Big East News Articles

Notre Dame men’s and women’s teams earned automatic bids.

Notre Dame captured its sixth-straight BIG EAST women’s tennis championship following a 4-1 win over USF on Sunday.

This will be the third straight year the teams have met for the league tournament title.

No. 2 seed Louisville picked up its third-straight BIG EAST Men’s Tennis Championship title today, while No. 1 seed Notre Dame secured its fifth consecutive BIG EAST Women’s Tennis Championship crown.

University of Notre Dame tennis player Tyler Davis and Rutgers University tennis player Amy Zhang have been chosen as the first winners of the American Eagle Outfitters Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award, as chosen by the BIG EAST Conference Academic Affairs Committee.

Louisville senior Simon Childs was named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week, while Notre Dame senior Kristen Rafael earned BIG EAST Female Tennis Player of the Week honors.

For the second straight week, Louisville senior Austen Childs was named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week, while Notre Dame junior Shannon Mathews claimed BIG EAST Female Tennis Player of the Week honors.

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.

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.