Sept. 8, 2006

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BACK TO THE LONE-STAR STATE – The top-ranked Notre Dame women’s soccer team is off to Texas for a pair of games this weekend at TCU (Friday, Sept. 8; 7:00 CDT) and SMU (Sunday, Sept. 10; 1:00 CDT) … the ND-SMU game will be telecast by CSTV on a delayed basis (Sept. 12; 8:00 and 11:30 EDT) … bonus live-audio coverage (free, as part of the new All-Access program) also will be provided on und.com, which likewise will include GameTracker live-stat links for both games … the ND Sports Hotline will have a postgame wrapup after every game (574-631-3000, then option 4 and then option 2) … Notre Dame is No. 1 in the NSCAA coaches poll for the seventh season in its history (also ’94, ’95, ’96, 2000, ’04 and ’05) … the Irish are 51-5-2 when playing as the top-ranked team in the NSCAA poll (35-2-2 in the regular season) … ND is No. 1 in rankings by the NSCAA, Soccer Times (which polls 16 top coaches) and Soccer Buzz (women’s soccer website) while Soccer America has the Irish second and Florida State in the top spot.