Big East News Articles

No. 1 seed Syracuse (15-3) beat No. 4 seed Connecticut 19-6 in the semifinals of the BIG EAST women’s lacrosse championship

Notre Dame’s Susan Holt chosen as Big East Coach of the Year

UConn earned two major awards as head coach Katie Woods was cited as the BIG EAST Coach of the Year and junior Lauren Kahn was named the BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year.

VILLANOVA, PA ­– Rutgers, St. John’s, Syracuse and Villanova shared the BIG EAST men’s lacrosse regular season individual awards, as major award winners and all-conference teams were announced on Wednesday evening at the 2013 BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship banquet, held at the Philadelphia Marriott West.

Wednesday's look around the league.

A three-run sixth inning helped Oklahoma defeat USF 5-1 in the first game of the 2012 Women’s College World Series.

USF’s Sara Nevins, Notre Dame’s Amy Buntin and DePaul’s Kirsten Verdun were named second team All-Americans while Syracuse’s Jenna Caira and Louisville’s Tori Collins and Taner Fowler were selected to the third team.

Eight BIG EAST men’s lacrosse players were honored on the USILA All-America Teams, released by the organization on May 24. In addition, six BIG EAST student-athletes were chosen to compete in the USILA/LAXWORLD 2012 North-South Classic, which was played on May 25 at Harvard Stadium.

Louisville and St. John’s have been selected to compete in the 2012 NCAA Baseball Championship, as announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Red Storm win record seventh BIG EAST title as Carasiti named Most Outstanding Player

The Orange were playing in the title game for the first time in school history.

The game begins at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPNU.

The USF softball team has punched its ticket to the Women’s College World Series for the first time in program history. The Bulls beat Hofstra by a score of 2-1 in both games of the Super Regional double header on Saturday to become one of eight teams to play in the WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 31 – June 6.

Bulls reach conference final for first time in program history; will face St. John’s Sunday for title

Notre Dame men’s lacrosse fell to top-seeded Loyola (Md.), 7-5 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

Bulls force rematch with Huskies at 6:30 after shutout victory

Red Storm reach championship game for third consecutive season

Orange to face Northwestern Sunday for national title.

Bulls eliminate top-seeded Cardinals to reach semifinals for fourth time in six years.

Irish advance to BIG EAST semifinal round for first time since 2009