April 21, 2006

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RIVALRY RENEWAL – For the fourth straight week (after series vs. Pittsburgh, South Florida and St. John’s), the 16th-ranked Notre Dame baseball team faces a key series as the first-place Irish (11-1; 29-8 overall) play host to fourth-place Rutgers (7-5; 17-15-1) in a BIG EAST series at Eck Staium … next week’s opponent UConn holds down 2nd place (11-3) while SJU has slipped to 3rd (8-4) … the Irish are riding an 18-game winning streak, setting the school single-season record and representing he longest D-I win streak this season … with two-sport standout Jeff Samardzija slated to start Friday night’s game for the Irish, the game was declared an advance sellout more than 24 hours before the first pitch.

** See PDF for complete pre-series notes. **