Nov. 29, 2006

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The top-ranked Notre Dame women’s soccer team (24-0-1) has crept to within two wins of claiming its third NCAA title, with the next challenge being a College Cup semifinal game versus 5th-ranked Florida State (18-3-4) on Friday, Dec. 1 (6:30, live on ESPN-U; at SAS Soccer park in Cary, N.C.) … the game also will be rebroadcast on Dec. 2 by ESPN-2 and www.und.com is hoping to provide a free internet radio call of the game (linked via und.com) … ND is 5-2-0 all-time in the NCAA semfinals, winning national titles in 1995 and ’04 … had advanced to the semifinals for the 8th time in the past 13 seasons (only UNC has more semifinal trips since 1994) … the Irish – who have posted NCAA wins over Oakand (7-1), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1-0), #16 Colorado (3-0) and #8 Penn State (4-0) – have a 15-1 scoring edge in the NCAAs and own an all-time record of 5-2-0 in the NCAA semifnials … ND now is playing on the road after extending its home win streak to 32 games (3rd in D-I history) … ND owns a 39-11-1 all-time record (.775) in the NCAAs (32-3-0 at home) … the Irish earlier this season won their 10th BIG EAST regular-season title and then won the BIG EAST Tournament for the ninth time … see www.seminole sports.com for complete info. on Florida State (also see Tale of the Tape on next page).

* Note: see PDF for complete updated notes package (including several new features) – also be sure to check back to und.com on Thursday and Friday for a variety of other offerings as gametime approaches.