Sylvia Yacoub Advances to Final 12 -- The Voice

Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) student Sylvia Yacoub keeps advancing on NBC's hit show THE VOICE -- as it was announced this evening that she was one of the top eight in the audience vote!

Yacoub will perform again next Monday night!

LINK:  YACOUB ADVANCES!

LINK:  VIDEO OF SYLVIA'S PERFORMANCE

Lady Irish to Play on Aircraft Carrier Friday!

Muffet McGraw's #7 Fightin' Irish will take their game "outside and off-land" on Friday as they play in the 2012 Carrier Classic on the deck of the aircraft carrier the USS Yorktown -- docked in Mount Pleasant, SC.

This is the first time a women's college basketball game will have taken place on an aircraft carrier.

Notre Dame will be playing Ohio State -- Irish fans can watch the game on the NBC Sports Network beginning at 11 PM ET (tape delayed basis) Friday night.  The game tips-off at 4 PM ET.

LINK:  COACH McGRAW'S PRESS CONFERENCE

LINK:  CONVERTING AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO A BASKETBALL STADIUM

LINK:  CARRIER CLASSIC WEBSITE

LINK:  UND.COM WEBSITE

ABC Already Previewing ND vs. BC Game

ESPN's Brad Edwards was given the assignment of talking about the ABC Prime Time Matchup Saturday night at 8 PM ET between Notre Dame and Boston College.  Here's what he had to say:

LINK:  PREVIEW -- NOTRE DAME vs. BOSTON COLLEGE

Five Domers Win Election Tuesday Night!

Four University of Notre Dame graduates were elected to the United States House of Representatives and a fifth was elected to the United States Senate!

• Peter Visclosky -- a 1973 Notre Dame Law School grad won his fifteenth term in Congress (Indiana)
• Peter King -- a 1968 Notre Dame Law School grad was re-elected for an eleventh term in Congress (New York)
• Michael Kelly -- a 1970 Notre Dame graduate was re-elected for a second term in Congress (Pennsylvania)
• Keith Rothfus -- a 1990 Notre Dame Law School grad won his first term in Congress (Pennsylvania)
• Joe Donnelly -- a 1977 Notre Dame graduate and a 1981 Notre Dame Law School grad won his first team in the U.S. Senate after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2006 (Indiana)

LINK:  DOMERS WIN TUESDAY!