teams lost in the first- and second- rounds of the 2011 NCAA Tennis Championships May 13-15 as the Notre Dame women and the Louisville men earned the conference’s automatic bids, while the Irish men and USF women were at-large selections.

Loyola will square off against Notre Dame in the title game of the BIG EAST Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m.

The No. 4 seed Notre Dame upset No. 1 seed Georgetown 15-12 in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

Four BIG EAST singles players and two doubles teams, representing three different schools, earned invitations to the NCAA Tennis Championships as announced Wednesday.

Championship begins on May 5 at 5:30 p.m. ET at Georgetown’s Multi Sport Field.