NOTRE DAME, Ind. The sixth-ranked Notre Dame baseball team is back in action this weekend as they host another ACC series at Frank Eck Stadium. The Irish (21-8, 18-8 ACC) are set to square off with North Carolina (20-18, 14-13 ACC) for a three-game set starting Friday night. The series opener is set for a 5 p.m. ET start and will be aired on the ACC Network Extra.
Home Sweet Home
The Irish are back at home for their final home swing of the regular season over the next two weeks.
Notre Dame is set to play six of the next seven home games from Frank Eck Stadium to close out the home slate.
The Irish continue their eight-game homestand with a midweek contest against regional foe Central Michigan.
12 of their next 16 games will come from Frank Eck Stadium and the Irish own a 6-3 record at home so far this season.
The Irish and Chippewas will face off for the 36th time in program history.
Notre Dame holds a 21-13-1 advantage in the all-time series and the Irish are 16-9-1 in games played at home.
Central Michigan sports a 17-9 overall record and are 9-3 in MAC play.
The Chippewas have won nine of their last 10 games and are coming off a series win over Bowling Green where they won three of the four games in their first series at home since 2019.
Home Sweet Home
After winning their fourth straight road series on the season, the Irish return home to begin a long stretch of games from Frank Eck Stadium.
The Irish begin an eight game homestand this weekend and 15 of their next 19 games will be held at Frank Eck Stadium as they finish the regular season home slate.
On deck for the Irish is another Top-15 series as No. 14 Georgia Tech comes to town for the first time since 2017.
It is the third straight ranked series for the Irish and four of their last five series have all come against ranked foes.
Missouri State Lady Bears set for first NCAA tournament game Monday night missourinet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from missourinet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri State Lady Bears (21-2) tied the program’s highest ever NCAA Tournament seed with a spot on the No. 5 line and will open their 16th NCAA appearance Monday against 12th-seeded UC Davis. The game will tip off at 6:30 p.m. Central at Bill Greehey Arena on the campus of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and air live nationally on ESPNU.
This marks the fifth time in school history that Missouri State has earned an at-large NCAA Tournament bid (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2021), and the ninth time MSU will be a single-digit seed in NCAA play. The Lady Bears own a 14-8 record when seeded ninth or better and are 7-1 in games as the higher seed. Missouri State’s previous time as a No. 5 seed was in 2001, when the Lady Bears advanced to the Final Four.