Marty Biagi on the long snapping competition, getting Jayden Harrison involved and Biagi's ability to help the defensive backs.

Notre Dame baseball held a 4-1 lead after the fifth inning on Saturday, but No. 22 NC State came roaring back in the later innings and pulled off a 7-6 comeback victory at home in Raleigh, NC.

Heading into the ninth inning, the score was tied at 4 apiece. The Irish broke that tie when grad student David Glancy drilled a two-run homer to left field in the top of the ninth. Glancy also hit singles in the third and fifth inning, respectively, and finished with four RBI.

However, NC State (18-7, 8-4 ACC) responded in the bottom of the ninth with a three-run walk-off homer from grad student Garrett Pennington to sweep the three-game series. The pitch came from junior right-handed pitcher Ricky Reeth, who threw 44 strikeouts and allowed four runs and five hits in 3.2 innings pitched.

Pennington also hit a homer off of Irish sophomore infielder/right-handed pitcher Rory Fox in the fifth inning. Fox received the start and also threw 44 strikeouts while giving up three runs and six hits in five innings pitched.

In addition to Glancy, senior infielder Connor Hincks and junior infielder Jack Penney each also finished with an RBI.

Notre Dame (14-12, 2-10 ACC) returns to South Bend for a matchup against Michigan State (10-14, 1-3 Big Ten) on Tuesday. The game is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. EST.

FINAL BOX SCORE (from live stats feed)

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Highlights from X/Twitter:

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Ksani Jiles enjoyed the intensity of Notre Dame's practice when he visited on Saturday, but the highlight of his visit came on the other side of campus.

“The highlight of my visit was going to the Grotto, praying and lighting a candle,” Jiles said. “That was something I’d never seen at any college. That was the biggest highlight of my day during the Notre Dame visit.”


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Notre Dame football's top-ranked 2025 recruiting class added a verbal commitment from 2025 four-star LB Anthony Sacca on Saturday.

"I'm a big believer in [head] coach [Marcus] Freeman and his stability out there," Sacca said. "I think he can do a really good thing with the coaches he has on staff and with the recruits he's bringing in."

Link to full story with quotes from Sacca and Rivals national recruiting analyst Adam Friedman:

After a two-week hiatus, No. 1 Notre Dame men's lacrosse held on to a 14-12 victory against No. 3 Syracuse on Saturday afternoon at Arlotta Stadium. The contest served as ND's opener in ACC regular season play.

Syracuse (9-3) got on the scoreboard first with a 1-0 lead, but ND quickly responded with three consecutive goals, including two from grad student midfielder Reilly Gray.

Notre Dame's highest-scoring frame was the first when they scored six total goals. Junior midfielder Ben Ramsey, senior midfielder Eric Dobson and Pat Kavanagh (who scored twice) were responsible for other goals in that period.

The Irish outscored the Orange 7-4 in the second and third quarters. Grad student Jake Taylor scored his 23rd and 24th goals of the season, respectively, in the third frame. Taylor has scored the most goals on the Irish this season.

In addition to Taylor, freshman Jordan Faison got his offense going in the third quarter with a goal against Syracuse goalie Will Mark. Faison's 14 total goals only trail Taylor and Chris Kavanagh (17) in goals scored for ND this season. Chris, Pat's brother, scored that 17th goal in the second quarter and added a team-best two assists.

Despite ND building upon its lead, Syracuse never went away. To start the fourth frame, trailing 13-7, the Orange cut the lead to three after scoring three goals all before the 12-minute mark.

With 6:45 left, Dobson scored a pivotal goal off an assist from Chris. This gave ND a four-point cushion heading into the final minutes and served as Dobson's eighth goal of the season. However, the Orange continued to stay in it.

Syracuse earned more points with goals from Jake Stevens (at the 4:27 mark) and Michael Leo (at the 2:43 mark). However, its comeback attempt fell short as Notre Dame made enough defensive stops and controlled the clock on its final offensive possessions.

Grad student goalie Liam Entenmann recorded eight saves.

The Irish (6-1) hit the road for a rematch of the 2023 NCAA National Championship against No. 5 Duke (10-2) on April 7. Face-off is at 12 p.m. EST in Durham, NC.

FINAL BOX SCORE (from live stats feed)

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Here are some highlights courtesy of ND's lacrosse Twitter/X account:

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@RivalsFriedman will be live with Notre Dame LB target Anthony Sacca on Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT as Sacca announces his commitment decision. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Duke and Alabama are his five finalists.

Live stream details here:

Luke Nixon singled home the game-winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth as NC State edged Notre Dame, 7-6, Friday night in game 2 of a three-game ACC baseball series in Raleigh, N.C.

The Wolfpack (17-7, 7-4 ACC) go for the sweep Saturday at 3 p.m.

The Irish (14-11, 2-9), behind a strong starting pitching performance by freshman Jack Radel, took a 3-1 lead through four innings and held it until the bottom of the sixth. That’s when Nixon put NC State ahead with a grand slam off ND reliever Bennett Flynn.

The Wolfpack added a run in the seventh, for a 6-3 lead, before the Irish answered with three in the top of the eighth. Jack Penney scored on a wild pitch before Estevan Moreno tied the game, at 6-6, on a two-run double.

Jacob Cozart led off the bottom of the ninth with his third hit of the day and later scored on Nixon’s single off Caden Spivey (1-1).

NC STATE 7, NOTRE DAME 6: Box Score

UMass forward Joshua Cohen visited Arkansas and Notre Dame this week. On Friday, he committed to the Razorbacks.

Story from our Arkansas site, Hawg Beat:

Inside ND Sports will use this thread throughout this weekend to keep up with what commits, targets and prospects post on social media.

Our visitors preview published Friday morning and can be read here.

Starting with 2025 QB commit Deuce Knight and 2025 CB target Mark Zackery:

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The Heat Index has been updated with the following changes:

QB Deuce Knight’s commitment description now reflects his recent Notre Dame visit.
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RB James Simon’s heat check now reflects his latest visit schedule.
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WR Derek Meadows’ heat rating has been upgraded from Hot to Extremely Hot following his recent Notre Dame visit.
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WR Raiden Vines-Bright’s heat rating has been downgraded from Medium to Mild following his recent Notre Dame visit.
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WR Brandon Finney’s debut with a heat rating of Mild following his recent Notre Dame visit.
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WR Koby Howard’s heat check now reflects his cancellation of his commitment date and Notre Dame visit.
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WR Jayvan Boggs' debut with a heat rating of Plain following his decommitment from Ohio State.
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OT Jack Lange’s heat check now reflects his latest visit schedule.
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Sam Highfill stifled Notre Dame for eight innings, and the NC State offense made sure the visiting Irish didn’t even get a chance to bat in the ninth Thursday night in a 10-0 ACC baseball victory in Raleigh, N.C.

The game was shortened to eight innings because of the 10-run rule. NC State (16-7, 6-4 ACC) scored the 10th run when Luke Nixon raced home from third with one out in the bottom of the eighth, capping a four-run scoring burst.

Highfill, a sixth-year grad right-hander, allowed doubles to Estevan Moreno, Joey Spence and Simon Baumgardt, with no walks. He struck out 10 and lowered his ERA to 3.09.

Brandon Butterworth doubled and drove in three runs for the Wolfpack. Alec Makarewicz homered, doubled and knocked in two runs, while Garrett Pennington singled, doubled and collected two RBIs.

Starter Matt Bedford was tagged with the loss for the Irish (14-10, 2-8), yielding five earned runs on six hits and a walk over 3 ⅔ innings with one strikeout.

The two teams meet in game 2 of the three-game series on Saturday night (8 EDT; ACC Network).

NC STATE 10, NOTRE DAME 0 (8): Box Score

Let's use this thread for anyone who wants to chime in on games throughout the men's tournament. I didn't have much time to watch games Thursday, but I'm already getting sucked into Northwestern-FAU.

What a terrible final possession for FAU.

UPDATE: Ethan Utley has committed to Tennessee.

Rivals coverage from @Greg Smith:


Tennessee coverage from Vol Report:


PREVIOUSLY (3/1):

I just updated The Heat Index with news that four-star DE Ethan Utley, who the Irish are targeting as a defensive tackle, has set a commitment date for March 28. It seems Notre Dame tried to get in the mix too late.

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Here's the update from The Heat Index:

Heat check (3/1): Utley has been making college visits and receiving scholarship offers since 2021. It wasn’t until this January that Notre Dame finally pulled the trigger on an offer for the four-star recruit. Now it looks like the Irish are too late to the party. Utley plans to make a commitment decision March 28. Back on Christmas Day, announced a top five of Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan and Syracuse on Christmas Day last year. Tennessee should be considered the favorite.

A couple items in @RivalsFriedman's Fact or FIction have a Notre Dame tie.

First, he asked me if Notre Dame is Tight End U.

Second, he asked @Dylan Callaghan-Croley of Happy Valley Insider if Penn State leads Notre Dame for 2025 safety target JaDon Blair.

Enjoy.


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It’s been a busy stretch for Notre Dame hosting visitors alongside spring practice for the last week-plus. With Notre Dame taking a practice break for Easter, the visits will resume next Wednesday.

Here’s some intel I’ve gathered on a number of recruits who visited since the Irish returned from spring break.

We have to start at quarterback. It was important for Notre Dame to get 2025 quarterback commit Deuce Knight with the wave of poaching attempts being mounted by the likes of Alabama and Ole Miss. And it seems like Notre Dame struck all the right notes as Knight continues to be an active recruiter for the Irish.

One source called Knight’s visit the best he’s had to Notre Dame so far. One interesting nugget I picked up is that Notre Dame didn’t spend time asking Knight about making visits to other schools during his time on campus, because it doesn’t want that conversation to affect how the visit is going.

Notre Dame certainly needs to keep monitoring the situation, but it seems like the Irish are in a good place.

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As for 2026 quarterbacks, both Noah Grubbs and Troy Huhn arrived on Notre Dame’s campus. And while the Irish love Huhn, the stronger mutual connection is with Grubbs. He’s been given the green light to commit, but he’s not the only one that will have it. Brady Hart, who is scheduled to visit next week, could be swayed to commit following his trip to South Bend. It might be a race to see who wants to commit first, but these guys will also have other visits to consider making too.

With Grubbs and Hart both ranked among the top four pro-style quarterbacks and top 50 overall in the 2026 class, the Irish are in a very good position right now.

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Notre Dame hosted three 2025 wide receiver targets in the past week. As evident by my new FutureCast for Derek Meadows, I feel best about him eventually ending up in Notre Dame’s class of that trio.

I think Notre Dame entered Meadows’ visit as the leader and stretched the lead with his time on campus. He’s still going to make visits to some of his newer offers like Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Michigan, but those programs will need to blow him away to catch up with Notre Dame. That’s not inconceivable by any stretch, but ND’s pursuit of Meadows won’t slow down.

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As I suspected, I’ve started to hear more of a willingness for Notre Dame to push for five receivers if it can get a dynamic pair to join its current trio of commits. I’m not sure there’s an obvious answer for who the fifth would be if Meadows is the fourth. Talyn Taylor and recent Ohio State decommit Jayvan Boggs will be coveted, but the Irish have plenty of work to do in those recruits.

What does seem unlikely is that Raiden Vines-Bright or Brandon Finney end up in Notre Dame’s class despite their recent visits. One source was even under the impression that Vines-Bright didn’t like his visit to Notre Dame, which is rare feedback. Not everyone clicks with Notre Dame.

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A pair of 2025 cornerback targets made it to Notre Dame’s campus last week.

I already have a Notre Dame FutureCast logged for cornerback Mark Zackery, and I feel even more confident that I won’t need to change that one in the future. The Irish continue to sit pretty with the in-state target. I expect Zackery to make a visit to Florida, which is one of his three other finalists besides Notre Dame, but I don’t think the Gators can overcome ND’s lead.

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Landing Chuck McDonald III was always going to be a longshot for Notre Dame. But getting him on campus makes it seems just slightly more realistic. And McDonald has expressed a desire to make a return visit as well. The Irish have a chance, even though it’s still a slim one. Notre Dame will continue to try to make up ground with the elite cornerback.

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A source described 2025 DT target Darren Ikinnagbon’s visit as great. The Irish would really like to add him to the class, but the competition is stiff with Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Rutgers and Duke in the mix.

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With a visit from 2025 LB target Gavin Nix, the Irish actually feel like they’re now in the mix for his recruitment. The visit was a long time coming after he visited last April. Notre Dame will need this visit to produce more momentum than the last one did, but the Irish should have a chance to stay in the hunt for Nix.

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Notre Dame football 2025 outside linebacker target Anthony Sacca has set a commitment date for Saturday, he confirmed to Inside ND Sports on Thursday after posting a cryptic tweet on X/Twitter.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound defender out of Philadelphia St. Joseph’s is down to Notre Dame, Alabama, Wisconsin, Duke and Ohio State.

Per Rivals, Sacca is the No. 7 outside linebacker and No. 57 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class.

@Tyler James officially placed a Rivals FutureCast for Notre Dame to land Sacca on Thursday morning. The Irish last hosted Sacca on an unofficial visit last September for the Ohio State game.

Link to full story:


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Junior season highlights:

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Thought the board might find it interesting…haven’t digested the metrics yet but ND by far out in front of the ACC(without being a full time member)..surprised USC is considered more attractive than ND..maybe it’s the media market or basketball success

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Notre Dame football junior running back Jadarian Price discusses how he’s grown since last fall camp, associate head coach/running backs coach Deland McCullough’s teaching principles, what he’s most excited for, how he feels physically, benefits of offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Mike Denbrock’s offense and more.

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Notre Dame football hosted 2026 offensive tackle target Gregory Patrick on an unofficial visit for spring practice on Wednesday. It was Patrick's first time back on campus since attending last September's Central Michigan game.

Patrick, a four-star recruit out of Portage (Mich.) Northern, received his offer on Pot of Gold Day. As an increasing number of offensive tackle recruits don't begin playing the position until high school after focusing on other sports in their earlier years, Patrick isn't new to the offensive line at all. He's played offensive tackle his entire life and is a Michigan State legacy recruit.

His father, Joseph Patrick, played offensive guard for the Spartans in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Gregory has 16 total offers including Baylor, Michigan, Michigan State, Kentucky, Stanford, Penn State, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Gregory did not allow a sack or quarterback hurry as a sophomore and is ranked as the No. 22 offensive tackle and No. 208 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class.

Here are highlights from my conversation with Gregory on Wednesday evening:

"I learned a lot about the university and the football team with the coaches," Gregory told Inside ND Sports. "I learned about the academics and also what Notre Dame provides after football as well. I spent a lot of time with [offensive line] coach [Joe] Rudolph and I was able to talk to [head] coach [Marcus] Freeman."

More on Rudolph:

"My relationship with Coach Rudolph has grown a lot lately, especially after taking the visit. I like how he pushes his players a lot in practice stressing the details. He also cares about his players a ton while demanding the most out of them every rep."

On spring practice:

"One thing that stood out the most was the physicality of the practice. Every drill the pads were popping loudly. Another thing that stood out was the competition level. And it was awesome talking to coach Freeman again ... I was super excited."

Gregory said education and player development will be the two most important factors in his college decision. Because of those priorities, ND figures to be a consistent fixture moving forward along with Michigan, Michigan State and other Big Ten schools like Penn State and Wisconsin.

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2026 CB Elbert Hill made visiting Notre Dame a priority this spring.

“It’s just a great place out there,” Hill said. “South Bend’s beautiful. The coaches always show me a lot of love, so I had to get back there.”


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Want to receive certification from Notre Dame running backs coach Deland McCullough? You better have your details down.

“On this level you don’t have a lot of opportunities to make up for what happened three plays ago,” McCullough said. “You got to hit it when it’s there. Because that’s the type of environment we’re in and that’s the standard that we have for our running backs here.”