Big East News Articles

 The BIG EAST Conference has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men's basketball teams for the 2010-11 season.

- Cardinal men win first-ever BIG EAST crown; Irish women make it 14 straight -

 Thirty-six BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.

- Nine BIG EAST squads represented in Louisville Slugger/NFCA selections -

 Eleven BIG EAST players were selected by NBA teams in the 2010 NBA Draft Thursday, matching the conference's best showing in the draft since the event went to a two-round format.

Notre Dame senior women's tennis player Cosmina Ciobanu has been named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America second team.

Notre Dame's Kristy Frilling and Kali Krisik along with Louisville's Austen Childs capped off successful seasons by being named to the 2010 ITA All-America Tennis Team.

- Roth named to second team while Fleury was a third team honoree -

 For the third consecutive year, a record number of BIG EAST women's lacrosse players (11) have been selected to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) all-America team. The selections include three first-team performers, along with five second-team selections and three third-team picks.

- Irish senior slugger ended her career as the program's all-time leader in home runs -

- DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame and Syracuse take aim at the Women's College World Series -

For the third consecutive year, the BIG EAST Conference tied a league record as three women's lacrosse teams were selected to compete in the 16-team, Division I NCAA Championship. Georgetown (13-5), Notre Dame (11-6) and Syracuse (13-6) all earned a berth marking the fourth time overall the BIG EAST has had three teams selected.

Two familiar names were called as 2010 BIG EAST Tennis Players of the Year, as Louisville junior Austen Childs earned his second straight annual recognition, while last season's Freshman of the Year, Notre Dame sophomore Kristy Frilling, also was honored. Frilling's teammate, Irish freshman Chrissie McGaffigan, was named women's Freshman of the Year, while Mike Lampa of St. John's earned the men's honor.

Three teams will be represented at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Division I Golf Championship.

After Notre Dame earned its seventh consecutive BIG EAST rowing title earlier today its coaching staff was recognized by their peers as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.

No. 1 seed Notre Dame won its 10th women's BIG EAST Tennis Championship title after defeating No. 3 seed DePaul 4-0. The Irish earned the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship and will be making their 15th consecutive appearance in the national tournament and 17th overall.

The top-seeded Cardinals bested the second seed Irish 4-0 to earn the program's second men's BIG EAST Tennis Championship title. Louisville earns the league's automatic berth into the 64-team NCAA Championship, marking its seventh NCAA invite.

 Connecticut Grabs Top Overall Seed.

The Villanova women earned their first BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championship title in 10 years, using the day's second-to-last event to clinch the victory. With a meet-best five individual titles, the Notre Dame men's team earned a convincing victory, outscoring its closest competitor by 42.50 points.

Notre Dame is now three-for-four in diving events at the 2010 BIG EAST Swimming & Diving Championships at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh, Pa.