Big East News Articles

After Syracuse erased a four-goal second quarter deficit to tie the score at five, No. 3 Duke answered with five of the next six goals to eliminate the SU men’s lacrosse team in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, 12-9 on Saturday at Koskinen Stadium.

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

Louisville sophomore Jordan Trimble sent the first pitch of the bottom of the eighth inning over the right field fence to earn a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over Notre Dame and give the Cardinals the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship title.

The Notre Dame women’s tennis team suffered a 4-2 loss to No. 13 Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday.

The Notre Dame men’s tennis team opened its NCAA schedule on Saturday with a 4-3 victory over Vanderbilt on the campus of Ohio State University and the Notre Dame women fell 4-2 to Northwestern.

Eight BIG EAST schools will compete on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., for the 2012 BIG EAST Rowing Championship on Sunday, May 13.

Junior catcher Amy Buntin tied a BIG EAST Championship record with five RBI in a game and freshman Jenna Simon tied the record with three runs scored as No. 2 Notre Dame rolls past No. 6 St. John’s 5-1 in the second semifinal of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

The Notre Dame women took down Hawaii 4-0 at Northwestern University and the Louisville men fell 4-2 to Indiana at the University of Kentucky.

Freshman Kayla Soles hit a two-out, two-RBI double to give No. 1 Louisville a 2-0 victory over No. 5 DePaul in the first semifinal of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 6 seed St. John’s stunned the two-time defending champion No. 3 Syracuse 2-1 in the third game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship

Notre Dame’s senior Max Scodro, who led the Irish to their eighth BIG EAST title, has been unanimously chosen by the league’s 12 head coaches as the 2012 BIG EAST Men’s Golf Player of the Year.

One inning of offense was all it took for No. 5 DePaul to down No. 4 USF 6-0 in the first game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 6 seed St. John’s stunned the two-time defending champion No. 3 Syracuse 2-1 in the third game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship

No. 2 seed Notre Dame rolled to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 seed Rutgers in the fourth game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

One inning of offense was all it took for No. 5 DePaul to down No. 4 USF 6-0 in the first game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 1 seed Louisville earned a shutout victory over No. 8 Connecticut, winning 8-0 in five innings of Game 2 of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium at the University of Notre Dame.

Four schools shared the BIG EAST softball regular-season awards, as major award winners and all-conference teams were announced on Wednesday evening at the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship banquet

Joe Bailey, Interim Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, held his first teleconference with the national media Wednesday afternoon, discussing a range of issues relative to the conference and college athletics.

Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, USF, DePaul, St. John’s, Rutgers and Connecticut will all be competing for the championship crown.

Joseph A. Bailey III will today assume the position of interim Commissioner of the BIG EAST until a new Commissioner is selected