Tag: Atlantic 10

Notre Dame adds transfer guard Anna DeWolfe from Fordham

The Irish get a big scorer.

Notre Dame has made its first addition via the transfer portal of the offseason. That addition is former Fordham guard [autotag]Anna DeWolfe[/autotag]. DeWolfe will play out her college eligibility with the Irish after four seasons with the Rams. She’ll be a big scoring addition, too.

DeWolfe 1,883 points at Fordham rank eighth all-time in the Atlantic 10. She was the conference player of the year in 2021 and has been on the past three all-conference first teams. During her collegiate career, she has averaged 17.0 points a game, which ranks ninth in conference history. She led the conference in scoring in 2021 (20.8) and was second in 2022 (17.8) and 2023 (18.4).

DeWolfe is no stranger to Notre Dame. Her first collegiate game in November 2019 was a 60-55 Irish win in which she scored 10 points in 37 minutes. The Irish beat the Rams again, 71-56 , two Novembers later. DeWolfe also scored 10 points in that game but shot 4 of 17 from the field.

The Irish have a talented roster already, but they always could use some reinforcements. This is a big one. The only question is how well her game will translate against tougher competition in the ACC.

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Report: Shawn Stiffler hired as Notre Dame baseball coach

Like the hire?College World Series

With Link Jarrett moving within the ACC to Florida State, Notre Dame needed a new coach to build upon its College World Series berth. Less than three weeks after the end of the 2022 season, the Irish appear to have found their man. According to Matt Fortuna of The Athletic, VCU coach [autotag]Shawn Stiffler[/autotag] has been tabbed as the Irish’s next coach.

Stiffler just completed his 10th season as Rams coach, accumulating a 352-207 record during that time, including a 42-20 record in 2022. Stiffler has led the Rams to the Atlantic 10 Tournament title and the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two years and in 2015. They also won the regular-season title in 2019, and Stiffler was named the conference’ coach of the year.

During Stiffler’s tenure, the Rams produced four All-Americans, five Freshman All-Americans and 43 all-conference players. Here’s hoping that success will carry over against the arguably tougher competition that will come with this new job.

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Tale of the Tape: Individual Leaders – Notre Dame vs. Massachusetts

What are your thoughts on these numbers?

Notre Dame is about to find out just how strong it is in the NCAA Tournament, and it begins against Massachusetts. Never mind that it’s an ACC team going up against the Atlantic 10 Tournament champion. Everything goes out the window it takes only one loss to end your season. The Irish might have had a better season than the previous few, but the Minutewomen will come out just as hungry to prove themselves on the biggest stage.

You could look at the above chart and interpret it a couple of ways. The Irish have lower numbers in a lot of categories either because they have greater distribution of stats among their rotation, or the Minutewomen have players who are able to carry the team to victory almost by themselves. Whatever it is, we don’t know how much it will factor into the final score of this game. All we know is only one team will be able to say it was their leaders that paved the way to victory.

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Notre Dame to play St. Bonaventure in 2022 Gotham Classic

Did you expect this opponent?

Notre Dame knows at least one of its nonconference opponents for the 2022-23 season, and it’s not one that was on anyone’s radar. That opponent is St. Bonaventure, which the Irish will play in the 2022 Gotham Classic at UBS Arena, the new home of the New York Islanders. It will be the Bonnies’ second straight season playing a prominent ACC program at a neutral site. This season, they lost to Virginia Tech in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Irish are 5-2 all-time against the Bonnies, but the teams have not faced each other since a few days before Christmas in 1994, which the Irish won, 57-54. That marked the third straight season in which the teams met, and it snapped a two-game losing streak for the Irish in the series. Before that, the Irish had won all four previous meetings.

The Bonnies have a 20-8 overall record this season and have a double bye in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Tournament.

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