Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball hopes to end its dramatic second-half slide Wednesday night against Michigan State. Shawn Stiffler’s squad began the season as one of the ACC’s best, but it’s been a long time since they could say that.
Entering Tuesday night’s game against the Spartans, Notre Dame is 17-18 on the season and has lost 12 of its last 14 games. That includes a defeat the last time Stiffler’s group faced off against the Big Ten team mired near the bottom of its own league.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team seems to be going the same way as Stiffler’s other editions. The big question now is, if the team doesn’t find a way to become competitive quickly, will its head coach be brought back for the 2027 season? The reason it’s hard to know the answer is that it’s clear ND doesn’t have the NIL resources it does for football. The better outcome would be for Stiffler to find a way to start winning games, starting on Wednesday night.
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- The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team is having a much more successful season than the baseball team. The women’s lacrosse team finished the regular season 12-4 and will start its postseason march on Wednesday night. The squad is so good that it landed five players on All-ACC teams. Madison Rassas and Kate Timarky made first team All-ACC. Uma Kowalski made the second team, and Julia Carr and Maura Irish made the third team.
- The Notre Dame football team is in good standing for a new safety commit, but it will have to fight off Jon Sumrall and Florida, among others, before John Gay III pulls the trigger. The good news is that the Irish have several predictions to land Gay, and he’s expected to commit relatively soon.
- The Irish are also considered the frontrunners for 4-star wide receiver Cade Cooper. He just pared down the list of schools he’s considering, and while the fight is far from over, Marcus Freeman looks like he’s winning it.
- Lincoln Riley tried to play tough guy again earlier this week, talking about how USC needs to “fight like hell” as the Trojans open their National Championship window. The problem is that Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans know that when he could have fought to keep a historic rivalry going, Riley ran like hell, rather than fighting.
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