A Tale of Two Halfs -- the SECOND was Better

Tied 45 - 45 at the half -- Muffet's Fighting Irish pull away to win 98 - 72.  

Notre Dame travels to Spokane, WA to play a very tough Texas A&M club next Saturday.

Notre Dame Hockey Receives a #1 NCAA Seed

Notre Dame will play in the East Regional in Bridgeport, CT and will play the Michigan Tech Huskies on Saturday, March 24th.  Win and they'll advance to play the winner of Providence vs. Clarkson.

Notre Dame's game vs. Michigan Tech will be televised on ESPN2 at 3 PM ET this Friday.


The other #1 seeds;  Cornell, Ohio State and St. Cloud State.

Sixteen Teams make the NCAA Tournament -- see link below for the bracket...

LINK:  NCAA HOCKEY TOURNAMENT BRACKET

OT: Scenes Like This -- Get Me Every Time...

There's nothing like seeing the Stars and Stripes being raised after a gold medal win. pic.twitter.com/HMysXeROhB

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) March 18, 2018

Muffet's "Not-Injured" vs. "Injured" Irish

Let's first make the assumption that Kat Westbeld can't play tonight, in Notre Dame's 2nd Round NCAA Tournament game against Villanova, because of her injured ankle -- leaving Muffet with six healthy scholarship players and five injured scholarship players...

Both of these TEAMS would probably be a top 10 ranked team -- think about that!!!

"NOT-INJURED" IRISH -- a #1 NCAA SEED:

• Jackie Young
• Arike Ogunbowale
• Marina Mabrey
• Jessica Shepard
• Kristina Nelson
• Danielle Patterson

 INJURED IRISH -- probably a #2 NCAA SEED:

• Brianna Turner
• Lili Thompson
• Mychal Johnson
• Makayla Vaughn
• Katherine Westbeld

Villanova vs. Notre Dame on ESPN at 7 PM ET

Here's what the media has to say about tonight's NCAA 2nd Round game...

LINK:  WASHINGTON POST STORY

LINK:  PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Up Next for Muffet's Fighting Irish -- Villanova

Villanova beat South Dakota State in OT at Purcell Pavilion Friday night -- here's what they had to say about their big win!

Notre Dame's OT Win -- Post Game Reaction

Big Ten Champs -- Post Game Media Session