2004-05 Archive

2004-05 Results
News
July 29, 2005 Tony Langford Takes His Turn At Summer Baseball Diary, From His Home State Of Texas
July 29, 2005 Sean Gaston Named Starter For Cape Cod League All-Star Game (July 30, live on CSTV)
July 24, 2005 Danny Dressman Reports On His Memorable Summer In Madison
July 22, 2005 Dan Kapala Checks In From Falmouth
July 14, 2005 Notre Dame Assistant David Grewe Named Head Baseball Coach At Michigan State
July 12, 2005 Former Notre Dame Standout Brad Lidge Set To Make His Major League All-Star Debut
July 10, 2005 Summer Baseball Diary: Gaston Boiling Over As Hot Hitter With Cape Cod League’s Cotuit Kettleers
July 04, 2005 Summer Baseball Diaries To Make 2005 Debut On July 10
June 19, 2005 Six Cape Cod League Players Highlight Another Busy Summer For Notre Dame Baseball Program
June 18, 2005 Matt Edwards Signs With Phillies, Set To Begin Pro Career With Batavia (N.Y.) Muck Dogs
June 18, 2005 Ryan Doherty Signs Free-Agent Contract With Arizona Diamondbacks
June 11, 2005 Brett Lilley Earns Freshman All-America Honors From Collegiate Baseball Magazine
June 08, 2005 John Axford Selected By Cincinnati Reds In Major League Draft
June 08, 2005 Matt Edwards Drafted In 16th Round By Philadelphia Phillies
June 07, 2005 Video Highlights Available From Notre Dame’s NCAA Baseball Tournament Wins
June 05, 2005 Notre Dame Holds 3-0 Lead On North Carolina At 8th-Inning Lightning Delay
June 05, 2005 Rematch On Tap As Irish And Tar Heels To Tangle In Elimination Game
June 05, 2005 Irish Take Down Tar Heels In NCAA Regional, 3-0
June 05, 2005 Notre Dame Knocked Out Of Tourney By Florida, 23-3
June 04, 2005 Notre Dame Eliminates Stetson From NCAA Regional Play, 7-4
June 04, 2005 Irish Look To Stay Alive In NCAA Elimination Game, Versus Yet-To-Be-Determined Opponent
June 03, 2005 NCAA Action Set To Begin At Gainesville Regional
June 03, 2005 Notre Dame Falls To North Carolina, 5-1
June 01, 2005 Notre Dame Heads To Florida For NCAA Action, Looking To Maintain Recent Hot Streak Versus Challenging Regional Field
June 01, 2005 NCAA Baseball Regional Feeds To Be Shown on WHME
May 30, 2005 Notre Dame Headed To Gainesville For NCAA Regional, With All Games To Be Telecast Live On CSTV
May 28, 2005 Irish Lead Pittsburgh 10-4 At Sixth-Inning Rain Delay
May 28, 2005 Irish Celebrate Fourth Straight BIG EAST Tournament Title, 11-4 Win Over Pittsburgh (full recap)
May 27, 2005 Irish Take First Step Towards Fourth Straight BIG EAST Tournament Title, With 6-5 Win Over Boston College
May 27, 2005 Irish And Panthers Set To Meet In BIG EAST Winners-Bracket Game
May 27, 2005 Samardzija Notches Another Clutch Outing As Irish Top Pittsburgh, 4-2, In BIG EAST Winners-Bracket Game (full recap)
May 26, 2005 Rookie Of the Year Brett Lilley, First-Teamer Matt Edwards Lead Four Notre Dame Honorees At BIG EAST Baseball Banquet
May 26, 2005 Irish Survive Another Thriller With Boston College, 6-5 In BIG EAST Tournament Opener
May 26, 2005 Thornton And Wlodarczyk To Get The Ball In Battle Of BIG EAST’s Top Lefthanders
May 25, 2005 Irish Take Aim At Fourth Straight BIG EAST Tournament Title
May 24, 2005 Cooper Earns BIG EAST And National Player-Of-The Week Honors, Repeats As BIG EAST Batting Champ
May 21, 2005 Clutch Performances All Over The Field Lead Irish To Sweep Of West Virginia (3-1, 5-1)
May 21, 2005 Irish Cap Pressure-Packed Week With 7-3 Win Over West Virginia, Clinching Postseason Berth
May 20, 2005 Postseason Spots On The Line As Irish And Mointainers Ready For Series At The Eck
May 19, 2005 Trojans Use Middle-Inning Surge To Earn Series Split With Irish, 9-3
May 18, 2005 Irish And Trojans Set To Do Battle In Game-2
May 18, 2005 Irish Ride 17-Hit Attack To Beat #20 USC For Third Straight Time, 13-6
May 18, 2005 Comcast Live Broadcast Of Notre Dame-USC Game To Include Northern California Feed On CSN-West
May 17, 2005 Irish And Trojans Ready To Do Battle … On The Diamond
May 16, 2005 Irish Rise To The Challenge In 21-1 Win At Pittsburgh (full recap)
May 15, 2005 Irish Drop Doubleheader At Pittsburgh (4-1, 8-5)
May 14, 2005 Irish Postponed Due To Rain At Pittsburgh; Series Shifted To Sunday-Monday
May 11, 2005 Annual Baseball Bash Versus Michigan Next On Deck For Irish
May 11, 2005 Big Inning Sends Michigan Past Notre Dame, 7-6
May 10, 2005 Irish Continue Strong Play At Home With 7-2 Win Over Oakland
May 08, 2005 Irish And Red Storm Set For Third Nationally-Televised Game
May 08, 2005 Irish Drop Another Close One At St. John’s, 3-1
May 08, 2005 Irish Drop Pair Of One-Run Games At St. John’s (3-2, 6-5 in 10)
May 06, 2005 Nationally-Televised Showdown Series Set For St. John’s
May 02, 2005 Irish Baseball Breaks For Finals, With Showdown Series At St. John’s Next On Deck
April 30, 2005 Brezovsky’s Big Day Leads Irish To 13-3 Win Over Cleveland State
April 29, 2005 Friday’s Baseball Opener Against Cleveland State To Start At 4:00 P.M.
April 29, 2005 Samardzija Holds The Fort As Irish Push Unbeaten Streak To 10 Games, 7-6 Over Cleveland State
April 27, 2005 Irish Push Unbeaten Streak To Nine Games With 5-0 Win Over Manchester
April 26, 2005 Irish Add April 27 Game Versus Manchester College (5:05)
April 25, 2005 Irish And Wildcats To Battle In Rare Monday Doubleheader
April 25, 2005 Clutch Hits From Gaston, Lopez Help Irish Go Unbeaten In Monday Games With Villanova (9-4, 7-7)
April 24, 2005 Baseball Called Off For Sunday; Teams Will Try To Play Monday At 9:30
April 23, 2005 Saturday’s Game Versus Villanova Postponed; Teams Now Will Play Sunday Doubleheader At Noon
April 23, 2005 Thornton Turns In Another Nine-Inning Complete Game As Irish Top Villanova, 5-2
April 22, 2005 Cooper’s Grand Slam Sparks Irish To Another Win, 9-8 Over Valparaiso
April 22, 2005 Cooper’s Grand Slam Sparks Irish To Another Win, 9-8 Over Valparaiso
April 21, 2005 Cooper Blasts Irish To 12-Inning Victory Over Purdue, 9-7
April 20, 2005 Irish Set To Make Return To The Cove In Game Versus Purdue
April 18, 2005 Nine Notre Dame Baseball Games To Be Telecast Live, Including St. John’s Series On ESPNU, ESPN2 And CSTV
April 17, 2005 ND-UConn Game Programs
April 17, 2005 Irish Beat UConn Again, 9-7, For Fifth Straight BIG EAST Win
April 16, 2005 Complete Games Versus UConn From Kapala, Thornton (3-2, 7-1) Give Mainieri 800th Career Win
April 13, 2005 More Strong Pitching And 20-Hit Attack Combine For 14-2 Win Over Bowling Green
April 13, 2005 Central Michigan Uses Early Score, Late Surge To Defeat Irish 10-4
April 12, 2005 Thornton Collects His Third Career BIG EAST Pitcher-Of-The-Week Award
April 10, 2005 Manship And Samardzija Combine For 3-0 Shutout As Irish Take Series From BC
April 09, 2005 Another Tough Test Awaits Irish In Brockton, Versus BC
April 09, 2005 Thornton’s Complete Game Earns Irish Split With Boston College (2-8, 3-2)
April 06, 2005 Home Runs From Edwards, Andres Lift Irish Past Toledo, 6-2
April 06, 2005 Ball State Hands Irish Second Home Loss Of Season
April 04, 2005 Irish Hope To Beat Rain And Rutgers In Rare Monday Doubleheader (Gametracker Links)
April 04, 2005 Langford Homers Twice To Force Extra Innings But Rutgers Completes Sweep (5-3, 11-10 in 10)
April 03, 2005 Showdown Series With Rutgers Delayed Again, As Sunday’s Action Lost Due To Weather
April 03, 2005 Start Of Sunday’s Baseball Delayed To 3:00 (tentatively)
April 02, 2005 Saturday’s Doubleheader At Rutgers Rained Out; Series Shifted To Sunday-Monday Format
March 30, 2005 Edwards Ties Notre Dame Record With Three Home Runs In 9-5 Win Over Western Michigan
March 30, 2005 Dury’s Three-Run Blast Sparks 16-Hit Night In 15-3 Win Over Chicago State
March 28, 2005 Irish Add April 6 Makeup Game Versus Ball State
March 26, 2005 Samardzija And Olvey Log Strong Starts In 8-2, 4-1 Sweep Of Seton Hall
March 24, 2005 Irish Set To Open BIG EAST Play Vs. Georgetown
March 24, 2005 Thornton Tosses Near Shutout In 6-2 Opener But Hoyas Earn Split (9-8) On 12th-Inning Home Run
March 22, 2005 Irish Rally To 7-7 Tie Before Falling To South Dakota State, 13-7
March 22, 2005 Lilley Becomes First Irish Freshman Ever To Collect Five Hits In Home Opener, As Irish Top Cincinnati 10-4
March 22, 2005 Lilley Becomes First Irish Freshman Ever To Collect Five Hits In Home Opener, As Irish Top Cincinnati 10-4
March 18, 2005 Irish Set To Renew Rivalry With Old MCC Rival Evansville
March 18, 2005 Middle-Inning Struggles Continue As Irish Lose 3-0 Lead In 10-3 Loss At Evansville
March 17, 2005 Irish Head South For Three Games At Evansville’s Braun Field
March 17, 2005 Seven-Run Rally Lifts Notre Dame To 10-6 Win Over Northern Illinois
March 12, 2005 Irish Close Texas Swing With 12-11 Win Over Southwest Missouri State (spring break wrapup)
March 12, 2005 Early 11-1 Lead Helps Irish Close Spring Break With 12-11 Win Over Southwest Missouri State
March 11, 2005 Irish Fail To Build On Early Lead In 15-8 Loss To Oral Roberts
March 10, 2005 Irish Back On Winning Track After Topping Southwest Missouri State, 6-4
March 09, 2005 Alamo City Irish Baseball Classic Set To Begin In San Antonio
March 09, 2005 Edwards Grand Slam Not Enough As Irish Fall To UTSA, 9-4
March 07, 2005 Irish Fail To Overcome Early Deficit In 10-5 Loss To Texas State
March 07, 2005 Texas State Game Back On, With 6:00 Start Time
March 07, 2005 Game With Rice Called Off Due To Rain
March 06, 2005 15th-Ranked Texas A&M Uses Big Sixth Inning To Surge Past Notre Dame, 13-5
March 06, 2005 Irish Face Another Tough Text Versus No. 7 Rice
March 04, 2005 Irish Make Familiar Spring Break Trip To Texas For Seven-Game Stretch (updated data and photos)
February 27, 2005 Irish Split Doubleheader With Dayton At HoHoKam Park
February 27, 2005 Irish Split Doubleheader With Dayton At HoHoKam Park
February 27, 2005 Dayton Wins Back-And-Forth Game In 11-10 Series Finale
February 25, 2005 19th-Ranked Irish And Flyers Ready For Three-Game Battle In The Desert
February 20, 2005 Stewart’s Arm, Cooper’s Bat Lift 20th-Ranked Irish Past Central Florida, 4-2
February 19, 2005 Ninth-Inning Doubles From Nettey, Brezovsky Give Irish Split In Saturday Action
February 18, 2005 Irish Set To Open 2005 Season
February 18, 2005 Irish Erupt For 18 Runs In Season-Opening Win Over Florida A&M
February 15, 2005 Notre Dame Baseball Again To Be Broadcast All Season By WDND 1580 AM
February 15, 2005 Irish Look To Continue Decade Of Dominance
February 11, 2005 2005 Opening Night Dinner – Photos by Mike Bennett and Pete LaFleur
February 11, 2005 Clemens And Lidge A Smash Hit For Sellout Crowd Of Nearly 1,800 At Opening Night Dinner
January 25, 2005 Tickets Sold Out For Baseball Dinner Featuring Roger Clemens And Brad Lidge
January 18, 2005 Recent Irish Baseball Signees Rated As Nation’s Seventh-Best Class
January 07, 2005 Irish Crack Baseball America Preseason Top 20 For Sixth Straight Season
December 25, 2004 Irish Ranked 20th In First Preseason Poll; Doherty, Cooper Named Preseason All-Americans
December 25, 2004 Randy Waldrum One Of Six Finalists For National Coach Of The Year
December 23, 2004 PDF Ticket Order Form For Feb. 10 Notre Dame Baseball Dinner Now Available
December 21, 2004 Roger Clemens And Brad Lidge To Serve As Guest Speakers At Notre Dame Baseball Opening Night Dinner
December 09, 2004 Irish To Face Another Challenging Schedule In 2005
November 17, 2004 Irish Baseball Program Signs Talented Eight-Player Class In Early Period
October 29, 2004 Baseball Will Play Host To Preseason Camps
October 26, 2004 Swinging-4-Shoes Charity Donation Event Set For Oct. 27 At Eck Stadium
October 06, 2004 Pro Baseball Update: Lidge, Astros Slide Strong Into Postseason
October 01, 2004 Gold Rallies To Beat Blue, 10-9, In Fall Intrasquad Game
October 01, 2004 A Look At Notre Dame Baseball Through Irish Eyes
September 29, 2004 Irish Assistant Coach David Grewe Files Fall Baseball Report
September 29, 2004 Rosters Set For Blue-Gold Scrimmage; Rooney Files Update On Irish Pitchers
September 27, 2004 Irish Baseball Adjusts Blue-Gold Scrimmage Schedule To One Game (Sept. 30)
September 25, 2004 Heilman-Prior Matchup Comes To Fruition … More Than Three Years Later Than First Anticipated
September 20, 2004 Irish Set Dates For Blue-Gold Series (Sept. 28-30)
September 13, 2004 Fall Baseball Underway For Irish
August 23, 2004 Former Notre Dame Ace Aaron Heilman Set For Return To Major Leagues Tonight In Mets-Padres Game
August 14, 2004 Grant Johnson Signs With Chicago Cubs
August 12, 2004 Baseball Coaching Staff Announces 2004 Fall All-Star Camp Dates
August 10, 2004 Andres Caps Summer Baseball Diaries With West Coast Report
August 06, 2004 Sean Gaston Weighs In From Waterloo
August 03, 2004 Tall Tom Waxes Nostalgic From The Cape