This Week: The Notre Dame College men's and women's golf teams make the short trip to Avalon Lakes Golf and Country Club in Warren, Ohio for the annual Mountain East Conference Championships. The event is slated to take place from Monday Oct. 2 to Wednesday Oct. 4.
 
Championship Central: For more information, click here.
 
Tournament History: Last season, Notre Dame saw success at the MEC Championships with five Falcons competing for individual conference crowns on the third day. Catalina Uribe led NDC with a career performance, including tying for fourth place overall, the program's first top 5 finisher since Macie Hysell in 2019. In addition, Uribe posted scores of 85-78-80 over the three-day event, with day two (78) being the best round of her career.
 
Olivia Jackson and Erin Frey also qualified for day three of the championships, as the duo improved on their spots to finish in a tie for 17^th.
 
Jimmy Graham and Colin McCabe each qualified for day three and represented the NDC men's team which placed seventh as a team. Graham and McCabe played resiliently to place 20^th and 23^rd, respectively.
 
As aforementioned, Uribe is the first NDC Falcon since 2019 to place in the top 5 (and top 10), as the Notre Dame women's team seeks their first conference team championship since 2017, and third overall.
 
The NDC men's team looks for their first top 10 finisher since Brain Bir in 2015, including the team's first ever championship.
 
Noting the Falcons: Thus far, the Notre Dame men's team has seen quality play from Peter Malo Jr., Brenden Nunez and Alex Rapp. Both Malo Jr. and Rapp earned top 5 finishes at the season opening Malone Invite, as Nunez has anchored the Falcons recently at the Charleston Invite and Davis & Elkins Tournament. As a team, the NDC men have placed third, 12^th and 12^th respectively. The freshman trio of Malo Jr., alongside Zach Huscusson and Ronan Steel will look to make a name for themselves at the MEC Championships.
 
The NDC women's team is paced by the trio of Erin Frey, Olivia Jackson and Catalina Uribe who have finished inside the top 30 during each event this season. At the Vulcan Invitational to start the year, Frey and Uribe finished in a tie for 22^nd to lead the team, before Frey and Jackson carried the team at the Charleston Invite. At the Berg Fall Invitational, the team placed eighth as Frey finished 11^th, Jackson took t-13^th and Uribe claimed 21^st.