SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Fighting Irish are back at home to take on the Central Michigan Chippewas. First draw is set for 3:00 p.m. at Loftus Arena on the Notre Dame campus. The game will be streamed on ACCNX and live stats will be available.
#14 NOTRE DAME vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Date/Time: Sunday, February 19 — 3:00 p.m.
Location: Arlotta Stadium
Live Stream: ACCNX
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For a more in-depth look at the matchup – Game Notes: Notre Dame
FOR STARTERS
- The No. 14 Irish are back at home to take on Central Michigan at Arlotta Stadium.
- Live stats will be available for the contest as well as a live stream through ACCNX.
- The attacking trio of Kasey Choma (9), Madison Ahern (5) and Jackie Wolak (5) lead the Irish in goals.
- Choma scored her 25th hat trick of her career with her three goals coming in the first half of the contest. It is also the first time in her career that she has started the season with two hat tricks.
- Lilly Callahan made tallied a new career high with 15 saves and made her first double-digit save performance of her career.
THE NOTRE DAME – CENTRAL MICHIGAN SERIES
- The Irish and Chippewas are meeting on Sunday for the third time.
- In their last meeting, the Irish took a dominant win 24-5 over the Chippewas.
- Madison Ahern netted a career high of six goals in the contest.
- In the last outing 13 players tallied points in the 24-5 win over Central Michigan.
- Notre Dame kept Central Michigan off the board until 12:04 in the fourth quarter, and scored 25 goals which ranks second for most goals scored at a home game.
BALANCED ATTACK
- The Irish return 3 of the 4 top scorers from the 2022 season in Kasey Choma, Madison Ahern, Jackie Wolak.
- The top scorers were assisted by Kelly Denes who won 100 draw controls and tallied 14 goals of her own.
- Choma, Ahern, and Wolak lead the Irish in points, combining for 27 points.
THREE HEADED MONSTER
- The attacking trio of Choma, Ahern, and Wolak are combining for 27 points.
- Choma leads the Irish with nine goals, Wolak has five goals and five assists, and Ahern has five goals and three assists.
- Wolak leads the team in points with 10. Her outing against Northwestern (02/16/23) gave her the seventh time in her career with three or more assists.
- Choma matched her career high for goals with six against the Wildcats (02/16/23).
AHERN ON ATTACK
- Madison Ahern is second on the Irish squad entering the 2023 season with 57 goals.
- She notched her 100th career point against the Virginia Cavaliers in a 12-10 Irish win in the 2022 campaign.
- Ahern tied her career high with six goals against #3 Syracuse on February 26, 2022.
- She has tied her career high two times against Syracuse, and Jacksonville in 2022.
CALLAHAN IN THE CREASE
- Callahan made her first double-digit save performance of her career, finishing with 15 saves against Northwestern. This also established a new career high in saves for her.
- Lilly Callahan earned her first career win in her first career start while holding the San Diego State attack to just two goals .
- The two goals Callahan allowed marked the lowest scoring output in SDSU program history, which dates back to the 2012 season.