Nov. 23, 2007

Complete Pregame Notes in PDF Format

The Notre Dame women’s soccer team (17-4-2) – riding one of the nation’s longest unbeaten streaks (14-0-1) – faces a tough challenge in the NCAA round-of-16, with a game at North Carolina (19-3-1) on Sat., Nov. 24 (noon) … bonus free live audio will be provided on und.com (courtesy of Irish All-Access), with the other usual ways to follow the action also available (GameTracker, Irish Alert text messages, hotline, etc. – see details on earlier und.com release) … ND advanced through the first two rounds with home wins over Loyola Chicago (3-0) and Illinois (2-0) … this will be the first time ND and UNC have met in an NCAA Tournament round earlier than the semifinals … it is the third ND-UNC game in a span of less than 12 months (UNC won the 2006 NCAA title game, 2-1, and the teams played to a 2-2 tie in a 2007 preseason exhibition).