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2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

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2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Round of 16
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 16
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 15
Record14–6–2 (7–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nate Norman (4rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 8 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 8 0 2   .900 18 3 2   .826
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍y 7 1 2   .800 21 1 3   .900
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 16 4 1   .786
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7 3 0   .700 14 6 2   .682
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 12 7 1   .625
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 5 2 3   .650 12 3 3   .750
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 6 4 0   .600 16 6 0   .727
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 12 6 2   .650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4 6 0   .400 11 7 0   .611
NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 6 0   .400 9 9 2   .500
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 6 1   .350 7 7 2   .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 9 0   .100 7 10 1   .417
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 9 0   .100 4 12 0   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 10 0   .000 4 12 1   .265
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 34th season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 4th year head coach Nate Norman and played their games at Alumni Stadium.

The Fighting Irish finished the season 14–6–2, 7–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to fifth seed Clemson in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, and Purdue on penalties in the Second Round, before losing to Arkansas in the Round of 16 to end their season.

Previous season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]

The Fighting Irish finished the fall season 4–5–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the eighth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 2–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

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Roster

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As of March 8, 2022 [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Mattie Interian
2 MF United States USA Korbin Albert
3 MF United States USA Madison Mercado
4 MF El Salvador SLV Sammi Fisher
5 FW United States USA Ellie Ospeck
6 MF United States USA Brooke VanDyck
7 FW Jamaica JAM Kiki Van Zanten
9 FW United States USA Olivia Wingate
10 MF United States USA Erin Hohnstein
11 MF United States USA Sophia Fisher
12 MF United States USA Camryn Dyke
13 MF United States USA Nikki Colantuono
14 DF United States USA Aba Dunbar
15 FW United States USA Kati Druzina
16 MF United States USA Brianna Martinez
17 FW United States USA Audrey Weiss
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Iceland ISL Hulda Ósk Jónsdóttir
19 MF United States USA Eva Gaetino
20 DF United States USA Maddie Mooney
21 FW United States USA Erin Ospeck
22 DF United States USA Katie Coyle
23 MF United States USA Aly Akers
24 FW United States USA Paige Peltier
25 DF United States USA Waniya Hudson
26 DF United States USA Julia Ware
27 DF United States USA Caroline Gray
28 DF United States USA Eva Wirtz
29 MF United States USA Sophia Prudholme
30 MF United States USA Gabrielle Daly
31 GK United States USA Ashley Naylor
32 GK United States USA Mary Votava
33 GK United States USA Kaylin Slattery

Team management

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Position Staff
Head Coach Nate Norman
Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach Jason Hamilton
Director of Operations Brendan Roth

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source [5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 10*
Ohio State W 3–2 
Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
August 14*
at Illinois W 4–0 
Demirjian Park
Champaign–Urbana, IL
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 19*
7:00 p.m.
Bowling Green W 3–1  1–0–0
Alumni Stadium (351)
Notre Dame, IN
August 22*
4:00 p.m.
Indiana T 0–0 2OT 1–0–1
Alumni Stadium (825)
Notre Dame, IN
August 26*
8:30 p.m.
at Wisconsin W 2–1 OT 2–0–1
McClimon Stadium (313)
Madison, WI
August 29*
1:00 p.m., FloSports
at Marquette W 1–0  3–0–1
Valley Fields (581)
Milwaukee, WI
September 2*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Purdue W 1–0  4–0–1
Alumni Stadium (435)
Notre Dame, IN
September 5*
1:00 p.m.
at Missouri L 2–3 OT 4–1–1
Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium (561)
Columbia, MO
September 9*
7:00 p.m.
Detroit W 8–0  5–1–1
Alumni Stadium (250)
Notre Dame, IN
September 12*
1:00 p.m.
Brown W 2–1  6–1–1
Alumni Stadium (444)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 18
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse W 4–0  7–1–1
(1–0–0)
Alumni Stadium (542)
Notre Dame, IN
September 23
5:00 p.m.
at Miami (FL) W 5–0  8–1–1
(2–0–0)
Cobb Stadium (162)
Coral Gables, FL
September 26
1:00 p.m.
Boston College W 4–1  9–1–1
(3–0–0)
Alumni Stadium (351)
Notre Dame, IN
October 1
7:00 p.m.
at NC State W 2–1  10–1–1
(4–0–0)
Dail Soccer Field (626)
Raleigh, NC
October 7
7:00 p.m.
No. 24 Louisville W 3–0  11–1–1
(5–0–0)
Alumni Stadium (289)
Notre Dame, IN
October 10
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 24 Clemson W 2–1  12–1–1
(6–0–0)
Alumni Stadium (597)
Notre Dame, IN
October 17
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17 at No. 2 Virginia L 1–2  12–2–1
(6–1–0)
Klöckner Stadium (2,490)
Charlottesville, VA
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 at No. 6 Duke L 0–1 OT 12–3–1
(6–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (704)
Durham, NC
October 24
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 at No. 7 North Carolina L 1–2 2OT 12–4–1
(6–3–0)
Dorrance Field (2,248)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 28
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 Wake Forest W 2–1  13–4–1
(7–3–0)
Alumni Stadium (277)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
October 31
6:00 p.m., ACCN
(4) No. 22 (5) Clemson
First Round
L 2–3  13–5–1
Alumni Stadium (268)
Notre Dame, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 14
1:00 p.m.
(3) SIU Edwardsville W 4–0  14–5–1
Alumni Stadium (204)
Notre Dame, IN
November 19
5:30 p.m.
(3) vs. No. 24 Purdue T 1–1 (4–3 PKs) 2OT 14–5–2
Razorback Field (1,505)
Fayetteville, AR
November 21
5:30 p.m.
(3) (2) No. 7 Arkansas L 2–3  14–6–2
Razorback Field (1,579)
Fayetteville, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[6]RVRVRVRVRV24171522RVRVNot released16
TopDrawer Soccer[7]24222015131417252320222215

2022 NWSL Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Sammi Fisher Chicago Red Stars 2 19 MF

Source:[8]

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2021-22 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "2021-22 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ten ACC Student-Athletes Selected in 2022 NWSL Draft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.