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NOTRE DAMEWomen’s Soccer 2009Two-Time NCAA Champions (1995, 2004)

Seven-Time NCAA Finalists • 11 NCAA College Cup Berths

2009 NCAA Women’s College Cup Media SupplementDecember 4 & 6

Aggie Soccer Stadium - College Station, Texas

Courtney Barg2009 BIG EAST Midfielder of the YearFirst Team All-BIG EASTBIG EAST All-Tournament TeamTop Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year

Melissa HendersonSecond Team All-BIG EAST7 goals in NCAA championship play (2009)2009 Hermann Trophy Watch ListTop Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year

Lauren Fowlkes2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American2009 BIG EAST Co-Offensive Player of the YearFirst Team All-BIG EASTTop Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year

2009 Notre Dame Fighting IrishSeated (left to right): Jazmin Hall, Taylor Knaack, Julie Scheidler, Stephanie Sohn, Micaela Alvarez, Rachel Van-derGenugten, Leah Fisher and Erica Iantorno; Kneeling (left to right): strength & conditioning coach Elisa Angeles, Melissa Henderson, Courtney Barg, Rose Augustin, Jessica Schuveiller, Haley Chamberlain, Michele Weissenhofer, Amanda Clark, Liz McNeil, Molly Campbell, Tereza Stastny and volunteer assistant Jeannette Boudway; Standing (left to right): assistant coach Dawn Greathouse, assistant coach Ken Nuber, Lauren Fowlkes, Ellen Jantsch, Haley Ford, Jennifer Nordine, head coach Randy Waldrum, Maddie Fox, Nikki Weiss, Kelsey Lysander, Ellen Bartindale, Brynn Gerstle, Courtney Rosen, Lindsay Brown, senior manager Matt Moran and athletic trainer Dave Ludwig.

Jessica Schuveiller

First Team All-BIG EAST2009 BIG EAST Tournament’s Most

Outstanding Defensive Player

Nikki Weiss

2009 BIG EAST All-Tournament TeamSeven solo shutouts

14-1-1 record

Rose Augustin

Second Team All-BIG EASTTeam-high 10 assistsCareer-high 24 points

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Notre Dame’s Probable Starting Lineup (c = captain) No Name Pos Ht Yr G A Pts Notes 6 uMelissa Henderson F 5-8 So. 18 5 41 •GWGvs.FSUinNCAAQtrs 9 Lauren Fowlkes F 5-10 Jr. 10 4 24 •2009BIGEASTCo-OffensivePOY 4 TaylorKnaack F 5-4 Jr. 6 5 17 •Fourthontheteaminscoring 7 AmandaClark M 5-6 Sr. 2 1 5 •GWGvs.MUinBIGEASTtitlegame 15 uRoseAugustin M 5-5 Jr. 7 10 24 •GWGvs.OSUinNCAA3rdround17 uCourtneyBarg M 5-5 So. 1 2 4 •2009BIGEASTMidfielderoftheYear 5 MollyCampbell D 5-8 So. 1 3 5 •Setup2goalsvs.IUPUIoffsetpieces 8 HaleyFord D 5-9 Sr. 3 1 7 •Scored2ndgoalvs.FSUinNCAAQtrs12 uJessicaSchuveiller(c) D 5-8 So. 2 2 6 •GWGvs.SJUinBIGEASTSemis(ot) 25 uJulieScheidler D 5-5 Jr. 1 4 6 •Her4assistsareacareerhigh 1 NikkiWeiss GK 5-11 Jr. 14-1-1,0.47GAA •7soloShO;BEAll-TournamentTeamu = Returning starter from 2008 // Pronunciations: Fowlkes (Folks); Knaack (Nack); Scheidler (SHYD-ler); Schuveiller (SHOE-vy-ler); Weiss (rhymes with nice);Augustin (AW-gus-teen).

2009 ND Women’s Soccer — Game 26NCAA Championship — College Cup Semifinals#5/5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish(21-3-1/10-0-1BIGEAST)vs.#4/3 North Carolina Tar Heels (21-3-1/7-3-0ACC)

uDATE: December4,2009uTIME: 8:00pmETuAT: CollegeStation,Texas AggieSoccerStadium(9,000)uSERIES: UNCleads11-4-2uFIRST MTG: UNC,3-0(10/15/93)uLAST MTG: UNC,6-0(9/4/09)

uTV: ESPNU ESPN360.com(live) BethMowins,p-b-p CatWhitehill,coloruLIVE STATS: UND.comuTEXT ALERT: SignupatUND.comuTICKETS: (888)999-AGGIE

Storylinesu NotreDame ismaking its11thappearance

intheNCAAChampionshipCollegeCup,in-cludingitsfourthconsecutivetriptothefinalfour(NDis7-3inNCAAsemifinalgames).

u During their current 19-game unbeatenstreak, the Irish have led or been tied fornearly99percentofthetotalminutesplayed(allbut16:38of1,738:56).

T here is no shortage of storylines as theFighting Irish pursue their third nationalchampionshipatthe2009NCAAWomen’sCollegeCupinCollegeStation,Texas. Forstarters,NotreDameismakingitsfourthconsecutive appearance at the event, and itsfifthCollegeCup trip in the past six seasons.AstheIrishlookaheadtoarematchoflastsea-son’schampionshipmatchwiththeTarHeelsofNorthCarolina,theymayalsonoticethatStan-ford andUCLAwillmeet in the other nationalsemifinalcontest-meaning thatall fourof lastseason’sfinalfourparticipantshavesuccessful-lynavigated through theNCAAChampionshipfieldof64toreturntotheCollegeCup,mark-ingthefirsttimesince1986thatarepeatofthepreviousseason’sfinalfourwilltakeplace. AnotherstorylinefeaturesahomecomingofsortsasheadcoachRandy WaldrumandsixofhisplayersreturntotheirnativestateofTexasinpursuitofthe2009NationalChampionship.

Rankingsu NotreDameisrankedfifthintheNSCAApoll

and Soccer Americapolls.u NorthCarolinaisrankedfourthintheNSCAA

pollandthirdbySoccer America.

Websitesu NotreDame: www.und.comu NorthCarolina: www.tarheelblue.comu BIGEAST: www.bigeast.orgu ACC: www.theacc.org

Setting The (Golden Dome) StandardWhen it comes to powerhouse programs inwomen’scollegesoccer,oneneedlooknofur-therthanNotreDame.TheIrishhavewontwoNCAAtitles(1995,2004)tohighlightaresumethat includessevenNCAAnational champion-ship game appearances and 11 trips to theNCAACollegeCupsemifinals(second-mostintournamenthistory).NotreDamehasearned17consecutiveNCAAChampionshipberths(1993-2009)and isoneofonly twoschools toreachthefinal-32everyyearsince1993. Intheirhistory,theIrishhavedevelopedfourHermannTrophywinnersand45All-Americans,including 17 first-team selections. Now in its22ndseasonin2009,NotreDameownsanall-timerecordof429-71-20 (.844).

Notre Dame Head Coach Randy WaldrumMidwesternState’81u 11thseasonatNotreDame •232-33-9(.863)atNotreDame. •339-83-21(.791)in20thseason(women). •415-138-28(.738)in28thseason(overall).NOTESu4thontheNCAADivisionIcareerwinningpercentagelist(3rdamongactivecoaches)

u8-timeNSCAARegionalCoachoftheYearu8-timeconferenceCoachoftheYear •BIGEAST(1999,2000,2003,2004,2008) •Big12(@Baylor)(1998) •MissouriValley(@Tulsa-men)(1991,1993)

21-3-1 / 10-0-1 BIG EASTA11 Ireland Nat’l Team (exhib.)1 W, 1-0

A14 (3/5) vs. Virginia (9/11) (exhib.)2 T, 3-3

A21 (3/5) Wisconsin W, 3-0

A28 (2/4) Loyola-Chicago W, 2-0

S4 (2/4) North Carolina (1/1)3 L, 0-6

S6 (2/4) UW-Milwaukee3 W, 3-0S11 (5/7)@SantaClara4 L,0-2

S13 (5/7)vs.Stanford(3/2)4 L,0-2

S18 • (14/13) DePaul W, 4-0

S20 (14/13) Northwestern W, 2-0S25 •(14/12)Cincinnati W,2-1

S27 • (14/12) LouisvilleCBS C W, 1-0O2 •(10/8)@WestVirginiaESPNU W,3-2OT

O4 •(10/8)@Pittsburgh T,0-02OT

O9 •(8/9)@Rutgers(10/12) W,1-0

O11 •(8/9)@SetonHall W,2-0

O16 • (7/8) Connecticut W, 6-1

O18 • (7/8) Providence W, 2-0

O23 • (6/7) Villanova W, 2-0

O25 • (6/7) Georgetown (RV/22)FSC W, 2-0

N1 (5/7) South Florida5 W, 5-0N6 (4/7)St.John’s6-CBSC W,2-1OT

N8 (4/7)Marquette(RV/10)6-CBSC W,2-1

N13 (5/5) IUPUI7 W, 5-0

N15 (5/5) Central Michigan7 W, 6-1

N20 Oregon State7 W, 1-0N27 (5/5)FloridaState(6/6)8 W,2-0

D4 NorthCarolina9-ESPNU 8:00pm

D6 NCAACollegeCupFinal9 1:00pm

(x/x) Rankings in NSCAA/Soccer America polls at kickoff; numbers listed before opponent are Notre Dame rankings, numbers listed after opponent are its rankings.

• = BIG EAST Conference matchCBS C = match televised live on CBS College SportsBETV = match televised live on BIG EAST TV affiliatesESPNU = match televised live on ESPNUFSC = match televised on Fox Soccer Channel

1 = Played in Indianapolis, Ind. (Kuntz Stadium)2 = Played in Maple City, Mich. (Myles Kimmerly Park)3 = Inn at Saint Mary’s Soccer Classic (Notre Dame, Ind.)4 = Santa Clara adidas Classic (Santa Clara, Calif.)5 = BIG EAST Quarterfinals (Notre Dame, Ind.)6 = BIG EAST Championship (semifinals/final at Storrs, Conn.)7 = NCAA Championship Rds 1-3 (Notre Dame, Ind.)8 = NCAA Championship Quarterfinals (Tallahasee, Fla.)9 = NCAA Women’s College Cup (College Station, Texas)

Matches in boldface will be played at Alumni Stadium (cap. 2,500), except Aug. 21 & 28 matches (played at Alumni Field).

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Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School) 1 NikkiWeiss GK 5-11 Jr.-2V Redding,Conn.(Immaculate) 3 MaddieFox GK 5-8 Fr.-HS SanJose,Calif.(Leigh) 4 TaylorKnaack M/F 5-4 Jr.-1V Arlington,Texas(Martin) 5 MollyCampbell D 5-8 So.-1V MissionHills,Kan.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 6 MelissaHenderson F 5-8 So.-1V Garland,Texas(Berkner) 7 AmandaClark D/M 5-6 Sr.-3V Naperville,Ill.(NeuquaValley) 8 HaleyFord D 5-9 Sr.-3V Midland,Texas(Midland) 9 LaurenFowlkes D/M/F5-10 Jr.-2V Lee’sSummit,Mo.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 10 LindsayBrown M 5-7 Fr.-HS LaderaRanch,Calif.(MaterDei) 11 MicheleWeissenhofer(C) F 5-4 Sr.-3V Naperville,Ill.(NeuquaValley) 12 JessicaSchuveiller(C) D 5-8 So.-1V Plano,Texas(PlanoWest) 13 KelseyLysander GK 5-10 Sr.-3V SanDiego,Calif.(RanchoBernardo) 14 CourtneyRosen(C) M 5-7 Sr.-3V Brecksville,Ohio(HathawayBrown) 15 RoseAugustin M 5-5 Jr.-2V SilverLake,Ohio(WalshJesuit) 16 MicaelaAlvarez M 5-3 Sr.-1V Cranbury,N.J.(PeddieSchool) 17 CourtneyBarg M/F 5-5 So.-1V Plano,Texas(PlanoWest) 18 StephanieSohn D 5-6 Jr.-2V Ronkonkoma,N.Y.(SachemEast) 19 TerezaStastny F 5-7 Fr.-HS Calgary,Alberta(BishopCarroll) 20 LeahFisher F 5-3 Fr.-HS PalmHarbor,Fla.(EastLake) 21 EricaIantorno M/F 5-4 Jr.-2V Hinsdale,Ill.(Hinsdale) 22 RachelVanderGenugten D 5-4 Sr.-1V Schererville,Ind.(LakeCentral) 23 JazminHall D 5-3 Fr.-HS HighlandVillage,Texas(Marcus) 24 EllenJantsch M/D 5-9 So.-1V KansasCity,Mo.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 25 JulieScheidler D 5-5 Jr.-2V Indianapolis,Ind.(BishopChatard) 26 HaleyChamberlain D 5-8 So.-SQ Chandler,Ariz.(XavierPrep) 27 BrynnGerstle D 5-9 So.-SQ Louisville,Ky.(Assumption) 28 EllenBartindale D 5-9 So.-SQ St.Charles,Ill.(St.CharlesEast) 29 JenniferNordine F 5-8 So.-SQ Danville,Calif.(SanRamonValley) 30 LizMcNeil M 5-6 Fr.-HS Elkhorn,Neb.(Elkhorn)(C) — indicates team captain

Coaching StaffName Position Year at ND Alma MaterRandyWaldrum HeadCoach 11th MidwesternState’81DawnGreathouse AssistantCoach 7th Baylor’01KenNuber AssistantCoach 2nd SaintFrancis(Ind.)’93JeannetteBoudway VolunteerAssistant 2nd DePaul’01

Pronunciation GuideMicaelaAlvarez Muh-KAY-luhRose Augustin AW-gus-teenJeannetteBoudway BOOD-wayLauren Fowlkes FolksBrynn Gerstle BrinGUR-stullEricaIantorno Eye-un-TORE-noEllenJantsch JantzTaylorKnaack NackKelseyLysander LIE-sand-erJulie Scheidler SHYD-lerJessicaSchuveiller SHOE-vy-lerStephanieSohn Sone(rhymeswithcone)Tereza Stastny tuh-REE-zuhSTASS-kneeRachelVanderGenugten Van-dir-GUH-new-tunNikkiWeiss (rhymeswithnice)MicheleWeissenhofer Wise-en-HOFF-er

By ClassSeniors ................................................7

Juniors .................................................7

Sophomores ........................................ 9

Freshmen ............................................. 6

By PositionForwards ........................................... 10

Midfielders ......................................... 11

Defenders ..........................................13

Goalkeepers ........................................3NOTE: some players listed at more than one position

By State/ProvinceTexas ................................................... 6

Illinois ................................................... 4

California ............................................. 4

Indiana ................................................. 2

Missouri ............................................... 2

Ohio ..................................................... 2

Alberta(Canada) .................................. 1

Arizona ................................................ 1

Connecticut ......................................... 1

Florida .................................................. 1

Kansas ................................................. 1

Kentucky ............................................. 1

Nebraska ............................................. 1

NewJersey .......................................... 1

NewYork ............................................. 1

By Height5-11 ..............................................Weiss

5-10 ......................... Fowlkes,Lysander

5-9 ...Bartindale,Ford,Gerstle,Jantsch

5-8 .......... Campbell,Chamberlain,Fox,

Henderson,Nordine,Schuveiller

5-7 .................... Brown,Rosen,Stastny

5-6 .........................Clark,McNeil,Sohn

5-5 ................ Augustin,Barg,Scheidler

5-4 .............................Iantorno,Knaack,

VanderGenugten,Weissenhofer

5-3 ..........................Alvarez,Fisher,Hall

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2009 BIG EAST Standings (through Dec. 3)

American W L T Pts W L T(25/10)Marquette 7 2 2 23 15 5 3

(RV/-)St.John’s 6 4 1 19 13 6 2(RV/-)WestVirginia 5 3 3 18 10 7 6

SouthFlorida 5 4 2 17 9 8 3

Connecticut 5 5 1 16 11 8 2

Pittsburgh 3 3 5 14 8 5 5

Providence 3 6 2 11 8 8 3

Syracuse 2 8 1 7 5 11 3

National W L T Pts W L T(5/5) NOTRE DAME 10 0 1 31 21 3 1

(12/23)Rutgers 7 1 3 24 14 4 4

Georgetown 6 4 1 19 12 6 2

Villanova 4 4 3 15 11 6 5

DePaul 5 6 0 15 10 9 2

Cincinnati 3 7 1 10 8 10 1

Louisville 2 8 1 7 5 11 1

SetonHall 1 9 1 4 5 12 13 points for win; 1 point for tie (BIG EAST games only)(x/x) - ranking in current NSCAA/Soccer America polls

BIG EAST Offensive Player of the WeekAug.24 ........................................................TaraStrickland,DePaulAug.31 ....................................................BlakeMiller,WestVirginiaSept.7 .........................................................NickiGross,SetonHallSept.14 ..................................................JulieMorrissey,CincinnatiSept.22 ........................................................AshleyJones,RutgersSept. 28 .......................................... Lauren Fowlkes, Notre DameOct.5 ................................................MeganMischler,WestVirginiaOct.12 ............................................................ KatieRyan,VillanovaOct. 19 ..............................................Taylor Knaack, Notre DameOct.26 ......................................................RachelSloan,Marquette

BIG EAST Defensive Player of the WeekAug.24 ........................................MichaelaBuonomo,GeorgetownAug.31 ...............................................DominiqueLocascio,DePaulSept.7 .....................................................CaseyRamirez,SyracuseSept.14 ................................................... TaraMendoza,St.John’sSept.22 ................................................BrittanyTaylor,ConnecticutSept. 28 .....................................Jessica Schuveiller, Notre DameOct.5 ..............................................................KatWeiler,PittsburghOct.12 ................................................MeghanLewis,WestVirginiaOct.19 .................................................. AllisonMcBride,Marquette Oct. 26 ............................................. Julie Scheidler, Notre Dame

BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the WeekAug.24 .....................................................KerriButler,WestVirginiaAug.31 ....................................................KristinRussell,St.John’sSept.7 ............................................................ ErinGuthrie,RutgersSept.14 ................................................JessicaDulski,ConnecticutSept.22 ...............................................AndreaKaminski,CincinnatiSept.28 .......................................................KristinRussell,RutgersOct.5 ...................................................AndreaKaminski,CincinnatiOct.12 ..........................................................JillSchott,ProvidenceOct.19 ............................................................ ErinGuthrie,RutgersOct.26 ....................................................... NatalieKulla,Marquette

BIG EAST Rookie of the WeekAug.24 .....................................................HeidiSabatura,VillanovaAug.31 ..........................................................ClaireHanold,DePaulSept.7 ......................................................HeidiSabatura,VillanovaSept.14 .......................................................... AllyMiller,MarquetteSept.22 .....................................................AshleyCuba,PittsburghSept.28 ....................................................HeidiSabatura,VillanovaOct.5 .......................................................LindaRuutu,ConnecticutOct.12 ..............................................CarolineSzwed,WestVirginiaOct.19 .....................................................LindaRuutu,ConnecticutOct.26 .................................................TinaRomagnuolo,Syracuse

Upcoming BIG EAST GamesFriday,December4NCAAChampionshipSemifinals(CollegeStation,Texas)Notre Dame vs. North Carolina ..................... 8:00 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change

Around The BIG EAST

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Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School) 16 MicaelaAlvarez M 5-3 Sr.-1V Cranbury,N.J.(PeddieSchool) 15 RoseAugustin M 5-5 Jr.-2V SilverLake,Ohio(WalshJesuit) 17 CourtneyBarg M/F 5-5 So.-1V Plano,Texas(PlanoWest) 28 EllenBartindale D 5-9 So.-SQ St.Charles,Ill.(St.CharlesEast) 10 LindsayBrown M 5-7 Fr.-HS LaderaRanch,Calif.(MaterDei) 5 MollyCampbell D 5-8 So.-1V MissionHills,Kan.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 26 HaleyChamberlain D 5-8 So.-SQ Chandler,Ariz.(XavierPrep) 7 AmandaClark D/M 5-6 Sr.-3V Naperville,Ill.(NeuquaValley) 20 LeahFisher F 5-3 Fr.-HS PalmHarbor,Fla.(EastLake) 8 HaleyFord D 5-9 Sr.-3V Midland,Texas(Midland) 9 LaurenFowlkes D/M/F5-10 Jr.-2V Lee’sSummit,Mo.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 3 MaddieFox GK 5-8 Fr.-HS SanJose,Calif.(Leigh) 27 BrynnGerstle D 5-9 So.-SQ Louisville,Ky.(Assumption) 23 JazminHall D 5-3 Fr.-HS HighlandVillage,Texas(Marcus) 6 MelissaHenderson F 5-8 So.-1V Garland,Texas(Berkner) 21 EricaIantorno M/F 5-4 Jr.-2V Hinsdale,Ill.(Hinsdale) 24 EllenJantsch M/D 5-9 So.-1V KansasCity,Mo.(St.Teresa’sAcad.) 4 TaylorKnaack M/F 5-4 Jr.-1V Arlington,Texas(Martin) 13 KelseyLysander GK 5-10 Sr.-3V SanDiego,Calif.(RanchoBernardo) 30 LizMcNeil M 5-6 Fr.-HS Elkhorn,Neb.(Elkhorn) 29 JenniferNordine F 5-8 So.-SQ Danville,Calif.(SanRamonValley) 14 CourtneyRosen(C) M 5-7 Sr.-3V Brecksville,Ohio(HathawayBrown) 25 JulieScheidler D 5-5 Jr.-2V Indianapolis,Ind.(BishopChatard) 12 JessicaSchuveiller(C) D 5-8 So.-1V Plano,Texas(PlanoWest) 18 StephanieSohn D 5-6 Jr.-2V Ronkonkoma,N.Y.(SachemEast) 19 TerezaStastny F 5-7 Fr.-HS Calgary,Alberta(BishopCarroll) 22 RachelVanderGenugten D 5-4 Sr.-1V Schererville,Ind.(LakeCentral) 1 NikkiWeiss GK 5-11 Jr.-2V Redding,Conn.(Immaculate) 11 MicheleWeissenhofer(C) F 5-4 Sr.-3V Naperville,Ill.(NeuquaValley)(C) — indicates team captain

Coaching StaffName Position Year at ND Alma MaterRandyWaldrum HeadCoach 11th MidwesternState’81DawnGreathouse AssistantCoach 7th Baylor’01KenNuber AssistantCoach 2nd SaintFrancis(Ind.)’93JeannetteBoudway VolunteerAssistant 2nd DePaul’01

Pronunciation GuideMicaelaAlvarez Muh-KAY-luhRose Augustin AW-gus-teenJeannetteBoudway BOOD-wayLauren Fowlkes FolksBrynn Gerstle BrinGUR-stullEricaIantorno Eye-un-TORE-noEllenJantsch JantzTaylorKnaack NackKelseyLysander LIE-sand-erJulie Scheidler SHYD-lerJessicaSchuveiller SHOE-vy-lerStephanieSohn Sone(rhymeswithcone)Tereza Stastny tuh-REE-zuhSTASS-kneeRachelVanderGenugten Van-dir-GUH-new-tunNikkiWeiss (rhymeswithnice)MicheleWeissenhofer Wise-en-HOFF-er


fighting irish women’s soccer 2009 NOTRE DAME

A Quick Look At The Fighting IrishNotre Dame knew this seasonwould be achallengingone,especiallywiththelossofsixtalented seniors, including fourwhowent inthefirst21picksof the2009WPSDraft.ButevenNostradamuscouldn’thavepredictedthehurdlestheIrishhaveencounteredthisyear. InjurieshavebeentheprimaryalbatrossforNotreDamethisseason,withseniormidfielder/tri-captainCourtney Rosen (broken foot),seniormidfielderMicaela Alvarez (tornACL)and freshman forwardTereza Stastny (tornACL)alllikelysidelinedfortheyear—Rosen’sinjuryoccurred in thepreseason.Add to thatextendeddowntimeforseniorforwardMichele Weissenhofer (hamstring),seniorcenterbackHaley Ford (hamstring)andfreshmanleftbackJazmin Hall (quad),andyoucanunderstandwhyIrishtrainerDave Ludwighasmorethanearnedhispaycheckin2009. NotreDamealsobattled through abrutalnon-conference schedule that included top-threeopponentsNorthCarolinaandStanford,perennialpowerSantaClaraandup-and-comingprogramsWisconsinandWisconsin-Milwaukee.However,followinga3-3-0start,theIrishhavebeenamongthenation’shottestteams,goingunbeatenintheirlast19outings(18-0-1),out-scoringtheopposition50-7inthatspan,whilelockinguptheir12thBIGEASTregularseasontitleand11thBIGEASTpostseasoncrown. Sophomore forwardMelissa Henderson (18G-5A) leadsNotreDame in scoring,whilejuniorforwardLauren Fowlkes(10G-4A)isen-joyingabreakoutseason,fueledinpartbyhermovetothefrontlineatthestartofthecurrentunbeatenstreak.JuniorforwardTaylor Knaack (6G-5A) and juniormidfielderRose Augustin (7G-10A) also have played a significant rolein the recent Irish resurgence, as has juniorgoalkeeperNikki Weiss (14-1-1,0.47GAA,7ShO).

Scouting The Tar HeelsNorthCarolinaentersFriday’ssemifinalclashwitha21-3-1record(identicaltoNotreDame’soverallrecord)anda7-3-0markinACCregularseasonaction.TheTarHeelshaveadvancedtotheNCAACollegeCupforthe25thtimeinthelast28years. NorthCarolinaopenedtheseasonwithan11-gameunbeatenstreak(10-0-1)beforelos-ingthreeofitsnextfivecontests,endingwitha2-1lossatMiamionOct.25.Sincethatloss,UNChaspostednineconsecutivewins. In the first round of NCAAChampionshipplay,theTarHeelsedgedHighPointbyascoreof 1-0. Then, in second round action, theydownedNo.25Georgia,4-0,andfollowedwitha1-0winoverNo.19Marylandintheroundof16.Inthequarterfinals,UNCbeatNo.9WakeForest,5-2. In thewinoverWakeForest, theTarHeels tooka3-0 leadathalfandcruisedtothe5-2winonthestrengthofahattrickbyseniorforwardCasey Nogueira. Ashlyn Har-riswentthedistanceintheUNCnet,makingtwosaves. Ontheseason,NogueiraleadstheTarHeeloffensewithteam-highsof12goals,9assistsand 33 points. Junior forward Jessica Mc-Donald issecondontheteamwitheightgoals

andsixassistsfor22points,whilesophomoreforwardCourtney Jones(19),seniormidfield-er Tobin Heath (18) and juniormidfielderAli Hawkins (15) have all registered at least 15points.IntheTarHeelnet,Harrishasseenthemajorityoftheaction,postinga19-3-1record.Shehasmade42savesontheyearandpost-eda0.45goalsagainstaverage. North Carolina is led by head coachAn-son Dorrance,whoisinthemidstofhis31stseasonbehindtheTarHeelbench.Histeamshaveanall-timerecordof670-35-20(.938)andhehasguidedUNCto20nationalchampion-ships.

The Notre Dame-North Carolina SeriesNotreDameandNorthCarolina haveplayed17times,withUNCholdingan11-4-2edgeinthosegames, although the teamshave eachwontwoofthepastfourmeetings.Ofthe17all-timemeetings, eight have come inNCAAChampionshipplay,includingfivewiththeCol-legeCupChampionshipontheline(1994,’96,’99,2006and’08). Additionally, fourof the17meetingshavegone toovertime (NDis 1-2-1 in thoseOTcontests),while 11ofthe17havebeende-cided by one goal orfewer, including fiveof the past six (andsix of the eight in theRandy Waldrum era from1999tothepres-ent). Mos t re cen t l y,North Carolina trav-elled toNotreDame,Ind. for the first timesince1999andearneda6-0winonSept.4.Atthetime,theTarHeelswererankedfirstinthenation and the Irishwere ranked second.TheFighting Irish had their 30-game regular-seasonwinningstreak,27-gamehomewinningstreak and 54-game goal scoring streak allsnapped in the loss,which tookplacebeforeaboisterousoverflowcrowdof 3,007 fans inthefirstwomen’ssoccermatchplayedat thebrand-newAlumniStadium.Jessica McDonald hadtwogoalsandanassistfortheTarHeels,whileCasey Nogueira addeda goal and anassist forNorthCarolina. Senior goalkeeperKelsey Lysander madefoursavesinthefirsthalf forNotreDame,while junior goalkeeperNikki Weissdidnotrecordasaveinthefinal45minutes.HarrisgotthevictoryintheNorthCarolinagoal,workingthefirst70:42andmakingfoursaves,beforegivingwaytoHannah Daly,whodidnotmakeasaveinthelast19:18ofthecontest. Theteamsalsomettwicelastseason,withNotreDameandNorthCarolinaeachearningawin.TheIrishprovedvictoriousonSept.5,whentheyknockedoffUNC,1-0,inChapelHill,N.C.BrittanyBockscoredthegame-winningstrikeat50:21onthatdayandLysandermadethreesavestopreservethewin.

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ND vs. UNCAt The Collge Cup

Date/Site* Result11.20.94 UNC, 5-0 (f - Portland, Ore.)

12.1.95 ND, 1-0(s - Chapel Hill, N.C.)

12.8.96 UNC, 1-0 (ot)(f - Santa Clara, Calif.)

12.5.99 UNC, 2-0(f - San Jose, Calif.)

12.1.00 UNC, 2-1(s - San Jose, Calif.)

12.3.06 UNC, 2-1(f - Cary, N.C.)

12.7.08 UNC, 2-1(f - Cary, N.C.)

* - s = semifinals; f = finals



NSCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Poll• Nov. 10, 2009: Poll #13 Team (1st-Place Votes) Rec Pts LW1 uStanford (32) 20-0-0 800 12 Portland 18-1-0 765 23 UCLA 17-2-1 728 34 uNorth Carolina 17-3-1 692 55 NOTRE DAME 17-3-1 688 46 FloridaState 16-4-1 635 67 BostonCollege 15-3-2 596 78 SouthCarolina 17-3-2 534 159 Florida 15-5-2 476 810 LSU 14-4-2 465 1311 uSanta Clara 13-6-1 435 1412 uRutgers 13-3-4 386 1213 CentralFlorida 16-4-1 363 914 WakeForest 13-5-2 359 1015 OhioState 14-3-2 357 1116 PennState 12-5-2 311 2217 VirginiaTech 14-7-0 281 1918 WashingtonState 13-5-2 221 1819 Maryland 12-5-2 213 1620 BYU 14-7-0 191 1721 USC 12-6-2 181 2122 TexasA&M 14-6-2 174 2023 Dayton 16-0-5 166 2424 Purdue 12-5-3 129 2325 uMarquette 15-5-2 79 RVOthers Receiving Votes:Memphis54,Charlotte31,Georgia20,uVirginia 15,OklahomaState 11,Duke 10, SanDiegoState8,uSt. John’s 6,Missouri5,SanDiego,Mississippi3,Washington3,CalPoly1,uWest Virginia 1,MichiganState1.

LW = last week’s position u = 2009 Notre Dame opponent (UVa - preseason opponent)

Notre Dame in the NSCAA PollNSCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Poll Weeks RankedWeek Points Rank 2009 All Time*

Aug.11,2009(Pre) — 3 1 198Aug.25,2009 761 2 2 199Sept.1,2009 772 2 3 200Sept.8,2009 663 5 4 201Sept.15,2009 379 14 5 202Sept.22,2009 404 14 6 203Sept.29,2009 510 10 7 204 Oct.6,2009 515 8 8 205Oct.12,2009 573 7 9 206Oct.20,2009 664 6 10 207Oct.27,2009 665 5 11 208Nov.3,2009 699 4 12 209Nov.10,2009 688 5 12 210SEASON BESTS 772 2

Note: first-place votes listed in parentheses (unanimous in italics)* - includes 44 weeks ranked (1992-95) in Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America (ISAA) poll before NSCAA took over poll in 1996.

Notre Dame in Other Polls Week SA ST TD CS360Aug.11,2009(Pre) 5 4 5 5 Aug.24,2009 4 4 5 4Sept.1,2009 4 4 4 4Sept.8,2009 7 7 8 7Sept.15,2009 13 12 14 11Sept.22,2009 12 14 11 9Sept.29,2009 8 10 8 9 Oct.6,2009 9 8 8 8Oct.12,2009 8 9 8 8Oct.20,2009 7 8 6 7Oct.27,2009 7 7 5 7Nov.3,2009 7 7 5 6Nov.10,2009 5 6 5 --SEASON BESTS 4 4 4 4

SA - Soccer America // ST - Soccer Times // TD - Top Drawer Soccer // CS360 - CollegeSoccer360.com compositeNote: first-place votes listed in parentheses (unanimous in italics)

ThreemonthslaterintheNCAAChampion-shipmatchinCary,N.C.,theTarHeelsearneda come-from-behind 2-1win to eraseNotreDame’srunataperfectseason.TheIrishjumpedouttoanearly leadwhenKerriHanksscoredoff aCourtneyRosencross just16secondsinto the match (thefastestscoreinNCAAchampionship gamehistory), but UNC’sNogueiranettedgoalsat51:08and87:54 tosecurethewin. Notre Dame andNorthCarolinafirstmetinHouston, Texas onOctober15,1993whenUNCcame upwith a3-0win.Foracompleteseriesbreakdown,seepage 106 of the 2009NotreDamewomen’ssoccermediaguide.

NCAA Championship Quick Kicks•Notre Dame is competing in the NCAAChampionshipforthe17thconsecutiveyear,thesecond-longestactivestreakofconsec-utiveberths,trailingonlyNorthCarolina(28)inthatcategory.

• Notre Dame has a 53-14-1 all-time record(.787) in NCAA tournament play, includ-ing43-3-0(.935) inNCAAgamesplayedathome.

•NotreDameandUNCremaintheonlyteamstohavereachedthefinal-32orfurtherinev-ery NCAA Championship since 1993, andremain1-2invirtuallyalltournamentappear-ancerecordsinthattime—round-of-16trips(UNC-16,ND-14,Portland-14),quarterfinalssince 1994 (UNC-14, ND-13, Portland-13),College Cup berths since 1994 (UNC-13,ND-11) and title game appearances since1994(UNC-10,ND-7;nooneelsewithmorethanthree).

•The Fighting Irish claimed NCAA titles in1995and2004,joiningUNCandPortlandastheonlyrepeatwinnersinthehistoryofthetournament. Notre Dame also has finishedas the NCAA runner-up five times (1994,1996,1999,2006and2008)aspartofits10NCAACollegeCupberths(alsosemifinalistin1997,2000and2007),allsince1994.

19 And Counting...Sincestartingtheseasonwitha3-3record,theIrishhavegoneunbeatenintheirlast19games(18-0-1)datingbacktoa4-0winoverDePaulonSept.18. Thestreakisthesecond-longestinDivisionI (throughDec. 3) andNotreDame’s lone tiein that stretch cameat Pittsburgh whenthePanthersandIrishplayed toa0-0 stale-mateonOct.4.Duringthe19-gameunbeatenstreak(whichincludesanactive13-gamewin-ningstreak),theIrishhaveloggeda50-7scoringmarginandhaveshutouttheiropponentson13occasions.

Duringthe19-gameunbeatenstreak,NikkiWeisshasposteda13-0-1recordincludingsixsoloshutouts.MelissaHendersonhasledtheoffensewith14goalsand fourassists for32points.Asawhole, theoffensehasaveraged2.63 goals per gamewhile the defense haslimitedtheoppositionto0.37goalspergame.

Familiar TerritoryTheIrishhaveadvancedtotheCollegeCupforthe fourthconsecutiveyearand thefifth timeinthepastsixseasons.Italsomarksthe11thtime inprogramhistorythattheIrishwillplayin theNCAAChampionship final four, havingmade previous College Cup appearances in1994-97, ’99, 2000,’04and’06-’09. Notre Dame hasposted a 7-3mark inits 10 previous Col-lege Cup semifinalmatches, includinga 1-0 win over Stan-ford last year. In thatwin, Courtney Barg scored what provedto be the game win-nerat14:07,withanassistfromherclassmateMelissa Henderson.NotreDamegoalkeeperKelsey Lysanderalsomadeacareerhighsev-ensavesinthatwin.

Senior MomentsThe2009 Irishseniorclass issecondonly toNorthCarolina as themost successful groupinthecountryonthebasisofwins,withafour-year record todateof91-10-4 (.886) that in-cludes four consecu-tivetripstotheNCAACollege Cup and ap-pearancesinthe2006and2008nationaltitlegames. The .886 winningpercentage compiledby the Notre DameseniorsalsoissecondbestonthenationalscenebehindNorthCaro-lina.

The Magnificent Seven ThoughtheIrishwill faceNorthCarolinaover1,100milesawayfromitshomefieldofAlumniStadium, six of NotreDame’s playerswill berightathomeinCollegeStation,Texasaswillhead coach Randy Waldrum. The Texas na-tives include regular starters Taylor Knaack (Arlington/Martin), Melissa Henderson (Gar-land/Berkner), Haley Ford (Midland/MidlandHS), Jessica Schuveiller (Plano/PlanoWest)and Courtney Barg(Plano/PlanoWest)aswellas freshman Jazmin Hall (Highland Village/Marcus),whohasplayed in19games.Addi-tionally,theIrishareledbyWaldrum,whoisanativeofIrving,Texas. Combined,NotreDame’sTexascontingenthasmade112starts in2009.Theyhavereg-istered30goalsandadded17assists for77points,whichequatesto47.5percentofNotreDame’soffensiveoutputthisseason.

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4-yr record Pct.UNC 92-9-4 .895uND 91-10-4 .886 UCLA 84-9-5 .883PORT 76-12-3 .851STAN 76-11-8 .842FSU 72-18-11 .767Note: list by wins (entering College Cup)Research courtesy CollegeSoccer360.com

Active NCAA D-I Unbeaten Streaks*

Team # (Records)Stanford 24(24-0-0)uNOTRE DAME 19 (18-0-1)* - Entering the College Cup

ND Career Leaders vs. UNC

Name* G-A-PWeissenhofer 2-1-5Rosen 0-2-2

Lysander 1-2-1(225:00) 6GA,9SV

Weiss 0-0-0(45:00) 2GA,0SV* - players on the 2009 roster only ND Career Leaders

In College Cup Play

Name* G-A-PRosen 1-1-3Barg 1-0-2Henderson 0-1-1

Lysander 1-1-0(180:00) 2GA,9SV

* - players on the 2009 roster only



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Rose Augustin (Jr., M)Aug.23 ............................... BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRollSept.13 .... SantaClaraadidasClassicAll-TournamentTeamSept.21 .............................. BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRollOct.6 .........CollegeSoccer360.comPrimetimePerformerOct.26 ................................ BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRollNov.5 ....................................SecondTeamAll-BIGEAST

Courtney Barg (So., M)Aug.11 .............................All-BIGEASTPreseasonTeamSept.6 ....... InnatSaintMary’sClassicAll-TournamentTeamNov.5 .........................................FirstTeamAll-BIGEASTNov.5 .............................BIGEASTMidfielderoftheYearNov.8 .............................BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeamNov.12 ...... TopDrawerSoccerNat’lTeamofYr(2ndtm)

Molly Campbell (So., D/M)Oct.29 ..... ESPN The MagazineAcad.All-District(1sttm)

Amanda Clark (Sr., M)Nov.8 ....................2009BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeam

Haley Ford (Sr., D)Sept.13 .... SantaClaraadidasClassicAll-TournamentTeam

Lauren Fowlkes (Jr., D/M/F)Aug.11 ....Soccer AmericaPreseasonAll-American(2ndtm) Aug.11 .............................All-BIGEASTPreseasonTeamSept.28 ..............BIGEASTOffensivePlayeroftheWeekSept.29 .. TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheWeekOct.12 ................................ BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRollOct.29 ..... ESPN The MagazineAcad.All-District(1sttm)Nov.5 .........................................FirstTeamAll-BIGEASTNov.5 .............BIGEASTCo-OffensivePlayeroftheYearNov.8 .............................BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeamNov.8 ............................................BIGEASTTournament MostOutstandingOffensivePlayerNov.12 ...... TopDrawerSoccerNat’lTeamofYr(2ndtm)Nov.17 ESPN The MagazineAcad.All-American(2ndtm)

Melissa Henderson (So., F)Aug.11 ................................. HermannTrophyWatchListAug.11 ..... Soccer AmericaPreseasonAll-American(1st)Aug.11 ................... BIGEASTPreseasonOffensivePOYAug.11 .............................All-BIGEASTPreseasonTeamSept.6 ....... InnatSaintMary’sClassicAll-TournamentTeamNov.2 ..... TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheWeekNov.5 ....................................SecondTeamAll-BIGEASTNov.12 .......TopDrawerSoccerNat’lTeamofYr(3rdtm)Nov.16 ........TopDrawerSoccerNat’lPlayeroftheWeek

Taylor Knaack (Jr., F/M)Oct.19 ................BIGEASTOffensivePlayeroftheWeekOct.19 .... TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheWeekOct.20 .......CollegeSoccer360.comPrimetimePerformerOct.20 ........................Soccer AmericaTeamoftheWeek

Courtney Rosen (Sr., M)Aug.11 ................................. HermannTrophyWatchListAug.11 .............................All-BIGEASTPreseasonTeam

Julie Scheidler (Jr., D)Oct.26 ...............BIGEASTDefensivePlayeroftheWeekOct.27 ......... Soccer AmericaNationalTeamoftheWeek

Jessica Schuveiller (So., D)Sept.28 .............BIGEASTDefensivePlayeroftheWeekSept.29 ....... Soccer AmericaNationalTeamoftheWeekNov.5 .........................................FirstTeamAll-BIGEASTNov.8 .............................BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeamNov.8 ............................................BIGEASTTournament MostOutstandingDefensivePlayerNov.9 ..... TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheWeekNov.11 .......................Soccer AmericaTeamoftheWeekNov.12 ............TopDrawerSoccerNat’lTeamofYr(HM)

Nikki Weiss (Jr., GK)Oct.12 ................................ BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRollNov.8 .............................BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeam

Streak StoppersWhilestringingtogetheranimpressive19-gameunbeatenstreakandadvancingtotheCollegeCupforthefourthconsecutiveseason,theIrishhavesnappedseveralimpressivestreaksheldbytheiropponentsintheNCAAChampionship.First,witha6-1victoryoverCentralMichiganinsecondroundplay,theIrishsnappedtheChip-pewas’18gameunbeatenstreak,whichwastiedforthirdbestinthenationatthetime. Then,witha2-0NCAAquarterfinalwinoverFloridaState,NotreDameendedtheSeminoles’18-match homewinning streak,whichdatedbacktoSeptember25oflastseason.TheIrishlossalsohandedFSUitsfirstever-homelossinpostseasonplay,astheSeminolesenteredthegamewithan18-0-0recordinhomepostseasonmatches.

Goals GaloreThroughfourgamesof theNCAAChampion-ship, the Irish have outscored the oppositionbya14-1marginafterwinsover IUPUI (5-0),CentralMichigan(6-1)OregonState(1-0)andFloridaState(2-0).NotreDame’ssixgoalsver-sus the Chippewas were the most in NCAAsecondroundplayintheRandyWaldrumeraandrepresent thehighestsecondround totalsince1997whentheIrishknockedoffNebras-ka,6-0,onNov.23. NotreDame’s11goalsthroughthefirsttwoNCAAChampionshipgameswasalsothepro-gram’shighesttwo-gametotalunderWaldrumand themostsince the1997seasonaswell,when the Irish scored seven goals in a firstroundwinoverCincinnati(7-1)toruntheirtwo-gametotalto13. Overall, the14goals infourNCAACham-pionshipgames isNotreDame’shighestout-put since 2006 when the Irish combined for15goalsinthefirstfourroundsofplay(W,7-1vs.Oakland;W,1-0vs.Milwaukee;W,3-0vs.Colorado;W,4-0vs.PennState).

Noting Henderson’s Recent HeroicsSophomore forward Melissa Henderson haspoweredtheIrishoffenseasoflate,highlightedbya four-goaleffortversusCentralMichigan.In Notre Dame’s seven postseason gamesthusfar,shehasnotchedtengoalsandthreeassists for 23 points, giving her an astonish-ing3.3points/gameaveragethispostseason.NotreDameis23-0all-timewhenHendersonscoresagoal(11-0thisyear)and27-0all-timewhenshetalliesapoint(13-0thisyear).

• Henderson’s four goals versus CMU set aprogram record for most goals scored inan NCAA Championship game and tie forthe most goalsscored in asingle game,as it was justthe sixth timeinprogramhis-tory that anIrish playerhas scoredfour goals in agame.HendersonisalsothefirstIrishplayertonetafirsthalfhattrick inNCAAplay,as

threeofthefourgoalscameinthefirsthalfofplay.

• Withahat trickversusUSFand fourgoalsagainst CMU, Henderson notched NotreDame’s10thand11thpostseasonhattricksinprogramhistory.Theywerethefirstpost-seasonhattrickssinceNov.24,2006,whencurrentFightingIrishseniorforward/tri-cap-tainMichele Weissenhoferhadthreegoalsina4-0NCAAquarterfinalwinovereighth-rankedPennStateatoldAlumniField.

• Hendersonisthefirstplayerinprogramhis-tory to recordmore thanonehat trick in asinglepostseason.

• The four goals versus Central MichiganmarkedHenderson’sthirdconsecutivehomegame with at least two goals, having alsonotchedahattrickagainstUSFandscoredtwogoalsversusIUPUIinNotreDame’s5-0NCAAfirstroundwin.

• The hat trick versus USF marked the firstNotreDamehattrickintheBIGEASTCham-pionshipinalmostfiveyears(Oct.31,2004-KatieThorlaksonfourgoalsina7-0quarter-finalvictoryoverSt.John’satAlumniField),and just the third in the program’s 15-yearconference affiliation (Anne Makinen alsopulledoffthefeatinthe1997BIGEASTfinalvs.fourth-rankedConnecticutinPiscataway,N.J.).

• Hendersonnotchedthegame-winninggoalintheNCAAChampionshipquarterfinalwinoverFloridaState,settinganIrishrecordforgame-winninggoals in a seasonwithnine.Shebestedtheprevioushighofeightorigi-nallysetbyMichelle McCarthy (1994)andlatertiedbyKatie Thorlakson(2004).

Game #25 Recap: Florida StateSecondseededNotreDamescoredtwogoalsin a 51 second span to topple top-seededFloridaState,2-0,infrontofacapacitycrowdFridayafternoonattheSeminoleSoccerCom-plex.Melissa HendersontookadvantageofalooseballintheboxtogivetheIrisha1-0leadat38:35.Lessthanaminutelater,Haley Ford roseabovethepacktoheadhomeaRose Au-gustincornerkick,providingthefinal2-0vic-torymargin.Nikki Weissturnedinanimpres-siveperformanceintheIrishnetthatincludedfivesavesforherseventhsoloshutoutoftheseason. TheIrishandtheSeminolesfinishedeveninshots,aseachteamtook14.NotreDameputthree shots on net and Seminole goalkeeperErin McNulty made one save, while FloridaStatehadfiveshotsonframe,allofwhichwereturnedasidebyWeiss.Both teamsalso tookfivecornerkicks.

Irish Against The 2009 NCAA FieldNotreDameownsa12-3-0recordthisseasonversusteamsselectedtothe2009NCAACham-pionshipfield,postingwinsatWestVirginia(3-2OT)andRutgers(1-0),aswellashomevictoriesoverWisconsin (3-0),Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Irish Four Goal Games Player DateMelissa Henderson 11.15.09KerriHanks 8.20.05KatieThorlakson 10.31.04JennyStreiffer 10.11.97MonicaGerardo 10.27.96MonicaGerardo 9.7.95



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Day of the WeekSunday 9-1-1Monday 0-0Tuesday 0-0Wednesday 0-0Thursday 0-0Friday 12-2Saturday 0-0

Time of GameDaygames(before6p.mlocaltime) 11-1-1Nightgames(6p.m.orlaterlocaltime) 10-2

LocationHomegames 14-1Roadgames 5-1-1Neutralsitegames 2-1

Score TotalsScoreopeninggoal 20-0Allowopeninggoal 1-3Leading2-0 13-0Trailing2-0 0-3Scorelessmatches 0-0-1

Halftime scoreLeadingatthehalf 13-0Tiedatthehalf 8-1-1Trailingatthehalf 0-2

10-minute scoreLeadingwith10minutesleft 17-0Tiedwith10minutesleft 4-0-1Trailingwith10minutesleft 0-3

5-minute scoreLeadingwith5minutesleft 18-0Tiedwith5minutesleft 3-0-1Trailingwith5minutesleft 0-3

Shots on goal marginTakemoreshotsongoal 17-0-1Takesamenumberofshotsongoal 2-0Takefewershotsongoal 2-3

Total shots marginTakemoretotalshots 17-0-1Takesamenumberoftotalshots 1-0Takefewertotalshots 3-3

Corner kicks marginTakemorecornerkicks 12-0Takesamenumberofcornerkicks 3-1Takefewercornerkicks 6-2-1

MiscellaneousVs.Top25(NSCAAorSoccer Americapolls) 4-2Onbroadcasttelevision 5-0Inwhitejerseys 14-1-1Inbluejerseys 7-1Ingreenjerseys 0-1Inovertimegames 2-0-1Playinginrain/snow/wetfield 5-0-1

Individual AccomplishmentsWhenHendersonscoresagoal 11-0WhenHendersonscoresapoint 13-0WhenFowlkesscoresagoal 10-0WhenFowlkesscoresapoint 13-0

Conference AffiliationAtlanticCoast 1-1BIGEAST 13-0-1BigTen 2-0ConferenceUSA 0-0Horizon 2-0Mid-American 1-0Pac-10 1-1WestCoast 0-1Summit 1-0

MonthAugust 2-0September 5-3October 7-0-1November 7-0

(3-0),Villanova(2-0),IUPUI(5-0),CentralMichi-gan(6-1)andOregonState(1-0). TheFightingIrishalsocollectedneutral-sitewinsoverSt. John’s (2-1OT) andMarquette(2-1)intheBIGEASTChampionshipatStorrs,Conn.,whileallthreelossescameintheopeningmonthoftheseason—homevs.NorthCarolina(6-0),atSantaClara(2-0)andataneutralsitevs.Stanford(2-0)—withtwoofthoseclubs(UNCandStanford)earningNo.1seedsinthisyear’sNCAAChampionship. Most recently, the Irish travelled to Talla-hassee, Fla. and knockedof the top-seededSeminoles,2-0toadvancetothe2009NCAACollegeCup.

Captain ClutchSophomore co-captain and 2009 BIG EASTTournamentMostOutstandingDefensivePlay-er Jessica SchuveillerscoredthegoldengoalagainstSt.John’sonNov.6tosendtheIrishtotheirsixthconsecutiveBIGEASTtitlegame.Shenowhasthreecareergoals,witheachgoalprovingtobeagame-winningstrike.Addition-ally, two of her game-winners have come inpostseasonplay. Schuveiller,whohasstartedall52gamesofherIrishcareer,nettedherfirstcollegiategoallastseason inNotreDame’s2-0NCAAquar-terfinalwinoverFloridaState.PriortothatgoalversusFSU,in2009regularseasonaction,shescoredalategamewinnerwith8:08remainingtopropelNotreDamepastCincinnati,2-1,onSept.25.

Golden Domers Golden In OTOvertime has usually been the right time forNotre Dame, as the Fighting Irish are 20-3-9(.766)all-timeintheRandy Waldrumera(since’99)whengoingtoanextraperiodortwo,in-cludingacurrentseven-gameunbeatenstreak(5-0-2)datingbacktothe2007season. NotreDamewent to overtime in back-to-back contests in earlyOctober.OnOct. 2 atWestVirginia,Taylor Knaack scored41sec-onds into the first extra period to give theFightingIrisha3-2victoryovertheMountain-eers. Itwas the fastestOTgoal inWaldrum’s11-yeartenure,andit’salsobelievedtobethequickestovertimescore in theprogram’s22-yearhistory. Twodayslater,NotreDamewenttodoubleovertimeatPittsburghandwoundupfinishingin a 0-0 tie. It was only the eighth scorelessdrawinschoolhistoryandthefirstsinceAug.31, 2007 vs.Michigan at old Alumni Field. ItalsowasthefirsttimetheFightingIrishplayeda0-0contestinBIGEASTplaysinceOct.13,2006atConnecticut. Mostrecently,Jessica SchuveillerscoredthegoldengoalagainstSt.John’s in theBIGEAST Championship semifinals on Nov. 6 tosendtheIrishtotheconferencetitlematchforthesixthconsecutiveseason.

Beasts Of The BIG EASTWitha2-1winoverMarquetteintheBIGEASTchampionshipmatch onNov. 8,NotreDamenowownsanNCAADivisionI-record66-gameunbeatenstreak(63-0-3)againstBIGEASTop-

position,datingback toa4-1 lossatNo.15MarquetteonSept.30,2005.Inthattime,theonlytieswerea0-0drawatConnecticut(Oct.13,2006),a1-1deadlockatNo.12WestVir-ginia in the 2007BIG EAST final onNov. 11(WVUwon5-3onPKs,butthegameisrecord-edasatie)anda0-0tieatPittsburghonOct.4,2009. SincejoiningtheBIGEAST,theIrishare134-8-5(.928)all-timeinreg-ular-season conferencegames, 35-2-1 (.934) inthe BIG EASTChampi-onship,andholda713-85 scoring edge datingbacktothatfirstleagueseasonin’95. What’s more, NotreDame maintains a 14-year, 94-game homeunbeaten streak (93-0-1) versus BIG EASTteams,withConnecticut the lone conferenceteamevertodefeattheIrishathome(5-4inOTonOct.6,1995atoldAlumniField).

Academic All-AmericanJunior Lauren Fowlkes was named to the2009ESPNTheMagazineAcademicAll-Amer-icaWomen’sSoccerTeam,itwasannouncedonTuesday,Nov.17.Fowlkesearnedsecond-team accolades, becoming the 13th differentFightingIrishwomen’ssoccerplayertocollectAcademic All-America honors (with those 13combiningforatotalof23selections).Fowlkescurrently is enrolled in Notre Dame’sCollegeofScience,where she has compiled a 3.657cumulativeGPAasascience-businessmajor.Shewasnamedtothedean’slistinthefallof2007(3.804semesterGPA). NotreDameleadsthenationwith15wom-en’ssoccerAcademicAll-Americanssincethatsportbranchedofffromtheat-largeAcadem-ic All-America program in 2002. At least oneNotreDamewomen’ssoccerplayerhasbeenchosenasanAcademicAll-Americanin13ofthepast15seasons(allbut`99and`02). AsaUniversity,NotreDamerankssecondall-timewith213AcademicAll-Americanssincetheprogram’sinceptionin1952.What’smore,87FightingIrishstudent-athleteshaveearnedthe Academic All-America distinction duringthepastdecade,topsamonganyschoolinthecountry.

Taylor Made For Goal ScoringJunior forward/midfielderTaylor Knaack hashad abreakout year for the Irish, scoring sixgoals and adding five assists for 17 points.Shehadacareer-highfive-pointnightinNotreDame’s6-1defeatofUConnonOct.16. Entering the year, Knaack had five goalsandtwoassistsin27gamesplayed.

Nikki In The Irish NetJuniorgoalkeeperNikki Weisshashelpedleadthe Irishover thepast14gamesastheRed-ding, Conn. native has posted nine shutouts(sevensolo)anda13-0-1recordinthatspan. The impressivestretchbeganwhenWeiss

NCAA D-I Conference Unbeaten Streaks

1. uNOTRE DAME 66 (10/2/05-present) 2. NorthCarolina 55 (10/23/94-9/1/00) 3. Florida 50 (9/26/97-10/14/01) 4. NorthCarolina 41 (10/30/87-9/21/94) 5. Fairfield 38 (10/16/96-10/1/00)



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Notre Dame Quick FactsOfficial Name:UniversityofNotreDameLocation:NotreDame,Ind.Enrollment:8,371(undergraduate)/11,733(overall)Founded: 1842Colors:GoldandBlueNickname:FightingIrishSchool Fight Song:NotreDameVictoryMarchConference:BIGEASTFacility:AlumniStadium(cap.2,500)President:Rev.JohnI.Jenkins,C.S.C.Provost:ThomasG.BurishExecutive Vice President:JohnAffleck-GravesNCAA Faculty Representative:PatriciaBelliaDirector of Athletics:JackSwarbrickSenior Deputy Director of Athletics/SWA:MissyConboyAssistant Athletics Director (WSoc):TonyYelovich

Head Coach:RandyWaldrum(MidwesternState’81) Record at ND:232-33-9(.863)-11thseason Women’s record:339-83-21(.791)-20thseason Overall record:415-138-28(.738)-28thseason

Assistant Coaches: DawnGreathouse(Baylor’01)-7thseason KenNuber(SaintFrancis,Ind.’93)-2ndseason

Volunteer Assistant: JeannetteBoudway(DePaul’01)-2ndseason

Administrative Assistant:JeanneCheckleyAthletic Trainer:DaveLudwigStrength & Conditioning Coach:ElisaAngelesAcademic Counselor:ColleenIngelsbyEquipment Manager:KathySpeybroeckSenior Student Manager:MattMoran

Women’s Soccer History22nd Season:

1stmatch,Sept.1,1988vs.IU-SouthBend(W,5-1)All-Time Record:429-71-20(.844)Record At Home: 253-21-5(.916)

Alumni Stadium:12-1-0(.923)-1styear(’09-p) Alumni Field:222-16-4(.926)-19years(’90-09) Krause Stadium:19-4-1(.813)-2years(’88-89)

Overall vs. BIG EAST: 170-11-6(.925)-15thyear Regular Season:133-8-5(.928) BIG EAST Championship:35-2-1(.934)

NCAA Championship:53-14-1(.787)Conference/Membership Affiliations:

NCAADivisionIindependent(1988-89) *MidwesternCollegiate(1990-94) BIGEAST(1995-present)

Regular-Season Conference Championships (16): *MidwesternCollegiate-1991-94 BIGEAST-1996-97,1999-2001,2003-09

Conference Tournament Championships (13): *MidwesternCollegiate-1993-94 BIGEAST-1995-2001,2005-06,2008-09

NCAA Championship Appearances (17): 1993-2009(active)

NCAA National Championships (2): 1995,2004

NCAA National Finalists (7): 1994,1995,1996,1999,2004,2006,2008

NCAA Women’s College Cup Appearances (11): 1994-97,1999-2000,2004,2006-09

* - now known as the Horizon League

earnedherfirstcareersolocleansheetonOct.4 at Pittsburgh (a 0-0 double-overtime tie),and followedwith shutouts versusNo. 10/12RutgersandSetonHall.IntheRutgersmatch,sheturnedinacareerhighsixsaves.Shethenplayed the first 82:00 in Notre Dame’s 6-1winoverConnecticut,withherpersonalbest377:25 scoreless streak coming to an end inthesecondhalf(thescorelessstreakhadstart-edatSantaClaraonSept.11).WeissblankedProvidenceandVillanova,2-0,onOct.18and23forherfourthandfifthsoloshutoutsoftheyear.Shehasmade44savesontheyearandafter helping the Irish to wins over USF, St.John’sandMarquette,shewasnamedtothe2009BIGEASTall-TournamentTeam. WeissblankedOregonStateforherfirstca-reerNCAAChampionshipsoloshutoutinNotreDame’s1-0thirdroundwinandfollowedwithasoloshutoutagainstFloridaStatetohelptheIrishtotheirfourthconsecutiveCollegeCup.

Clean SheetsInauniquetwist,19ofNotreDame’s25gamesthisseasonhavebeendecidedbyshutout(15for theFighting Irish, three for theoppositionandonescorelessdraw).DuringNotreDame’scurrent 19-game unbeaten streak (18-0-1),12ofthe18Irishwinswereshutoutvictories,whilethetiewasalsoa0-0draw(atPittsburghonOct.4). Junior Nikki WeisshaspostedsevensoloshutoutsinNotreDame’slast12games,whilealso sharing shutout wins over Georgetownand IUPUIwith seniorKelsey Lysander and then shared the shutout over South FloridawithLysanderand Maddie Fox.Lysanderalsohasthreesoloshutoutsontheyear.

The 2-0 GuaranteeNotreDameis316-0-1all-timewhenclaiminga 2-0 lead and is unbeaten and untied in itspast293contestswhengoingahead2-0(dat-ingbacktoa3-3tiewithVanderbiltonSept.15,1991,inCincinnati). In fact, just two of the past 199 Irish op-ponents to face a 2-0 deficit have forced atie,somethingachievedbyfouropponents inNotre Dame history: Duke onOct. 17, 1993,in Houston (Irish won 3-2), Connecticut onNov.10,1996,intheBIGEASTfinalatAlumniField (ND led2-0, later tied 2-2 and3-3,NDwon4-3),DukeonNov.30,2007,intheNCAAquarterfinals at Alumni Field (Irish won 3-2),andmostrecently,VillanovaonOct.12,2008inVillanova,Pa.(Irishwon3-2inOT).

Three … Is The Magic NumberScoringthreegoalshasmeantvirtuallyanau-tomatic win in Notre Dame women’s soccerhistory,with a 286-3-1 (.988) record in thosegames, includinga188-1-0 (.995)marksinceOct.6,1995.TheIrishalsoare390-9-15(.960)whenholdingtheoppositionto0-1goals.

Our Fearless LeaderEleventh-year Notre Dame head coachRan-dy Waldrum reached anothermilestonewithNotreDame’s2-1winoverCincinnationSept.25,recordingthe400thwinofhisNCAADiv.I

coachingcareer(countinghisstintswithbothmen’sandwomen’scollegeteamsduringthepast28seasons). Waldrumisalsooneofeightactivewomen’sDivision Iheadcoaches to record300careerwins.Henowhasarecordof339-83-21(.791)in20seasons(includingsixatTulsaandthreeatBaylor).Hiswinningpercentageranksfourthamongactivecoaches,whilehis339winsarefifthontheNCAADivisionIcareerlist.

BIG EAST Awards RecapNotreDameearnedtwoofthesixmajorindivid-ualawardsandplacedfiveplayersonAll-BIGEASTconferenceteamsduringtheannualBIGEASTwomen’ssoccerbanquetattheHartfordHiltononNov.5.JuniorforwardLauren Fowl-kesearnedBIGEASTCo-OffensivePlayerofthe Year honors while sophomore Courtney Bargwas named the conference’sMidfielderoftheYear. FowlkesandBargwerealsonamedtotheAll-BIG EAST First Team andwere joined onthat squad by sophomore defender Jessica Schuveiller.JuniormidfielderRose Augustin and sophomore forwardMelissa Henderson wereAll-BIGEASTSecondTeamselections. FowlkesfollowsinalonganddistinguishedtraditionofNotreDameplayerswhohavecap-turedBIG EASTOffensive Player of the Yearlaurels. Combined with Kerri Hanks (whoearnedtheawardin2006and2008enroutetocollectingtheMACHermannTrophybothsea-sons),Brittany Bock (2007)andKatie Thor-lakson (2004and2005),Fowlkes is thesixthconsecutiveFightingIrishplayertotakehomethehardware. BargbecameNotreDame’sfirstrecipientoftheconference’smidfielderof the yearhonorsinceJen Buczkowski earned the award asajuniorin2005andjustthethirdall-time(alsoAnne Makinenin2000).Furthermore,Bargisthe first sophomore to earn the honor since2001, when Boston College’s Sarah Rahko wonit.

It’s Academic For This Irish DuoTwoNotreDameplayersandKansasCity-areanatives—juniorforwardLauren Fowlkes and sophomoredefenderMolly Campbell—havebeen named ESPN The Magazine first-teamAcademicAll-DistrictV selections, itwasan-nouncedOct.29bytheCollegeSports Infor-mationDirectorsofAmerica(CoSIDA). Both student-athletes are first-time aca-demicall-districthonorees. Fowlkeshasblossomedasaprimaryoffen-sivethreatforNotreDame,appearinginall23gamesandstarting21timesaftermovingbacktotheforwardlinethreeweeksintotheseason(apositionsheinitiallystartedatinhercollegecareer,beforemovingtoholdingmidfielderandcentral defender last season and earlier thisyear). FowlkescurrentlyisenrolledintheCollegeofScience,where she has compiled a 3.657cumulativeGPAasa science-businessmajorandwasnamedtothedean’slistinthefallof2007(3.804semesterGPA). Campbellisoneofthemoreimprovedplay-ersontheNotreDamerosterthisseason,hav-



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LocatedjusteastoftheJoyceCenterandapprox-imately500yardswestofitspredecessor,AlumniStadiumisthenewhomeforNotreDamesoccer,having opened its doors Sept. 4 to an overflowcrowdof 3,007 for itsdebutmatchagainst top-rankedNorthCarolina(theIrishmenplayedthreenightsearlier,blankingMichigan,5-0). Astate-of-the-artfacilitybuiltatacostof$5.7million,AlumniStadiumhasapermanentseatingcapacityofapproximately2,500fans,alongwithgrassbermseatingontheeastendofthegrounds.Thestadiumalsooffersupgradedandexpandedrestroomandconcessionareas, elevator accesstothemainconcourselevel,aswellasnumerousamenitiesforbothFightingIrishsoccerprograms(expansivelockerroomswithcustom-madewoodlockers, spacious team lounges with flat-screenplasmaTVsandhigh-speedInternetaccess,andafully-equippedathletictrainingcenter). What’smore,AlumniStadiumfeaturesanLEDscoreboard(installedby industry leaderDaktron-ics),enhancedlightingstructuresandtop-of-the-line sod for thepitch (cultivated inFortMorgan,Colo.,atGraff’sTurfFarms,whichalsohasprovid-edtheturffornumerousfacilitiesincludingNotreDameStadium,WrigleyField,BuschStadiumandthe new MLS grounds outside Denver and SaltLakeCity). Inaddition,mediamemberswillenjoythespa-cious new air-conditionedpress box, which includespower and high-speed In-ternet portals at every seat(along with wireless Internetcapability),threeindividually-wired broadcast booths andan expansive, unblockedmidfieldvantagepoint, all ofwhichmakeAlumniStadiumunlikeanyotheron-campusfacilityincollegesoccer. TheconstructionofAlumniStadiumwasmadepossible because of numerous generous dona-tions, including those by lead benefactors Tom Crotty and Rob Snyder,bothformerFightingIrishmen’ssoccerplayers. Crotty was a three-year monogram winnerfrom1977-79,earningteamMVPhonorsin1979beforegraduatingthefollowingspringwithade-greeinfinance.HecurrentlyisgeneralpartneratBatteryVenturesLPinWellesley,Mass.,whileheandhiswife,Shari,liveinSouthborough,Mass. Snyderearnedtwomonogramsfrom1980-83,pilingup23goalsand22assists(thelatterfigurerankingseventhinschoolhistory).Healsopottedateam-high12goalsin1981.A1984graduateofNotreDame,SnyderwentontobecomefounderandCEOofStreamEnergyinDallas,Texas.

Notre Dame Women’s Soccer FirstsIn Alumni Stadium

Individual First Player DateGoal MelissaHenderson 9.6.09Assist TerezaStastny 9.6.09HatTrick MelissaHenderson 11.1.094-goalgame MelissaHenderson 11.15.09Shot JessicaSchuveiller 9.4.09Save KelseyLysander 9.4.09Shutout NikkiWeiss/MaddieFox 9.6.09Shutout(solo) KelseyLysander 9.20.09

Team First Opponent DateWin Wisconsin-Milwaukee 9.6.09Shutout Wisconsin-Milwaukee 9.6.09

ingseentimeprimarilyat leftback,apositionshehadalmostneverplayedpriortothespringof2009.Mixedwithherstintsasanattackingmidfielder,shehasstartedall23gamesfortheFightingIrishthisyear. Campbell is presently studying in theCol-legeofArtsandLetters,whereshehasrecord-eda3.667cumulativeGPAasadoublemajorinpsychologyandAmericanstudies.

Pick Three For The Hermann WatchSophomore forward Melissa Henderson, ju-niordefender/midfielderLauren Fowlkes and seniormidfielderCourtney Rosen havebeennamedtothe45-playerwatchlistforthe2009MissouriAthleticClubHermannTrophy,itwasannounced by the National Soccer CoachesAssociationofAmerica(NSCAA). TheHermannTrophyispresentedannuallyto the nation’s topDivision Iwomen’s soccerplayer,withNotreDame’sKerri Hanksearningtheprestigiouscrystalball trophy last year. Intheprocess,HanksbecamethefourthFightingIrishplayertocollecttheaward,nottomentionjustthefourthtwo-timeHermannTrophyhon-oreesincetheawarddebutedin1988,aswellasthefirsttwo-timenationalplayeroftheyear(in any sport) in the122-yearhistoryofNotreDameathletics.

Your 2009 CaptainsThe 2009 Notre Dame squad features threefirst-timecaptains,withseniorsMichele Weis-senhofer and Courtney Rosen and sopho-more Jessica Schuveiller all selected via avoteoftheirteammates. Schuveiller’sselectionisnoteworthy,inthatshe is thefirst non-senior to serveasa teamcaptain sinceAmy Warnerwas one ofNotreDame’sthreecaptainsin2002(herjuniorsea-son).Thisyear’striumviratealsomarksthefirsttimesince2004 (Mary Boland,Gudrun Gun-narsdottir and Melissa Tancredi)thattheIrishhavenamedthreecaptains.

The M*A*S*H UnitSenior midfielder/tri-captainCourtney Rosen is out indefinitely after breaking her left footduring preseason training. Rosen underwentsuccessfulcorrectivesurgeryonAug.13andisinthemidstofrehabilitatingherinjury. FreshmanforwardTereza Stastny and se-niormidfielderMicaela Alvarezareoutfortheseason with torn ACLs. Stastny’s injury (rightknee)onOct.13,andAlvarez’s(leftknee)oneweeklaterweresufferedduringtraining.

Taking It To The Next LevelNotre Dame had 10 players appearing onopening-dayrostersfortheinauguralseasonofWomen’s Professional Soccer (WPS) in 2009,rankingsecondamongallcollegesinthatcat-egory.Fourofthose10(allmembersofthe’08Fighting Irish NCAA runner-up squad) wereselectedintheleague’sfirst-evercollegedraftbackinJanuary—Brittany Bock(firstround,fifthoverall,LosAngelesSol),Kerri Hanks(firstround,sixthoverall,SaintLouisAthletica),Car-rie Dew (secondround,12thoverall,FCGoldPride)andElise Weber(thirdround,21stover-all,SaintLouisAthletica).

Thatquartetwas joinedby:Shannon Boxx (LosAngelesSol),Jen Buczkowski and Chris-tie Shaner (SkyBlueFC),Candace Chapman (BostonBreakers),andAmanda Cinalli and Me-lissa Tancredi (SaintLouisAthletica). In addition, Kate (Sobrero) Markgraf was assignedtotheChicagoRedStarsaspartoftheU.S.NationalTeamdraft,butsatoutthe’09sea-sonwhileonmaternity leave (shegavebirthtotwinsinJune).Kelly LindseybegantheseasonasanassistantcoachatSkyBlueFC,thentookoverasinterimheadcoachatmidseasonbeforeresigninglateintheyear. Midseason trades saw Hanks sent to SkyBlueFC,whileShanerwentouttoLosAngeles.Shanersubsequentlywassidelinedforthesea-sonwithabrokenleg. Ofthe10activeNotreDamealumsinWPS,eight saw their teams advance to the leagueplayoffs(allbutChapmanandDew).Ledbyar-guably the world’s top defensive midfielder inBoxxandoneofWPS’toprookiesinBock(whoplayedcenterbackafterneverplayingthatposi-tionatNotreDame),LosAngeleswontheregu-larseasontitleandtherighttohostthefirst-everWPSChampionshipGame. In the end, five Fighting Irish alums (tyingNorthCarolinaforthemostrepresentativesfromonecollege)workedtheirwayintotheWPSfinal—Bock,BoxxandShaner forL.A.,alongwithHanks and Buczkowski for Sky Blue FC. TheNewJersey-basedclubthencappedanamaz-ingstringofthreeplayoffroadwinsineightdayswitha1-0upsetofLosAngelestowintheinau-guralWPSChampionship. Boxxwassubsequentlynamedastarter forthefirstWPSAll-StarGame,which tookplaceatAnheuser-BuschSoccerParkinsuburbanSt.LouisonAug.30. OnSept.16,BuczkowskiwaschosenbythePhiladelphia Independencewith the third over-allpick in the2009WPSExpansionDraft,withCinalli going one selection later to the AtlantaBeat. Offseason personnel moves at the end ofSeptember have seen Chapman released byBoston (then signed by FC Gold Pride) andShanerreleasedbyLosAngeles,whileTancrediwasdeclaredafreeagentbySaintLouis.

Bock Tapped For U.S. National TeamFormer Irish All-American Brittany Bock (’09)wasnamedtothe18-playerroster fortheU.S.Women’sNationalTeam’sOct.29friendlyagainstGermanyatImpulsArenainAugsburg,Germany.Itwas the second time this calendar year thatBockwaschosenbyU.S.coachPia Sundhage tosuitupforaninternationalfriendly.However,aswasthecaseforaMayexhibitionvs.CanadainToronto,a last-minute injurykeptBock fromearningherfirstnationalteamcap(internationalappearance),althoughshewasonhandtohelpcheerherAmericanteammatestoa1-0winovertheGermans.




fighting irish women’s soccer 2009NOTRE DAME2009 Single Game Highs & Lows

Team SuperlativesNOTRE DAME HIGH NOTRE DAME LOW CATEGORY OPPONENT HIGH OPPONENT LOW

15vs.UConn(10/16/09) 0,fourtimes(MR:atPittsburgh,10/4/09) Points 17byNorthCarolina(9/4/09) 0,severaltimes(MR:vsFSU,11/27/09)

6,twice(MR:vs.CMU,11/15/09)0,fourtimes(MR:atPittsburgh,10/4/09) Goals 6byNorthCarolina(9/4/09) 0,severaltimes(MR:vsFSU,11/27/09)

5(1st)vs.USF(11/1/09) 0,manytimes(MR:vsFSU,11/27/09) Goals/Half 4(1st)byNorthCarolina(9/4/09) 0,severaltimes(MR:vsFSU,11/27/09)

5vs.DePaul(9/18/09) 0,fourtimes(MR:atPittsburgh,10/4/09) Assists 5byNorthCarolina(9/4/09) 0,severaltimes(MR:vsFSU,11/27/09)

27vs.UConn(10/16/09) 7vs.Stanford(9/13/09) Total Shots 21byMarquette(11/8/09) 2vsSetonHall(10/11/09)

15atCincinnati(9/25/09) 2vs.Stanford(9/13/09) Shots on Goal 11byNorthCarolina(9/4/09) 0,twice(MR:byUSF,11/1/09)

7,twice(MR:vs.Marquette,11/8/09) 0,threetimes(MR:vs.SJU,11/6/09) Saves 13byCincinnati(9/25/09) 1(byFSU,11/27/09)

8vs.Providence(10/18/09) 1,fourtimes(MR:vs.OSU,11/20/09) Corner Kicks 10bySantaClara(9/11/09) 1,threetimes(MR:byUSF,11/1/09)

16,twice(MR:vs.IUPUI,11/13/09) 6vs.Northwestern(9/20/09) Fouls 20byCincinnati(9/25/09) 5twice(MR:vs.IUPUI,11/13/09)

Individual Superlatives NOTRE DAME OPPONENT

Points 8byMelissaHendersonvs.CMU(11/15/09) 4byJessicaMcDonald/CaseyNogueiraofNorthCarolina(9/4/09)

Goals 4byMelissaHendersonvs.CMU(11/15/09) 2byJessicaMcDonaldofNorthCarolina(9/4/09)

Assists 2,fourtimes(MR:byMelissaHendersonvs.Marquette,11/8/09) 2byCaseyNogueiraofNorthCarolina(9/4/09)

Shots 8,threetimes(MR:byAugustin/Fowlkesvs.St.John’s,11/6/09) 6byBeckyRyanofMarquette(11/8/09)

Shots on Goal 6byMollyCampbellvs.Loyola-Chicago(8/28/09) 3,threetimes(MR:byChristenPressofStanford,9/13/09)

Saves 6,twice(MR:byNikkiWeissvs.Marquette,11/8/09) 13byAndreaKaminskiofCincinnati(9/25/09)


fighting irish women’s soccer 2009 NOTRE DAME2009 Notre Dame Game-By-Game Box Scores

GAME #1 — Aug. 21, 2009#3/4 Notre Dame 3, Wisconsin 0Alumni Field (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Wisconsin 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 0 3 — 3

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 1 (Taylor Knaack)47:49.ND 2.RoseAugustin1(-)49:58.ND 3. LaurenFowlkes1(Augustin)68:31.

Shots:WIS3-5-8;ND10-10-20Saves:WIS6-1-7(MicheleDalton6in90:00,team1);ND0-1-1(KelseyLysander1in72:40,NikkiWeiss0in17:20)Corner Kicks:WIS0-3-3;ND1-3-4Fouls: WIS6-6-12;ND1-3-4Offside:WIS0,ND2Attendance: 588

GAME #2 — Aug. 28, 2009#2/4 Notre Dame 2, Loyola-Chicago 0

Alumni Field (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Loyola-Chicago 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 1 1 — 2

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 2 (Julie Scheidler)13:24. ND 2. Molly Campbell 1 (Henderson)47:56.

Shots:LUC4-2-6;ND9-12-21Saves: LUC 3-8 - 11 (Katie Groesch 11 in90:00); ND 1-2 - 3 (Kelsey Lysander 3 in90:00)Corner Kicks:LUC2-1-3;ND2-5-7Fouls: LUC6-5-11;ND9-7-16Offside:LUC0,ND3Attendance: 921

GAME #3 — Sept. 4, 2009Inn at Saint Mary’s Soccer Classic

#1/1 North Carolina 6, #2/4 Notre Dame 0Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

North Carolina 4 2 — 6Notre Dame 0 0 — 0

UNC 1.CourtneyJones3(TobinHeath,CaseyNogueira) 0:23.UNC 2. JessicaMcDonald 1(Nogueira)6:23.UNC 3.MeghanKlingenberg1(NikkiWashington)19:18.UNC 4.BrittaniBar-tok2(AlyssaRich)36:09.UNC 5.Nogueira3(-)49:02. UNC 6.McDonald(-)54:49.

Shots:UNC12-7-19;ND2-13-15Saves:UNC2-2-4(AshlynHarris4in70:42,HannahDaly 0 in 19:18);ND 5-0 - 5 (KelseyLysander 4 in 45:00, NikkiWeiss 0 in 45:00,Team1)Corner Kicks:UNC4-2-6;ND2-1-3Fouls: UNC8-8-16;ND5-4-9Offside:UNC1,ND5Attendance:3,007(SRO - capacity)

GAME #4 — Sept. 6, 2009Inn at Saint Mary’s Soccer Classic

#2/4 Notre Dame 3, UW-Milwaukee 0Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

UW-Milwaukee 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 3 0 — 3

ND 1.MelissaHenderson3(TerezaStastny)4:30.ND 2.MelissaHenderson4(Stastny)13:41.ND 3.LaurenFowlkes2(RoseAugustin)23:03.

Shots:UWM3-5-8;ND8-6-14Saves:UWM2-0-2(JamieForbes2in45:00,Leslie Deebach 0 in 45:00); ND 1-3 - 4 (NikkiWeiss1in75:16,MaddieFox2in14:44)Corner Kicks:UWM3-1-4;ND1-0-1Fouls: UWM2-5-7;ND1-3-4Offside:UWM2,ND4Attendance:1,205

GAME #5 — Sept. 11, 2009Santa Clara adidas Classic

Santa Clara 2, #5/7 Notre Dame 0 Buck Shaw Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.)

Notre Dame 0 0 — 0Santa Clara 2 0 — 2

SCU 1.JordanAngeli3(KikiBosio)23:52.SCU 2.LaurenMatheson2(KendraPerry)62:06.

Shots:ND5-3-8;SCU3-7-10Saves:ND1-2-3(NikkiWeiss1in45:00,KelseyLysander2in45:00);SCU2-1-3(BiancaHen-ninger3in90:00)Corner Kicks:ND1-1-2;SCU3-7-10Fouls: ND4-4-8;SCU7-6-13Offside:ND2,SCU3Yellow Card:JennyLaPonte(SCU)21:43Attendance:2,133

GAME #6 — Sept. 13, 2009Santa Clara adidas Classic

#3/2 Stanford 2, #5/7 Notre Dame 0 Buck Shaw Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.)

Stanford 2 0 — 2Notre Dame 0 0 — 0

STAN 1. Mariah Nogueira 1 (Teresa Noyola)55:13.STAN 2.ChristenPress6(KelleyO’Hara,LindsayTaylor)57:58.

Shots:STAN6-10-16;ND1-6-7Saves:STAN0-2-2(KiraMaker2in90:00);ND0-4-4(KelseyLysander4in90:00)Corner Kicks:STAN0-3-3;ND2-1-3Fouls: STAN3-5-8;ND3-7-10Offside:STAN5,ND0Attendance:417

GAME #7 — Sept. 18, 2009#14/13 Notre Dame 4, DePaul 0

Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

DePaul 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 2 2 — 4

ND 1.LaurenFowlkes3(TaylorKnaack,Mol-ly Campbell) 16:40. ND 2. Rose Augustin 2(JessicaSchuveiller)43:40.ND 3.Augustin3(Knaack) 74:22. ND 4. Melissa Henderson 5 (RachelVanderGenugten)88:00.

Shots:DPU2-3-5;ND11-12-23Saves:DPU2-2-4(ClaireHanold4in90:00);ND1-2-3(KelseyLysander3in77:00,MaddieFox0in13:00)Corner Kicks:DPU0-1-1;ND5-2-7Fouls: DPU4-5-9;ND5-4-9Offside:DPU1,ND1Attendance:1,605

GAME #8 — Sept. 20, 2009#14/13 Notre Dame 2, Northwestern 0


Northwestern 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 1 1 — 2

ND 1.CourtneyBarg1(-)6:24.ND 2.JulieSc-heidler1(LaurenFowlkes)49:38.

Shots:NU4-6-10;ND5-10-15Saves: NU 2-3 - 5 (Carolyn Edwards 5 in90:00);ND0-3-3(KelseyLysander2in90:00,Team1)Corner Kicks:NU1-2-3;ND2-2-4Fouls: NU3-5-8;ND4-2-6Offside:NU0,ND3Attendance:787

GAME #9 — Sept. 25, 2009#14/13 Notre Dame 2, Cincinnati 1 Gettler Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Notre Dame 0 2 — 2Cincinnati 0 1 — 1

UC 1. EmilyHebbeler5(JulieMorrissey)75:56.ND 1.LaurenFowlkes4(RoseAugustin)77:14.ND 2.JessicaSchuveiller1(-)81:52.

Shots:ND11-13-24;UC2-2-4Saves:ND0-1-1(KelseyLysander1in90:00);UC6-7-13(AndreaKaminski13in90:00)Corner Kicks:ND5-1-6;UC0-1-1Fouls: ND4-4-8;UC10-10-20Offside:ND5,UC0Yellow Cards: Erin MacDonald (UC) 60:50;Amanda Clark (ND) 86:58; Fowlkes (ND)88:35.Attendance:647


fighting irish women’s soccer 2009NOTRE DAME2009 Notre Dame Game-By-Game Box Scores

GAME #10 — Sept. 27, 2009#14/12 Notre Dame 1, Louisville 0


Louisville 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 0 1 — 1

ND 1.LaurenFowlkes5(MollyCampbell)49:37.

Shots:LOU4-2-6;ND8-10-18Saves:LOU3-2-5(TaylorVancil5in90:00);ND0-1-1(KelseyLysander1in90:00)Corner Kicks:LOU2-3-5;ND4-3-7Fouls: LOU2-6-8;ND3-4-7Offside:LOU0,ND2Attendance:2,002

GAME #11 — Oct. 2, 2009#10/8 Notre Dame 3, West Virginia 2 (OT)Dick Dlesk Stadium (Morgantown, W.Va.)

Notre Dame 1 1 1 — 3West Virginia 1 1 0 — 2

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 6 (Rose Augustin)4:24. WVU 1.MeganMischler3(CarolynBlank,ChelseyCorroto)38:03.WVU 2.BlakeMiller2(-)48:51. ND 2.HaleyFord1(-)64:11.ND 3.TaylorKnaack1(-)90:41.

Shots:ND3-9-1-13;WVU5-6-0-11Saves:ND2-2-0-4(KelseyLysander4in90:41);WVU1-2-0-3(KerriButler3in90:41)Corner Kicks:ND0-1-0-1;WVU1-1-0-2Fouls: ND7-6-0-13;WVU5-5-0-10Offside:ND4,WVU1Yellow Cards: Augustin (ND) 29:18; AmandaClark(ND)31:33;NicoleMailloux(WVU)61:03Attendance:1,382

GAME #12 — Oct. 4, 2009#10/8 Notre Dame 0, Pittsburgh 0 (2OT)

Founders Field (Indianola, Pa.)

Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 — 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 — 0

Shots:ND10-11-2-2-25;PITT5-1-1-0-7Saves:ND4-0-0-0-4(NikkiWeiss4in110:00);PITT2-5-0-1-8(AlisonFinch8in110:00)Corner Kicks:ND2-1-0-1-4;PITT1-1-3-0-5Fouls: ND9-4-0-2-15;PITT4-2-1-2-9Offside:ND2,PITT2Yellow Cards: Alexandra Jaffe (PITT) 34:14;Head coach (ND) 75:27; Assistant coach (ND)109:59Attendance:324

GAME #13 — Oct. 9, 2009#8/9 Notre Dame 1, #10/12 Rutgers 0

Yurcak Field (Piscataway, N.J.)

Notre Dame 0 1 — 1Rutgers 0 0 — 0

ND 1.LaurenFowlkes6(JazminHall)83:55.Shots:ND4-5-9;RU5-7-12Saves:ND3-3-6(NikkiWeiss6in90:00);RU3-2-5(ErinGuthrie5in90:00)Corner Kicks:ND0-2-2;RU3-1-4Fouls: ND5-8-13;RU5-3-8Offside:ND1,RU2Yellow Cards:AshleyJones(RU)12:08;JessicaSchuveiller(ND)30:57Attendance:1,369

GAME #14 — Oct. 11, 2009#8/9 Notre Dame 2, Seton Hall 0

Carroll Field (South Orange, N.J.)

Notre Dame 1 1 — 2Seton Hall 0 0 — 0

ND 1.MelissaHenderson7(JessicaSchuveiller)22:51;ND 2.TaylorKnaack2(MelissaHender-son;LaurenFowlkes)85:13.Shots:ND10-9-19;SetonHall1-1-2Saves:ND0-0-0(NikkiWeiss0in90:00);SetonHall3-5-8(JenniferPettigrew8in90:00)Corner Kicks:ND2-5-7;SHU0-2-2Fouls: ND8-5-13;SHU5-4-9Offside:ND1,SHU1Attendance: 500

GAME #15 — Oct. 16, 2009#7/7 Notre Dame 6, Connecticut 1 Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Connecticut 0 1 — 1Notre Dame 3 3 — 6

ND 1.TaylorKnaack3(-)10:34;ND 2. RoseAu-gustin4(-)23:51;ND 3. TaylorKnaack4(Court-neyBarg)31:20;ND 4. Erica Iantorno1 (TaylorKnaack) 65:18; UCONN 1. Linda Ruutu 7 (-)66:17;ND 5. RoseAugustin5 (-)79:17;ND 6. EricaIantorno2(MicheleWeissenhofer)80:26.Shots:UCONN6-8-14;ND13-14-27Saves: UCONN 1-4 - 5 (Jessica Dulski 2 in58:00;AllyMancino3in32:00);ND1-2-3(NikkiWeiss3in82:00;MaddieFox0in8:00)Corner Kicks:UCONN0-2-2;ND2-1-3Fouls: UCONN3-2-5;ND3-4-7Offside:UCONN0,ND0Yellow Card: Meghan Cunningham (UCONN)73:23Attendance:1,343

GAME #16 — Oct. 18, 2009#7/7 Notre Dame 2, Providence 0


Providence 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 2 0 — 2

ND 1.TaylorKnaack5(-)16:56;ND 2. AmandaClark1(CourtneyBarg)26:25.Shots:PC0-8-8;ND8-14-22Saves:PC4-3-7(JillSchott7in90:00);ND0-3-3(NikkiWeiss3in90:00)Corner Kicks:PC1-3-4;ND5-3-8Fouls: PC6-5-11;ND9-4-13Offside:PC0,ND6Yellow Card:LindseyTrubia(PC)5:08Attendance:1,526

GAME #17 — Oct. 23, 2009#6/7 Notre Dame 2, Villanova 0


Villanova 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 0 2 — 2

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 8 (Rose Augustin)53:20;ND 2. EricaIantorno3(JulieScheidler)70:40.Shots:VU5-8-13;ND8-16-24Saves:VU2-4-6(MollyWilliams6in90:00);ND2-5-7(NikkiWeiss5in90:00;Team2)Corner Kicks:VU1-3-4;ND3-1-4Fouls: VU4-5-9;ND4-7-11Offside:VU0,ND0Attendance:1,103

GAME #18 — Oct. 25, 2009#6/7 Notre Dame 2, #RV/22 Georgetown 0


Georgetown 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 1 1 — 2

ND 1. Taylor Knaack 6 (Amanda Clark; Ju-lieScheidler) 10:38;ND 2. LaurenFowlkes7(RoseAugustin)58:56.Shots:GU7-8-15;ND11-7-18Saves:GU4-1-5(ElizabethHanna5in90:00);ND 0-2 - 2 (Nikki Weiss 0 in 45:00; KelseyLysander1in45:00;Team1)Corner Kicks:GU4-0-4;ND0-1-1Fouls: GU4-4-8;ND2-8-10Offside:GU0,ND1Attendance:1,789


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GAME #19 — Nov. 1, 2009BIG EAST Championship - Quarterfinal

#5/7 Notre Dame 5, South Florida 0 Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

South Florida 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 5 0 — 5

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 9 (Julie Scheidler)10:12;ND 2. Henderson10 (LaurenFowlkes)15:28;ND 3. Henderson 11 (-) 28:03;ND 4. Fowlkes 8 (Jazmin Hall) 33:43; ND 5. EllenJantsch1(RoseAugustin)38:59.

Shots:USF2-2-4;ND11-14-25Saves:USF1-5-6 (MalloriLofton-Malachi1in33:43;GabyGarton4in56:17;Team1);ND0-0-0(NikkiWeiss0in45:00;KelseyLysander0in25:00;MaddieFox0in20:00).Corner Kicks:USF1-0-1;ND1-3-4Fouls: USF3-6-9;ND8-5-13Offside:USF0,ND2Yellow Card:Team(USF)55:22Attendance: 248

GAME #20 — Nov. 6, 2009BIG EAST Championship - Semifinal#4/7 Notre Dame 2, St. John’s 1 (OT)

Morrone Stadium (Storrs, Conn.)

St. John’s 0 1 0 — 1Notre Dame 1 0 1 — 2

ND 1.LaurenFowlkes9(RoseAugustin)8:34;STJ 1. NicoleDoran1(CourtneyLane)68:59;ND 2. JessicaSchuveiller2(Augustin)98:42.

Shots:STJ0-3-1-5;ND10-13-3-26Saves:STJ3-4-0-7(KristinRussell7in98:42);ND0-0-0-0(NikkiWeiss0in98:42).Corner Kicks:STJ0-2-0-2;ND1-3-0-4Fouls: STJ4-5-2-11;ND3-4-1-8Offside:STJ0,ND1Yellow Cards:VailaBarsley(STJ)46:55;JulieScheidler(ND)87:16;Lane(STJ)89:53.Attendance:329

GAME #21 — Nov. 8, 2009BIG EAST Championship - Final#4/7 Notre Dame 2, Marquette 1 Morrone Stadium (Storrs, Conn.)

Marquette 1 0 — 1Notre Dame 1 1 — 2

ND 1. LaurenFowlkes10 (MelissaHenderson)12:09; MU 1. Rachael Sloan 7 (Julia Victor)22:12;ND 2. Amanda Clark 2 (Erica Iantorno,Henderson)70:13.

Shots:MU8-13-21;ND7-7-14Saves:MU2-3-5(NatalieKulla5in90:00);ND4-3-7(NikkiWeiss6in90:00;Team1)Corner Kicks:MU3-2-5;ND0-1-1Fouls: MU5-8-13;ND6-3-9Offsides:MU0,ND2Yellow Card:RoseAugustin(ND)14:32Attendance:497

GAME #22 — Nov. 13, 2009NCAA Championship - First Round

#5/5 Notre Dame 5, IUPUI 0 Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

IUPUI 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 3 2 — 5

ND 1.MelissaHenderson12(-)7:23;ND 2.Hay-leyFord2 (-);ND 3.RachelVanderGenugten1(Ford, Campbell) 43:08; ND 4. Henderson 13(LindsayBrown);ND 5. Ellen Jantsch2 (BrynnGerstle)85:08.

Shots:IUPUI2-9-11;ND17-9-26Saves: IUPUI 7-2- 9 (Jamie Farrell 8 in 90:00,Team 1); ND 1-4- 5 (Nikki Weiss 3 in 64:50;Lysander2in25:10)Corner Kicks:IUPUI0-4-4;ND5-0-5Fouls: IUPUI4-1-5;ND9-7-16Offsides:IUPUI0,ND0Attendance:978

GAME #23 — Nov. 15, 2009NCAA Championship - Second Round

#5/5 Notre Dame 6, CMU 1 Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Central Michigan 0 1 — 1Notre Dame 3 3 — 6

ND 1. Melissa Henderson 14 (Taylor Knaack)2:29; ND 2. Henderson 15 (-) 20:59; ND 3. Henderson 16 (-) 33:04;CMU 1. Molly Gerst6(AmadaWaugh)55:42;ND 4.RoseAugustin6(-)61:06;ND 5.Henderson17(-)65:19;ND 6. Rachel VanderGenugten (Lauren Fowlkes)88:44.

Shots:CMU3-2-5;ND15-11-26Saves:CMU5-2-7(ShayMannino8in73:34,KristenHubright1 in16:26);ND3-0-3 (NikkiWeiss3in72:30;MaddieFox0in17:30)Corner Kicks:CMU2-0-2;ND2-0-2Fouls: CMU5-2-7;ND6-8-14Offsides:CMU0,ND0Attendance: 460

GAME #24 — Nov. 20, 2009#5/5 Notre Dame 1, Oregon State 0 Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Oregon State 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 0 1 — 1

ND 1. Rose Augustin 7 (Melissa Henderson)61:35.

Shots:OSU5-9-14;ND1-11-12Saves:OSU0-4-4(ColleenBoyd4in90:00);ND2-2-4(NikkiWeiss4in90:00)Corner Kicks:OSU3-0-3;ND0-1-1Fouls: OSU8-6-14;ND8-4-12Offsides:OSU0,ND2Yellow Cards:ChelseaBuckland(OSU)67:31Attendance:1,500

GAME #25 — Nov. 27, 2009#5/5 Notre Dame 2, Florida State 0

Seminole Soccer Stadium (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Florida State 0 0 — 0Notre Dame 2 0 — 2

ND 1.MelissaHenderson18 (-) 38:35;ND 2. HaleyFord3(RoseAugustin)39:26.

Shots:FSU6-8-14;ND4-10-14Saves: FSU0-1- 1 (ErinMcNulty 1 in 90:00);ND3-2-5(NikkiWeiss5in90:00)Corner Kicks:FSU2-3-5;ND4-1-5Fouls: FSU4-1-5;ND9-3-12Offsides:FSU0,ND2Yellow Cards:NoneAttendance:2,000

#15 Rose AugustinJunior • Midfielder/Forward

Silver Lake, OhioWalsh Jesuit

Ohio Internationals

2009 Highlights

• Tiedforsecondontheteaminpoints(24)withLaurenFowlkesandleadstheteaminassists(10)onthecampaign

• Playedin23gamesfortheIrish,makingstartsin22ofthosegamesandscoringacareerhighingoals(7)

• Scoredtwogame-winninggoalsforNotreDame,includingthelone goal againstOregonState that sent Irish to theNCAAQuarterfinals

• Twoofhersevengoalscameinpostseasonplay

• RegisteredtwoassistsagainstSt.John’sforanindividualgamehigh

2009 Awards & Honors• SecondTeamAll-BIGEAST

• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Aug. 23, Sept. 21, Oct. 26)

• CollegeSoccer360.comPrimetimePerformer(Oct.6)

• SantaClaraadidasClassicAll-TournamentTeam

Augustin’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2007 26/4 25 5 1 11 02008 25/19 58 6 2 14 32009 24/24 73 7 10 24 2Totals 75/47 156 18 13 49 5

Augustin in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIGEAST 9/5 1 3 5 0NCAAs 12/7 5 1 11 3Totals 21/12 6 4 16 3

Randy WaldrumHead Coach

11th Season at Notre DameMidwestern State ’81

2009 Highlights

• Recorded his 400th careerNCAADivision Iwin (men’s andwomen’s)onSept.25ina2-1winoverCincinnati

• His.791(339-83-21)winpercentageranksfourthamongactivewomen’scoachesinNCAADivisionI

• IstiedwithUCLA’sJilliamellisforsecondinCollegeCupSemi-finalsappearancessince1999withseven

Waldrum’s Record @ Notre DameYear School W L T Pct.1999 NotreDame 21 4 1 .8272000 NotreDame 23 1 1 .9402001 NotreDame 17 3 1 .8332002 NotreDame 13 8 0 .6192003 NotreDame 20 3 1 .8542004 NotreDame 25 1 1 .9442005 NotreDame 22 3 8 .8802006 NotreDame 25 1 1 .9442007 NotreDame 19 5 2 .7692008 NotreDame 25 0 0 1.0002009 NotreDame 21 3 1 .86011-Year Totals 231 32 9 .866

Waldrum’s 19-Year Women’s RecordW L T Pct. 338 82 21 .790

Waldrum’s 25-Year Career Record W L T Pct. 414 137 28 .739

#28 Ellen Bartindale

Sophomore • DefenderSt. Charles, Ill.

St. Charles EastFox Valley Strikers

2009 Highlights

• Hasplayedin10gamesfortheIrish,startingsixofthosegamesandrecording678minutesoftotalplayingtime,afteronlyplayinginfourgamesthepreviousseason

• ThreeofhersixstartscameinBIGEASTplayfortheIrish

• Her 10 appearances came in 10 of Notre Dame’s last 12games

Bartindale’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2008 4/0 3 0 0 0 02009 10/6 1 0 0 0 0Totals 14/6 4 0 0 0 0

Bartindale in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 3/3 0 0 0 0 NCAAs 2/0 0 0 0 0 Totals 5/3 0 0 0 0

#17 Courtney Barg

Sophomore • Midfielder/ForwardPlano, TexasPlano WestDallas Sting

2009 Highlights

• Startedall25gamesthisseason

• Hertotalminutesplayedfortheseason(2025)ranksfifthontheteam

• Firstandonlygoalof theseasonwasagame-winneragainstNorthwestern

2009 Awards & Honors

• BIGEASTMidfielderoftheYear

• TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheYear(2ndTeam)

• BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeam

• FirstTeamAll-BIGEAST

• InnatSaintMary’sClassicAll-TournamentTeam

• PreseasonAll-BIGEAST

Barg’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2008 25/15 22 2 3 7 12009 25/25 22 1 2 4 1Totals 50/40 44 3 5 11 2

Barg in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 6/4 0 0 0 0 NCAAs 8/8 0 1 1 0 Totals 14/12 0 1 1 0

#5 Molly Campbell

Sophomore • DefenderMission Hills, Kan.

St. Teresa’sKCFC Alliance Jazz

2009 Highlights

• Defenderhasstartedall25gamesfortheIrish

• Recordedfivepointsontheseason(onegoal,threeassists)

• NettedhersecondcareergoalinthesecondgameoftheseasonagainstLoyolaChicago

• Recordedanassistina4-0winagainstDePaul

• AssistedonNotreDame’sonlygoalina1-0overLouisville

• SetupRachelVanderGenugtenonafreekickforNotreDame’sthirdgoalvs.IUPUIinthefirstroundoftheNCAATournament


• ESPN The MagazineCoSIDAAcademicAll-District(1stTeam)

Campbell’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2008 20/1 16 1 0 2 02009 25/25 25 1 3 5 0Totals 45/26 41 2 3 7 0 Campbell in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 5/3 0 0 0 0 NCAAs 5/4 0 1 1 0 Totals 10/7 0 1 1 0

#10 Lindsay Brown

Freshman • Forward/MidfielderLadera Ranch, Calif.

Mater DeiSlammers FC

2009 Highlights

• Hasappearedin14gamesfortheIrish,includingappearancesinsixpostseasongames

• RecordedherfirstcareerassistinNotreDame’sfirstroundNCAAgamevs.IUPUI,settingupMelissaHenderson’sfourthgoalofthematchinthe5-0Irishwin

• Freshmanhasemergedasakeysub,providingrestforNotreDame’sforwardsduringthestretchrun

Brown’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2009 14/0 8 0 1 1 0

Brown in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 3/0 0 0 0 0 NCAAs 3/0 0 1 1 0 Totals 6/0 0 1 1 0

#8 Haley FordSenior • Defender

Midland, TexasMidland

Dallas Texans

2009 Highlights

• SenioremergedasNotreDame’shighest-scoringdefender,play-ingin18gamesandrecordingsevenpointsonthecampaign

• Hadagame-tyinggoalontheroadatWestVirginia,headinginagoalthatevenedthematchat2-2beforetheIrishwentontowin3-2

• Missedsevenofeightgameslateintheseasonduetoinjury,beforereturningfortheBIGEASTtitlegamevs.Marquette

• HadthefirstpostseasongoalofhercareeragainstIUPUIinthefirstroundoftheNCAATournament,whileaddinganassistinthematch

• Alsonettedaninsurancegoalinthe2-0NCAAQuarterfinalwinatFloridaState


• SantaClaraadidasClassicAll-TournamentTeam

Ford’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2006 27/14 3 0 1 1 02007 5/4 1 0 0 0 02008 18/2 3 1 1 3 02009 18/17 11 3 1 7 0Totals 68/37 18 4 3 11 0

Ford in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 6/3 0 0 0 0 NCAAs 12/10 2 1 5 0 Totals 18/13 2 1 5 0

#7 Amanda Clark

Senior • MidfielderNaperville, Ill.Nequa ValleyEclipse Select

2009 Highlights

• Appearedinall25gamesfortheIrishwhilestarting18match-es

• Nettedacareer-hightwogoalsonthecampaign,whileaddinganassist

• Foundthebackofthenetforoneoftheteam’sbiggestgoalsoftheseason,scoringthegame-winnerintheBIGEASTfinalagainstMarquette in the70thminute to giveNotreDame itssecond-straightconferencetournamenttitle

• Scoredherfirstgoaloftheseasonina2-0winoverProvidenceCollege

• RecordedanassistagainstGeorgetownina2-0NotreDamevictory


• BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeam

Clark’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2006 27/14 9 1 0 2 12007 26/25 5 0 1 1 02008 22/4 3 1 1 3 02009 25/18 25 2 1 5 1Totals 100/61 42 4 3 11 2

Clark in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 11/6 1 0 2 1 NCAAs 17/11 0 0 0 0 Totals 28/17 1 0 2 1

#9 Lauren Fowlkes

Junior • Forward/Midfielder/DefenderLee’s Summit, Mo.

St. Teresa’sKC Dynamos

2009 Highlights

• Multi-positionthreatissecondontheteamingoals(10)andtiedforsecondinpoints(24)

• Startedin24gamesfortheIrish,whileplayinginall25match-es

• Hadfour-straightgameswithagoalduringastretchthatincludedthefinalregularseasoncontestandallthreematchesoftheBIGEASTTournament

• Ontwooccasions,nettedtheonlygoalofthematchfortheIrishin1-0victoriesoverLouisvilleandRutgers


• BIGEASTCo-OffensivePlayeroftheYear• ESPNTheMagazine CoSIDAAcademicAll-America (2nd

Team)• TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheYear(2ndTeam)• FirstTeamAll-BIGEAST• BIGEASTTournamentMostOutstandingOffensivePlayer• BIGEASTAll-TournamentTeam• ESPNTheMagazineCoSIDAAcademicAll-District(1stTeam)• TopDrawerSoccerNationalTeamoftheWeek(Sept.29)• BIGEASTOffensivePlayeroftheWeek(Sept.28)• BIGEASTWeeklyHonorRoll(Oct.12)• All-BIGEASTPreseasonTeam• SoccerAmericaPreseasonAll-America(2ndTeam)

Fowlkes’ Career StatisticsYear GP/GS Sh G A Pts GW2007 26/26 15 2 1 5 02008 18/6 14 1 0 2 12009 25/24 76 10 4 24 3Totals 69/56 105 13 5 31 4

Fowlkes in the PostseasonEvent GP/GS G A Pts GWBIG EAST 9/8 3 1 7 0 NCAAs 9/

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