2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

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2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record6–7–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nate Norman (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y422 .6251254 .667
Louisville  440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech  440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame  440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest  341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh  350 .3751150 .688
Boston College  170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse  170 .125170 .125
Miami  080 .0001111 .115
NC State  000 531 .611
Conference champion
2020 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 33rd season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 3rd year head coach Nate Norman and played their games at Alumni Stadium.

Contents

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.

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the season 11–8–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eight seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Saint Louis in the first round, before losing to South Carolina in the Second Round.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 12, 2021 [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
00 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jaina Eckert
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mattie Interian
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Littman
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jade Gosar
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maddie Mercado
4 MF Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Sammi Fisher
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ellie Ospeck
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke VanDyck
7 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Kiki Van Zanten
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bea Franklin
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Wingate
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erin Hohnstein
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophia Fisher
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Camryn Dyke
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nikki Colantuono
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eva Hurm
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kati Druzina
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brianna Martinez
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Audrey Weiss
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chloe Boice
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jenna Winebrenner
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bailey Cartwright
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erin Ospeck
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luisa Delgado
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paige Peltier
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Waniya Hudson
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kate O'Connor
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caroline Gray
28 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eva Wirtz
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eva Gaetino
30 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabrielle Daly
31 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Naylor
32 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mary Votava
33 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaylin Slattery

Team management

PositionStaff
Head CoachNate Norman
Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej
Assistant CoachLauren Sinacola
Operations SpecialistJordan Andrews

Source: [4]

Schedule

Source [5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Fall Regular Season
September 17, 2020
8:00 p.m.
at  Florida State L  0–5  0–1–0
(0–1–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (298)
Tallahassee, FL
September 20, 2020
Noon
at  Miami (FL) W  6–0  1–1–0
(1–1–0)
Cobb Stadium (40)
Coral Gables, FL
October 1, 2020
6:00 p.m.
Boston College W  2–0  2–1–0
(2–1–0)
Alumni Stadium (0)
Notre Dame, IN
October 4, 2020
Noon
Syracuse W  2–0  3–1–0
(3–1–0)
Alumni Stadium (0)
Notre Dame, IN
October 15, 2020
7:00 p.m.
No. 14 Wake Forest L  0–1  3–2–0
(3–2–0)
Alumni Stadium (128)
Notre Dame, IN
October 18, 2020
1:00 p.m.
No. 14No. 4  Clemson L  1–2  3–3–0
(3–3–0)
Alumni Stadium (98)
Notre Dame, IN
October 25, 2020
1:30 p.m.
at No. 13  Louisville W  1–0  4–3–0
(4–3–0)
Lynn Stadium (145)
Louisville, KY
November 1, 2020
5:30 p.m.
No. 13at No. 1  North Carolina L  0–2  4–4–0
(4–4–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020
12:30 p.m.
(8) No. 12(1) No. 2 Florida State
Quarterfinals
L  0–2  4–5–0
Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
Exhibition
March 7, 2021
2:00 p.m.
Chicago Red Stars L  0–3  
Alumni Stadium (0)
Notre Dame, IN
Spring Regular Season
March 11, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
at  Cincinnati W  2–0  5–5–0
Gettler Stadium (375)
Cincinnati, OH
March 20, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
Missouri W  2–0  6–5–0
Alumni Stadium (123)
Notre Dame, IN
March 28, 2021*
12:30 p.m.
at  Kansas  Cancelled 
Rock Chalk Park
Lawrence, KS
April 3, 2021*
2:00 p.m.
vs.  Iowa State  Cancelled 
NIU Field
Dekalb, IL
April 11, 2021*
1:00 p.m.,  ESPN+
at No. 18  Oklahoma State L  1–2  OT6–5–0
Neal Patterson Stadium (416)
Stillwater, OK
April 17, 2021*
8:00 p.m.
at No. 7  TCU L  1–2  6–7–0
Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium (636)
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Fall 2020

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Spring 2021

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Final
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TopDrawer Soccer [7]

References

  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. 1 2 "2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.