SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Irish open postseason play at Clemson in a pivotal 8-9 matchup at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at Riggs Field. The match will air on ACCN.
NOTRE DAME vs. CLEMSON
Location: Clemson, South Carolina | Riggs Field
TV: ACCN
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Game Notes: vs. Clemson
IRISH IN THE ACC TOURNEY
• Notre Dame has an overall ACC Tournament record of 13-6-3 and has reached at least the quarterfinal round in all nine seasons in the league.
• The Irish are the defending ACC champs, winning the 2021 title for the first time in program history. Notre Dame didn’t allow a goal over four matches and defeated Duke by a score of 2-0 in the final.
• Notre Dame has reached the semifinal round or beyond in the ACC Championship in six of its nine seasons as a conference member.
• The Irish have made two appearances in the conference tournament finals.
• The Irish have won at least one match in all nine ACC Championship appearances.
• Prior to joining the ACC, Notre Dame won three Big East Tournament titles and three MCC (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) titles.
THE CLEMSON SERIES
• The Irish and Tigers will meet on the pitch for the 13th time on Wednesday.
• Notre Dame holds a lead in the all-time series with a record of 6-4-2.
• The Irish and Tigers played twice last season with Notre Dame holding a record of 1-0-1.
• In the regular season matchup, the Irish defeated Clemson 2-0 at Riggs Field. Both of Notre Dame’s goals came in the second half, as Daniel Russo and Matthew Roou both scored.
• The Tigers advanced past the Irish in the College Cup semifinals on penalties in the second meeting, winning the shootout 5-3.
DAN THE MAN
• Daniel Russo is in the best form of his life at the moment, scoring four goals over the last two matches.
• Russo leads the team this season with six goals, setting a career high for goals in a season.
• The junior scored the first hat trick of his career in the comeback win over Michigan, all coming in the second half.
FIRST HALF DOMINANCE
• The Irish are outscoring the opposition 15-7 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.
• Notre Dame has given up just five goals from open play in the first half of matches this season, the other two goals coming from penalties.
• The Irish are currently 5-0-0 when holding a lead at the half.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Notre Dame has won every match in which it has scored multiple goals, going 7-0-0 when putting two or more goals on the scoreboard in 2022.
• The Irish are a perfect 7-0-0 when scoring first in matches this season.
• Twelve different Notre Dame players have scored a goal this season.
• Eight players have recorded multiple assists through 16 games, with Daniel Russo leading the Irish with four assists on the season.
• Of the 16 Notre Dame players that have recorded starts this season, nine have been either freshmen or sophomores.
100 CLUB
• With a win over UIC, McFarland Family Head Men’s Soccer Coach Chad Riley recorded the 100th victory of his head coaching career.
• Riley is the fifth head coach in program history to reach the 100-win mark for their career.
• Fifty-one of Riley’s wins have come at Notre Dame while 51 came in his five-year stint at Dartmouth.
#3 RANKED FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE COUNTRY
• The Irish welcome a seven-man freshman class to South Bend which was ranked as the No. 3 class in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.
• The class features four players ranked in IMG’s top 200 rankings, each ranking in the top 100.
• The seven players come from a combined five states and one foreign country (Ghana).
• Kelvin Baffour (M), Daniel Boateng (M), Wyatt Borso (F), Owen Cornell (GK), Mitchell Ferguson (D), Sebastian Green (M) and Nicholas Legendre (F) make up the class.
• Notre Dame also welcomes Mo Williams to the team, a grad transfer defender from Seton Hall.