SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Irish will open the ACC Championships at Alumni Stadium, welcoming NC State for a 7 p.m. ET first round matchup on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The Irish are the No. 5 seed and the Wolfpack are the No. 12 seed. The match will air on ACCNX.
#23 NOTRE DAME at NC STATE
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
TV: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. NC State
THE IRISH IN THE ACC TOURNEY
• Notre Dame has an overall ACC Tournament record of 10-6-2 and has reached at least the quarterfinal round in all eight seasons in the league.
• Notre Dame has hosted at least one home conference tournament match in 18 of the past 20 seasons.
• The Irish are 8-1 in ACC tournament home matchups since joining the conference in 2013, outscoring opponents by an aggregate 19-5 goal count.
• Notre Dame has reached the semifinal round or beyond in the ACC Championship in five of the previous eight seasons as a conference member.
• The Irish have made one appearance in the conference tournament finals, hosting the title match in 2015 at Alumni Stadium against Syracuse.
• The Irish have won at least one match in all eight ACC Championship appearances.
• Last season Notre Dame defeated UNC in Chapel Hill in the quarterfinals before falling to Pitt in the semis.
• Prior to joining the ACC, Notre Dame won three Big East Tournament titles and three MCC (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) titles.
THE NC STATE SERIES
• The Irish and Wolfpack will meet on the pitch for the sixth time on Wednesday evening.
• Notre Dame leads NC State in the all-time series at 3-2-1.
• The Irish claimed a victory in the match earlier this season, defeating the Wolfpack by a score of 1-0 on Sept. 17 at Alumni Stadium.
• Dawson McCartney scored the winner in the 84th minute in this season’s previous matchup off an assist from Daniel Russo.
KEEP IT CLEAN
• The Notre Dame defense has come into form in the second half of the season, posting four clean sheets in its last six matches
• The Irish have totaled seven shutouts on the season, with Bryan Dowd in goal for four and Thomas Deslonchamps recording three.
• Opponents have scored multiple goals in just four of 16 matches this season.
FINISHING STRONG
• The Irish have made it a habit of dominating the second half of matches, outscoring the opposition 24-7 in the final 45 minutes of regulation.
• Notre Dame’s defense hasn’t allowed a goal in the second half in the last six matches.
LYNN LEADS THE LINE
• Lynn was Notre Dame’s representative on the ACC Preseason Watch List and was recently ranked No. 33 in TopDrawerSoccer’s midseason top 100 players rankings.
• Lynn paces all active Irish players in career goals with 28.
• The senior leads the team in goals (7) and points (17) on the year.
• Lynn has scored six goals over his last 10 matches.
• The forward has seven goals and three assists in the 15 games he has played this season.
• In the final match of the 2020 fall regular season, Lynn recorded the first hat trick of his career, scoring three times in the first half in the 4-1 win over Louisville.
• The forward enjoyed a breakout 2019 campaign, scoring a career-high 10 goals to lead the Irish attack.
• Lynn has led the Irish in goals and points in each of the last two seasons.
BALANCED ATTACK
• Nineteen different Irish players have registered at least one point this season, as the team has totaled 117 on the season.
• Thirteen players have scored a goal through 16 matches, with 10 scoring multiple goals.
• The Irish have racked up 37 assists, which ranks 14th in the country.
• Dawson McCartney leads the Irish with five assists while Paddy Burns and Daniel Russo are tied for second with four each. Lynn, Matthew Roou, Ethan O’Brien and Matthew McLaughlin each have three.
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• The Irish have received significant contributions from the 2021 freshman class.
• Thirteen of Notre Dame’s 39 goals have been scored by freshmen.
• Matthew Roou ranks second on the team in goals scored with six while Eno Nto is third on the squad with five goals to his name.
• Michael Rossi has scored two goals in his debut season.
• Josh Ramsey has played in all 16 games, including 15 starts for Notre Dame this season at the center back position.
• Nto and Roou both scored goals in their first career starts, coming in the 2-0 win over NIU.
• Kyle Genenbacher has also logged minutes in 15 matches this season.
2021 CAPTAINS
• Mohamed Omar and Philip Quinton will share the skipper role for the Fighting Irish for the 2021 season.
• Omar has been a staple as a central defensive midfielder over the past three seasons. His 2020-21 campaign was cut short due to an injury that sidelined him for almost all of the spring.
• Omar has racked up 60 appearances for the Irish over four seasons, scoring five goals and adding three assists in his career.
• Quinton has been a mainstay in Notre Dame’s defense four seasons at the center back position.
• The 6-foot-6 defender has anchored the Irish back line the last two seasons. Quinton has scored the first two goals in his Notre Dame career this season, coming against Virginia Tech and Purdue Fort Wayne.