Aug. 30, 2012
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2012 Notre Dame adidas Invitational Web Site
2012 Notre Dame Women’s Soccer — Matches 4-5
20th annual Notre Dame adidas Invitational
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1-0 / 0-0-0 BIG EAST) vs. #24/16 Santa Clara Broncos (2-1-0 / 0-0-0 WCC)
DATE: August 31, 2012
TIME: 7:30 p.m. ET
AT: Notre Dame, Ind. – Alumni Stadium (3,007)
SERIES: ND leads 10-6-1
LAST MTG: 1-1 draw (9/11/11 @SCU)
WEBCAST: UND.com (live-free)
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TWITTER: @NDsoccernews
TOURNAMENT WEB SITE: adidas Invitational
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-1-0 / 0-0-0 BIG EAST) vs. #19/19 North Carolina Tar Heels (0-1-1 / 0-0-0 ACC)
DATE: September 2, 2012
TIME: 1:30 p.m. ET
AT: Notre Dame, Ind. – Alumni Stadium (3,007)
SERIES: UNC leads 13-5-2
LAST MTG: UNC 2-1, ot (8/26/11 @UNC)
WEBCAST: UND.com (live-free)
LIVE STATS:
TWITTER: @NDsoccernews
TOURNAMENT WEB SITE: adidas Invitational
Storylines
- Notre Dame is 31-5-2 (.842) all-time at the adidas Invitational, having won its home tournament 14 times since the event debuted in 1992.
- The next five Fighting Irish matches are against teams that are either ranked or receiving votes in one or both major polls.
Notre Dame Hosts No. 24/16 Santa Clara, No. 19 North Carolina At Adidas Invitational
Following a pair of strong defensive showings last week, the challenges get tougher for Notre Dame this weekend as the Fighting Irish square off with No. 24/16 Santa Clara (7:30 p.m. ET Friday) and No. 19 North Carolina (1:30 p.m. ET Sunday) in the 20th annual adidas Invitational at Alumni Stadium. Connecticut completes the tournament field and plays the early match on both days (5 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Sunday), while the two Notre Dame matches will be webcast live and free of charge on the official Fighting Irish athletics web site, UND.com.
Notre Dame is coming off a 5-0 win over East Carolina on Aug. 26 at Alumni Stadium. Five different Fighting Irish players scored goals (three netting the first markers of their careers) in the victory, while freshman Elyse Hight and sophomore Sarah Voigt combined to make four saves and secure the shutout.
Rankings
- Notre Dame is not ranked.
- Santa Clara is No. 24 in this week’s NSCAA poll and No. 16 in the Soccer America poll.
- North Carolina is No. 19 in both this week’s NSCAA and Soccer America polls.
A Quick Look At The Fighting Irish
- The Fighting Irish were picked to win the BIG EAST National Division title according to a preseason vote of the conference head coaches released Aug. 7. Notre Dame has won 13 BIG EAST regular-season titles (division or overall) since joining the conference 17 years ago, including regular-season crowns in eight of the past nine years.
- Junior midfielder/tri-captain Mandy Laddish represented the Fighting Irish on the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, following up her second-team all-conference selection a year ago. Laddish had one goal and a career-high seven assists last season.
- Notre Dame will feature a very young roster in 2012, with half (12) of the 24-member Fighting Irish squad made up of freshmen (plus another six sophomores). The Notre Dame incoming class was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer, with seven Fighting Irish freshmen appearing in the top 60 of the TDS Class of 2012 rankings. Leading the rookie class is forward/midfielder/defender Cari Roccaro, a two-time consensus high school All-American and New York High School Player of the Year after piling up 39 goals and 19 assists during her prep career.
- Laddish and Roccaro are missing the first three weeks of the season while representing the United States at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan (the USA is in the quarterfinals and was scheduled to face North Korea Friday morning). The Fighting Irish duo are the first Notre Dame players to participate in the U-20 World Cup since 2008, when Lauren Fowlkes started all six matches and helped the United States earn the gold medal.
Scouting Santa Clara
Santa Clara brings a 2-1 record into Friday’s match at Notre Dame, bouncing back from a 6-1 loss at top-ranked Stanford on opening night with wins at No. 15 Cal (1-0) and at home against UC Riverside (3-0) last weekend.
Junior forward Sarah Jackson netted unassisted matchwinning goals in both victories, scoring the 30th minute at Cal and the fourth minute against UCR. Senior midfielder Meleana Shim and freshman midfielder Danielle Weatherholt also scored against Riverside. Freshman goalkeeper Andi Tostanoski made nine saves to earn the solo shutout at Cal and had three saves while splitting the UCR clean sheet with junior Alexis Rubattino (two saves).
Head coach Jerry Smith has a 384-119-44 (.742) record in 26 seasons at Santa Clara, including a 6-10-1 ledger against Notre Dame.
The Notre Dame-Santa Clara Series
Notre Dame and Santa Clara will be meeting for the 18th time, with the Fighting Irish holding a 10-6-1 edge in the all-time series with the Broncos. The teams also will be squaring off for the ninth time in South Bend, when Notre Dame holds a 7-1 record against Santa Clara.
The Fighting Irish and Broncos have alternated playing home and away almost annually since Notre Dame head coach Randy Waldrum arrived in 1999. The exceptions came in that ’99 season (the teams had a rematch in the NCAA College Cup semifinals, won by the Fighting Irish, 1-0, at San Jose’s Spartan Stadium) and in ’01 (the regular-season match was cancelled along with numerous other athletic events nationwide following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11).
The Last Time Notre Dame And Santa Clara Met
Melissa Henderson scored for the sixth time in four matches, as No. 8/7 Notre Dame held the upper hand for much of its contest at No. 17/18 Santa Clara before settling for a 1-1 draw on Sept. 11, 2011, before a crowd of 1,145 fans at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
After SCU’s Sarah Jackson scored against the run of play in the 30th minute (off a right-side cross from Allie Vernon), the Fighting Irish drew level at 62:17, as Rebecca Twining chipped a dangerous ball from the left channel into the penalty area, where Henderson was racing in from the top of the box. SCU goalkeeper Bianca Henninger couldn’t handle the ball cleanly as Henderson arrived almost simultaneously and the ball trickled free behind the SCU defense. Henderson then had a simple tap-in on an empty net for her team-leading seventh goal of the season (and 59th of her remarkable career).
Notre Dame had a wide shot advantage (22-10), as well as a 9-6 margin in shots on goal. The Fighting Irish also earned six of the seven corner kicks in the match, while Santa Clara had a 14-10 edge in fouls.
The draw earned Notre Dame its first point on its biannual trip to the San Francisco Bay Area since Sept. 21, 2003, when the Fighting Irish posted a 2-1 at Santa Clara.
The Last Time Notre Dame And Santa Clara Met At Alumni Stadium
Rose Augustin scored just 3:05 into the match and No. 3/4 Notre Dame made it stand up, blanking No. 8/9 Santa Clara, 1-0 on Sept. 3, 2010, at the 18th annual Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic (now the Notre Dame adidas Invitational) before a raucous crowd of 2,229 fans, including a large student contingent, on a cool and damp night at Alumni Stadium.
Melissa Henderson set up Augustin’s goal with a brilliant drop pass at the top of the box, with Augustin running on to the ball at full speed and rocketing a low shot past Santa Clara goalkeeper Bianca Henninger. It marked the second time in as many matches (and third in six contests dating back to the 2009 season) that Henderson set up Augustin for a score.
Goalkeeper Nikki Weiss registered her third shutout of 2010 behind a (then) career-high seven saves, including four in the second half. Henninger was credited with six stops in the Santa Clara net.
Notre Dame finished with a 16-13 edge in total shots, with each team recording seven shots on goal. The Broncos earned a 5-4 margin in corner kicks, while SCU was whistled for 17 of the 27 fouls on the night.
Notre Dame vs. West Coast Conference
Notre Dame is 21-11-1 (.652) all-time against current West Coast Conference members, including a 9-5 (.643) record when playing host to a WCC team in South Bend.
Last season, the Fighting Irish drew 1-1 at No. 17/18 Santa Clara in their lone match against a WCC opponent on Sept. 11, 2011.
The Broncos also were the last WCC team to visit South Bend, with Notre Dame collecting a 1-0 victory over Santa Clara on Sept. 3, 2010, at Alumni Stadium.
Scouting North Carolina
North Carolina brings an 0-1-1 record into this weekend’s tournament, following a 1-0 loss at Portland on Aug. 17 with a 0-0 draw at home against 20th-ranked Florida a week later.
The Tar Heels also played an exhibition against the University of Montreal on Aug. 26, earning a 1-0 overtime win on a goal by sophomore midfielder/defender Brooke Elby 38 seconds into extra time.
Redshirt senior goalkeeper Adelaide Gay has started both matches for UNC, making three saves at Portland and not recording a save while splitting the Florida shutout with junior Anna Sieloff, who had one stop and played the second half and both overtimes.
Head coach Anson Dorrance is in his 34th season at North Carolina with a 728-45-27 (.927) record, including a 13-5-2 mark against Notre Dame.
The Notre Dame-North Carolina Series
Two of the true powerhouses in women’s college soccer, Notre Dame and North Carolina will play for the 21st time on Sunday afternoon, with the Tar Heels leading the all-time series, 13-5-2. UNC also is 2-0-1 against Notre Dame in South Bend, with all three prior visits coming as part of the Notre Dame adidas Invitational.
This will mark the fourth time in five years the teams have met during the regular season, swapping appearances in the other’s tournament (the Fighting Irish visited Chapel Hill in 2008 and 2011, while UNC came to South Bend in 2009 and 2012).
Through the years, Notre Dame and North Carolina have played most often in the NCAA Championship, facing off in that crucible 10 times, including eight meetings in either the College Cup semifinals or national championship match. UNC holds a 7-3 record against the Fighting Irish in the postseason, although the two sides have split their last four NCAA Championship encounters.
The Last Time Notre Dame And North Carolina Met
Jazmin Hall scored her first collegiate goal in the 71st minute, but third-ranked North Carolina netted the match-winner in the sixth minute of extra time to oust No. 1/2 Notre Dame, 2-1 on Aug. 26, 2011, before a crowd of 5,236 fans at Fetzer Field on the first day of the Carolina Classic.
Tar Heel forward Courtney Jones settled matters at 95:25, a frustrating end for the Fighting Irish, who controlled the run of play for large stretches and wound up with the edge in all statistical categories.
Notre Dame had an 11-9 lead in total shots, and doubled up UNC in shots on goal by an 8-4 count. The Fighting Irish also earned five of the seven corner kicks in the contest, while the Tar Heels were whistled for 15 fouls to seven for Notre Dame (Jones received the lone yellow card), and the Fighting Irish garnered all three offside calls.
Goalkeeper Sarah Voigt looked sharp in her college debut, going the distance and making two saves. North Carolina netminder Hannah Daly had to be on her game and she was, registering a career-high seven saves (including four in the opening 16 minutes).
Ranee Premji put the hosts on the board at 19:13, driving a shot from the top of the box through traffic and inside the left post. Notre Dame kept pushing for the equalizer, in spite of deteriorating conditions (due to the early fringes of Hurricane Irene), and finally got it on Hall’s goal with less than 20 minutes to go.
The Fighting Irish nearly won the match in regulation, but Jessica Schuveiller’s header (off a Mandy Laddish free kick) rang the crossbar with 4:04 to play and UNC was able to push the contest into overtime. The Tar Heels then registered both shots in the extra period, winning when Jones scored in the 96th minute.
The Last Time Notre Dame And North Carolina Met At Alumni Stadium
The second-ranked Notre Dame women’s soccer team saw three impressive streaks come to an end on Sept. 4, 2009, as the Fighting Irish had their 30-match regular-season winning streak, 27-match home winning streak and 54-match goalscoring streak all snapped with a 6-0 loss to No. 1 North Carolina on the first day of the Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic before a sellout crowd of 3,007 fans in the first women’s soccer match played at the brand-new, state-of-the-art Alumni Stadium.
Jessica McDonald had two goals and an assist, while Casey Nogueira added a goal and an assist for North Carolina, which scored twice in the first seven minutes and had the hosts chasing the match the rest of the night.
North Carolina finished with a 19-15 shot advantage, although Notre Dame outshot the Tar Heels, 13-7 in the second half. UNC also earned an 11-4 spread in shots on goal, a 6-3 edge in corner kicks and a 16-9 margin in fouls.
Notre Dame vs. Atlantic Coast Conference
Notre Dame has faced 10 of the 12 current Atlantic Coast Conference members through the years, fashioning a combined 39-21-3 (.643) record against those programs (including a 17-1 record against the three former BIG EAST schools now in the ACC — Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech).
The Fighting Irish went 0-2 against ACC opponents last year, losing to both North Carolina (2-1, ot) and Duke (3-1) at the Carolina Classic. Notre Dame’s last win against an ACC team came on Nov. 20, 2010, when it defeated UNC, 4-1 in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the third round of the NCAA Championship.
The Fighting Irish also are 19-3-1 (.848) all-time at home against ACC teams, and will be playing host to an ACC opponent for the first time since Sept. 4, 2009, when North Carolina earned a 6-0 victory in the Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic (now Notre Dame adidas Invitational) at Alumni Stadium.
Notre Dame’s most recent home win against an ACC team came on Nov. 28, 2008, when the Fighting Irish blanked No. 6 Florida State, 2-0 in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals at old Alumni Field.
Coaching Clinic
This weekend’s adidas Invitational features four of the top five coaches in NCAA Division I history in terms of career wins (and the top 12 in all-time winning percentage). Collectively, these four men account for 1,977 wins in 2,545 matches and 23 NCAA national championships (in the 30-year history of the NCAA tournament).
North Carolina’s Anson Dorrance is first in both wins and winning percentage with a 728-45-27 (.927) record in 34 seasons, all at UNC.
Connecticut’s Len Tsantiris is second in wins and 12th in winning percentage with a 493-164-48 (.733) record in 32 seasons, all with the Huskies.
Santa Clara’s Jerry Smith is third in wins and eighth in winning percentage with a 384-119-44 (.742) record in 26 seasons, all at the Broncos’ helm.
Notre Dame’s Randy Waldrum is fifth in wins and fourth in winning percentage with a 372-95-26 (.781) record in 23 seasons, the past 14 with the Fighting Irish, following prior stops at Tulsa (1989-94) and Baylor (1996-98).
Match #3 Recap: East Carolina
Notre Dame used a balanced offensive attack and consistent pressure to register a dominant 5-0 win over East Carolina in its home opener on Aug. 26 at Alumni Stadium. The Fighting Irish had five different goal scorers and seven separate point scorers, with three players netting the first goals of their respective careers, as Notre Dame posted its second shutout in three days.
Junior forward Rebecca Twining scored the eventual match-winning goal with 10 minutes to go in first half, before the Fighting Irish swamped the Pirates with four goals in a little more than 25 minutes during the second half. Freshman forwards Crystal Thomas and Anna Maria Gilbertson, and sophomore midfielder Karin Simonian each opened their college scoring accounts (Gilbertson factored into four of the five scores, with temporary defensive deflections the only thing preventing her from earning two assists, and she was fouled to set up a free kick score), while sophomore forward Lauren Bohaboy added her first goal of 2012.
What’s more, a pair of freshmen — midfielder Glory Williams and defender Brittany Von Rueden — were credited with second-half assists, logging the first points of their brief college careers.
Freshman goalkeeper Elyse Hight worked the first 74:04 between the pipes for the Fighting Irish, making three saves. Sophomore Sarah Voigt came on to spell Hight in the final quarter-hour and had one save.
Notre Dame finished with a 31-12 edge in total shots, including a 12-4 margin in shots on goal. The Fighting Irish also earned a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks, while fouls were virtually even (9-7 against ECU).
Beyond The Box Score: East Carolina
- Notre Dame’s five separate goal scorers are the most for the Fighting Irish in a single match since Aug. 22, 2008, when they tied a Randy Waldrum-era record with seven goal scorers in a 7-0 win over Michigan at old Alumni Field.
- That 2008 Michigan match also was the last time Notre Dame had three players score their first career goals in the same contest — Melissa Henderson, Taylor Knaack and Ellen Jantsch, with Henderson and Jantsch being freshmen and Knaack playing her first career match after missing her rookie season with a knee injury.
- Bohaboy was the last Notre Dame player to net her first college goal in a match, doing so on Sept. 18, 2011, in a 4-1 win at Cincinnati.
- The seven different point scorers are the most for Notre Dame in one match since Sept. 2, 2011, when eight players had a point in a 7-1 win over Tulsa at Alumni Stadium.
- Bohaboy’s 10 shots are the most by a Fighting Irish player in a single match since Oct. 8, 2010, when Henderson took 11 shots in a 2-1 win over Seton Hall at Alumni Stadium.
- Notre Dame improves to 12-1-1 (.893) in home openers during the Waldrum era.
- The Fighting Irish posted their seventh consecutive shutout in a home opener (2006-12), and extended their defensive scoreless streak in home openers to 661:00, dating back to Sept. 2, 2005, and a goal by Florida’s Jasmine Johnson with exactly 11 minutes left in a 4-1 Notre Dame win at old Alumni Field on the first night of the adidas Invitational (then known as the Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic).
- The Fighting Irish raise their record against first-time visitors to campus to 56-4-1 (.926) since 1993, with ECU being the first new opponent to come to South Bend since Nov. 12, 2010, when Notre Dame defeated New Mexico, 3-0 in the first round of the NCAA Championship at Alumni Stadium.
- The Fighting Irish now are 7-3 (.700) all-time against current Conference USA schools, including a 5-0 record at home with a 24-3 aggregate scoring margin in those five matches.
Award-Winning Trio
Freshman defender Katie Naughton was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on Monday after starting and going the full 90 minutes in both a 2-0 win at Tulsa on Aug. 24 and a 5-0 home victory over East Carolina two days later. With Naughton anchoring the Notre Dame back line, the Fighting Irish allowed a total of nine shots on goal in the two shutouts, but just one of those shots on frame came from inside the penalty area.
Naughton is the third Notre Dame freshman in as many seasons to earn her way onto the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week, and the first since current sophomore forward Lauren Bohaboy was chosen on Oct. 3, 2011. What’s more, Naughton is the first Fighting Irish player from any class to make the TDS squad since Oct. 24, 2011, when Melissa Henderson copped her second nod of the season, and the last of nine in her storied career.
Another Notre Dame freshman also earned accolades on Monday, as goalkeeper Elyse Hight was named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week. Hight did not allow a goal in 164:04 of action last week, making five saves in a solo shutout of Tulsa, and then three saves in the first 74:04 vs. East Carolina. Hight also posted her first career win and clean sheet at Tulsa (two hours northeast of her hometown of Edmond), becoming the first Fighting Irish rookie netminder to register a solo shutout since Aug. 22, 2006, when Kelsey Lysander blanked Iowa State, 9-0 at old Alumni Field.
Hight is the first Notre Dame freshman to earn BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week honors since Sept. 23, 2002, when Erika Bohn claimed the award. Hight also is the first Fighting Irish player from any class chosen as BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week since Sept. 6, 2010, when Nikki Weiss garnered the second of her two citations that season.
Rounding out this week’s trio of Notre Dame award recipients was junior midfielder/tri-captain Elizabeth Tucker, who was named the Chicagoland Soccer News Player of the Week and also played her way into a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
Tucker netted both goals in the win at Tulsa, becoming the first Fighting Irish player since 2004 (Amanda Cinalli) to score Notre Dame’s first two goals of the season. It also was Tucker’s third career multi-goal match, and first since Nov. 26, 2010, when she posted a brace at Oklahoma State in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, helping the Fighting Irish to a 2-0 win during a successful run to the program’s third NCAA national championship.
Meet The #BabyIrish
Combine Notre Dame’s youthful roster (which includes 12 freshmen and six sophomores) and head coach Randy Waldrum’s growing fascination with Twitter and it’s no surprise that this year’s squad already has its own hashtag, courtesy of their coach … #BabyIrish.
Not only does the hashtag pay tribute to the median age of his team, but Waldrum also has used the term to refer to the (sometimes painful) growing process that the Notre Dame squad is going through this season.
Although he knows his team must crawl before it can walk, Waldrum insists that he doesn’t plan to keep the hashtag for long. The goal is see his charges continue developing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to the point where they’re just the #Irish by the end of the 2012 campaign.
The 2-0 Guarantee
Notre Dame is 334-0-1 all-time when claiming a 2-0 lead and has won its last 311 contests when going ahead 2-0 (since a 3-3 draw with Vanderbilt on Sept. 15, 1991, in Cincinnati).
In fact, just two of the past 223 Fighting Irish opponents to face a 2-0 deficit have forced a draw, something achieved by four opponents in Notre Dame history: Duke on Oct. 17, 1993, in Houston (ND won 3-2), Connecticut on Nov. 10, 1996, in the BIG EAST final at old Alumni Field (ND led 2-0, later tied 2-2 and 3-3, ND won 4-3), Duke on Nov. 30, 2007, in the NCAA quarterfinals at old Alumni Field (ND won 3-2), and most recently, Villanova on Oct. 12, 2008 in Villanova, Pa. (ND won 3-2 in OT).
Three … Is The Magic Number
Scoring three goals has meant virtually an automatic win in Notre Dame women’s soccer history, with a 304-3-1 (.989) record in those games, including a 206-1-0 (.995) mark since Oct. 6, 1995.
Golden Domers Golden In OT
Overtime has usually been the right time for Notre Dame, as the Fighting Irish are 20-6-14 (.675) all-time in the Randy Waldrum era (since 1999) when going to an extra period or two. Notre Dame also is unbeaten in 12 of its last 15 overtime contests.
Last year, the Fighting Irish tied a pair of school records by going to extra time on five occasions (also in 2001 and 2007) and registering three draws (also in 1991 and 2001).
No current Notre Dame player has scored a “golden goal” in her college career. Jessica Schuveiller netted the most recent overtime matchwinner for the Fighting Irish on Nov. 6, 2009, heading home a cross from Rose Augustin at 98:42 to beat St. John’s in the BIG EAST semifinals at Storrs, Conn.
Next Up: Nike Showcase
Notre Dame heads to the Pacific Northwest for the Nike Showcase, beginning at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) Sept. 7 when it squares off with No. 20/23 Portland at Merlo Field in Portland, Ore. The Fighting Irish will be facing the Pilots for the first time since Nov. 25, 2005, when UP defeated Notre Dame, 3-1 in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals, also at Merlo Field.
Notre Dame wraps up its two-game road trip at noon PT (3 p.m. ET) Sept. 9 when it travels to Seattle to take on Washington at Husky Soccer Stadium. It will be the first time the Fighting Irish have played UW since Sept. 16, 2000, when Notre Dame earned a 5-0 win in Portland.
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