Nov. 4, 2006

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IRISH SEEK NINTH BIG EAST TOURNAMENT TITLE – Notre Dame is one win shy of claiming its ninth BIG EAST Tournament title in women’s soccer, set to face Rutgers on Sunday, Nov. 5, at UConn’s Morrone Stadium (2:00 EST) … Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST in the 1995-96 academic year and has seen three of its teams combine for 27 BIG EAST postseason titles in that span: women’s swimming and diving (10), volleyball (9) and women’s soccer (8) … among the 23 sports currently sponsored by the BIG EAST, there have been only two other teams in the entire league that have totaled eight or more BIG EAST postseason titles since 1995-96: UConn women’s basketball (8) and Pittsburgh men’s swimming and diving.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION – Sunday’s game will be telecast live on four different regional sports networks and delayed on five other stations … he BIG EAST also will provide live video and audio streaming, linked via www.bigeast.org and und.com … the following stations will telecast the ND-Rutgers game live: Fox Sports Net New York (FSNY), Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), FSN Pittsburgh and Cox Sports TV New England … five other networks will show the game on a delayed basis: Comcast SportsNet Chicago (Nov. 5; 4:30 p.m. CST), ESPN-U (Nov. 5; 10:30 p.m. EST), Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia (Nov. 6; 1:30 a.m. EST) , Catch-47, Tampa (Nov. 10; 1:00 p.m. EST), and Insight Channel 2, Louisville (Nov. 11; 7:30 p.m. EST) … fans are encouraged to check their local listings for other possible re-airings of the game, including a possible telecast on Ohio News Network (ONN) … the link to the BIG EAST live streaming for the video/audio will be available on the following championship page: http://www.bigeast.org/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/06-bige-w-soccer-champ-central.html … GameTracker live stats again will be available (linked off und.com), as will the free Irish Alert in-game text messages (sign up on und.com women’s soccer main page). The Notre Dame Sports Hotline will have a game wrapup (574-631-3000, option 4 and then option 2).