Bella and Mia Veith earned spots on the University of Notre Dame team. The team is traveling to Rome to prepare for their first game of the season. The sisters, who are graduates of Mount Notre Dame, will play in their season opener on Saturday.
What we know
- The Veith sisters were not initially planning to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame.
- The team will travel to Italy on Wednesday to prepare for the season opener against Villanova.
- The sisters' high school basketball coach, Drew Fladung, plans to watch the game on television despite having tryouts at Mount Notre Dame the same weekend.
- Pope Leo XIV, a Villanova graduate, may attend the game in Vatican City on Saturday.
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