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Thx. ESPN Now Regularly Broadcasting VB Matches ... by dillon77

...with absolutely packed houses (watchout hoops) and one hopes ND's trajectory can move upwards.

Swarbrick made one of hib better hires with Jim McLaughlin, who had the Irish on the right track with his recruiting and coaching. Heck, even after he retired with the back issue, Mike Johnson kept those recruits going, then blam! He's gone and team's gone. And that silence is probably of a legal variety because no one"s talking>

So with all that said, Coach Rockwell seems to be getting what she has playing as well as can be expected and trying to get recruits to consider her and Notre Dame.

Hopefully, ESPN has a long-term commitment to volleyball and ND can start to climb the rungs of the ACC ladder en route to being shown on TV someday.