Dec. 2, 2006

The Notre Dame soccer teams tonight will be looking for an unprecedented men’s and women’s sweep of the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club (M.A.C.) Hermann Trophy, with both winners to be announced at the Hermann Trophy banquet in St. Louis (at The M.A.C.). An announcement also will air live tonight on ESPN News at 6:45 p.m. EST, with two Notre Dame forwards – junior Joe Lapira and sophomore Kerri Hanks – among the three finalists for the respective men’s and women’s player-of-the-year awards.

Due to the fact that all three of the women’s finalists still are in Cary, N.C., preparing for Sunday’s NCAA championship game, plans were made to pre-tape comments from the women’s finalists and their coaches. The taped comments will be shown at the banquet in St. Louis and on the ESPN News telecast.