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-22 posts tagged "Notre Dame Soccer"
Nate Moller | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Graduate student forward Olivia Wingate has been a huge part of the undefeated women’s soccer team this season, as she is leading the team with six goals. Wingate reflected on her first season at Notre Dame when she had to adjust to playing soccer at the college level. “When I came in, I was injured
Annika Herko | Monday, August 29, 2022
After a bumpy start to their season opener at home, the Notre Dame men’s soccer team is on the road to East Lansing to take on the 1-0 Michigan State Spartans. Last week, Michigan State beat Army 2-1 in a game that statistically was very similar to the Irish’s loss against Seattle. Like Notre Dame,
Aidan Thomas | Friday, May 13, 2022
After 79 career games, 57 starts and 31 goals, 12 of the game-winning variety, senior Jack Lynn punctuated his career with a College Cup run and set a career-high in points, earning the 2022 Observer Male Athlete of the Year. He’s the second Notre Dame men’s soccer player to win the award in the last
J.J. Post | Thursday, February 24, 2022
On Tuesday Notre Dame women’s soccer announced the addition of Ashley Zugay as a graduate transfer for the 2022 season. Zugay joins the Irish on the back of a four year, 65 game career at Nebraska, where she featured as an outside back for the Huskers. Though it will remain unclear until summer where precisely
Aidan Thomas | Monday, November 29, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team didn’t get to celebrate Thanksgiving at home like most students at the university, but that’s generally great news in the world of collegiate soccer. Because it means you’re still playing. Playing during the holidays After a Sweet 16 victory on Sunday evening, head coach Chad Riley discussed his team’s
Aidan Thomas | Monday, November 22, 2021
Five postseason clashes and five clean sheets for the Notre Dame defense. It’s been a stretch as good as this program has seen in recent years, and it has the Irish dancing on and into the Sweet 16, after a Round of 32 victory over Villanova. The Irish dominated start to finish, with an 8-3
J.J. Post | Friday, October 29, 2021
Notre Dame men’s soccer shared the spoils with Duke on senior night, drawing their regular season home finale 1-1. It was Duke who took the lead early on at Alumni Stadium, with sophomore forward Thorleifur Ulfarsson finding the back of the net with a strike in the eighth minute. But the Irish recovered and battled
J.J. Post | Friday, October 29, 2021
Notre Dame women’s soccer came away with a vital win Thursday night, as the Irish took down the visiting Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2-1. It was the Irish who opened the scoring early on as they prefer to do, with leading goalscorer Sammi Fisher slotting home a simple one-on-one chance after a nice through ball
J.J. Post | Friday, October 8, 2021
Notre Dame women’s soccer moved to 5-0 in ACC play on Thursday night, taking down Louisville 3-0 at Alumni Stadium. The win came by way of a trio of first-half goals by the Irish, who scored in the first minute and didn’t lose control of the match after. Freshman midfielder Korbin Albert got the scoring
Jamison Cook | Friday, October 8, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team has won three games in a row and five out of their last six. The Fighting Irish (5-4-1, 2-1-1 ACC) will travel down to South Carolina this weekend to take on the Clemson Tigers (9-2, 3-1 ACC) on Saturday, October 9. It is an important game for Notre Dame