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Irish Ready to Open ACC Play at Duke

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team begins their 30-game ACC schedule of competition this weekend when they travel to Durham, North Carolina to face off against Duke in a three-game series.

Date

Time (ET)

Opponent

Location

Probable Starters

Broadcast

Mar. 6.

5:00 PM

Duke

Jack Coombs Field

RHP Jack Radel vs. RHP Aiden Weaver

ACCNX

Mar. 7

1:00 PM

Duke

Jack Coombs Field

LHP Caden Crowell vs. RHP Matthew Nochowitz

ACCNX

Mar. 8

1:00 PM

Duke

Jack Coombs Field

RHP Ty Uber vs. RHP Andy Leon

ACCNX

THE MATCHUP

  • Notre Dame trails 8-17 in the all-time contests between the two teams.
  • Duke took the series at home in the most recent meeting between the two sides, which came in 2022.

LAST TIME OUT

The Irish run-ruled visiting Eastern Michigan in the squad’s home opener on Tuesday night by an 11-1 score in eight innings.

  • Jayce Lee went 2-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and two triples on the night.
  • Mason Barth was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run.
  • Drew Berkland, Bino Watters and Dylan Passo each had a hit and scored a run.

TOP TALENT

The Irish have six players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.

  • Sophomore Bino Watters was the 17th ranked first baseman.
  • Junior Jack Radel was 29th on the  starting pitchers list.
  • Junior Mark Quatrani was 49th on the catchers list.
  • Graduate student Drew Berkland was 63rd on the outfielders report.
  • Sophomore Oisin Lee came in at 74th on the relief pitchers list.
  • Junior Davis Johnson was listed at 132nd in the outfielder rankings.

Additionally, Notre Dame had representation on the D1Baseball Impact Freshman List as Caden Crowell came in at No. 9 on the ranking.