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-178 posts tagged "ND Women’s Soccer"
Annika Herko | Friday, May 19, 2023
Notre Dame women’s soccer graduate forward Olivia Wingate didn’t always think of a professional soccer career as a legitimate possibility. “I think it was always a dream of mine since I was a little kid, but I think I finally began to realize that it could be fulfilled probably around my junior or senior year
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
A high school title, an NCAA Division I championship, CONCACAF titles, two Olympic golds and one World Cup win. Kate Markgraf has earned a title at every level of her soccer career. Now, as the first head of Women’s Soccer and general manager of the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT), Markgraf will add National Soccer
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
1987 – Women’s Fencing National Championship Notre Dame’s first women’s varsity team national championship came via one of the school’s premier programs. Notre Dame fencing has accumulated 12 national championships to date. In 1987, the program had won three, all as just a men’s team. The women’s program joined the party, winning their first team
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Women’s soccer took off across the country in the 1990s. Kate Markgraf (then Sobrero), general manager of the U.S. National Women’s National Team (USWNT), ensured she was a part of that game-changing decade as a player on the collegiate, professional and international levels. Throughout her career at Notre Dame, the Irish took home every conference
Mannion McGinley | Friday, May 13, 2022
Before receiving a fifth year of eligibility due to COVID-19, Sammi Fisher already held a decorated collegiate career. She played every match in her junior and senior seasons as a captain and led the team in several stats. In her graduate year though, the midfielder shifted into another gear to be named the Observer’s Women’s
J.J. Post | Friday, May 13, 2022
Notre Dame women’s soccer enjoyed a resurgent 2021 campaign, doubling their 2020 win total and making their deepest tournament run since 2018. The Irish finished fourth in the ACC, a conference widely regarded as the best in women’s soccer. After such an impressive conference performance, the Irish turned in a strong push in the national
Greg McKenna | Thursday, January 13, 2022
As Mónica Flores explains, “En la vida y en la cancha” (“In life and on the field”) is not just a motto for C.F. Monterrey, one of Mexico’s most iconic soccer clubs — but rather a way of life. Flores, a former Notre Dame women’s soccer captain who graduated with a science pre-professional degree in
J.J. Post | Thursday, December 2, 2021
Notre Dame women’s soccer fell 3-2 to Arkansas last week, ending a strong 2021 campaign for the program in the national Sweet 16. The season set a new high point under the tutelage of head coach Nate Norman, and there’s reason to believe further growth could come in 2022. Let’s take a look at how
J.J. Post | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Notre Dame women’s soccer dropped a heartbreaker Sunday, falling 2-1 to #7 North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Olivia Wingate got the Irish out of the gates and ahead in the 59th minute, latching onto the end of an impressive combination play by first-year Korbin Albert and graduate student Sammi Fisher and slotting home a one-touch
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Notre Dame women’s soccer took home a thriller Sunday, defeating Clemson 2-1 on the back of a last-gasp winner from sophomore Eva Gaetino. The performance was a tale of two halves for the Irish, who opened the scoring in just the 12th minute by way of a Clemson own goal. Graduate student Sammi Fisher sent