2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
Record	7–0–1 (2–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (8th season)
Associate head coach	Dawn Siergiej (23rd season)
Assistant coaches	Martin Rennie (3rd season) Gina Lewandowski (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	0	–	1		.938
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	2	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	0	–	1		.938
No. 16 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	2	–	0	–	0		1.000			8	–	1	–	1		.850
No. 2 Stanford  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	1		.750			7	–	1	–	1		.833
California  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	1		.750			4	–	1	–	5		.650
No. 1 Virginia  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	0	–	1		.938
Louisville  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			8	–	2	–	0		.800
No. 18 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			7	–	3	–	0		.700
NC State  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			2	–	6	–	2		.300
No. 3 Duke  ‍‍‍	1	–	2	–	0		.333			6	–	2	–	1		.722
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	1	–	2	–	0		.333			5	–	4	–	2		.545
Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2		.500			3	–	1	–	5		.611
SMU  ‍‍‍	0	–	1	–	1		.250			6	–	3	–	1		.650
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	1	–	1		.250			4	–	2	–	4		.600
Boston College  ‍‍‍	0	–	1	–	0		.000			4	–	2	–	3		.611
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	0		.000			6	–	3	–	1		.650
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	3	–	0		.000			4	–	5	–	2		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of September 18, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 38th season of the university fielding a program and their twelfth competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish are by eighth year head coach Nate Norman, and play their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished 12–4–4 overall and 7–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to third seed Florida State, in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the fourth-seed in the Mississippi State Bracket. They defeated Milwaukee in the First Round, fifth seed Kentucky in the Second Round, and first seed Mississippi State in the Round of 16. Their quarterfinal opponent was Stanford, who they defeated in the regular season. Ultimately, Stanford prevailed in the tournament 2–0. Their ACC Tournament appearance extended their streak of qualification to six straight years, and this was the fourth straight NCAA Tournament for the Fighting Irish.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Atlee Olofson	1	GK	5'8"	Sophomore	Austin, Texas	Transferred to Miami (FL) [1]
Ellie Ospeck	5	MF/FW	5'4"	Graduate Student	Danville, California	Graduated
KJ Ronan	8	DF	5'8"	Senior	Carlsbad, California	Graduated
Sophia Fisher	11	MF	5'8"	Senior	Scottsdale, Arizona	Graduated
Abby Gemma	14	DF	5'9"	Freshman	Flemington, New Jersey	Transferred to Florida [2]
Reagan Pauwels	25	MF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Wall, New Jersey	Graduated
Katherine Montgomery	31	GK	5'7"	Graduate Student	Geneva, Illinois	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Carolyn Calzada	5	DF	5'10"	Graduate Student	Houston, Texas	Texas A&M [3]
Madeleine Agee	33	GK	5'9"	Sophomore		Holy Cross [4]

Recruiting class

Source: ^[5]

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Tessa Knapp FW		Bay Village, Ohio	Internationals SC (OH)	[6]
Alessia Saia FW		Delray Beach, Florida	FC Prime	[7]
Gianna Scott FW		Avon, Ohio	Cleveland Force FC	[8]

Squad

Roster

As of August 11, 2025 ^[9]

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. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Jackie Hollomon 2 DF   CAN Clare Logan 3 MF   USA Izzy Engle 4 DF   USA Leah Klenke 5 DF   USA Carolyn Calzada 6 FW   USA Paige Buchner 7 FW   CAN Annabelle Chukwu 8 MF   USA Alessia Saia 9 FW   USA Charlie Codd 10 MF   USA Ellie Hodsden 11 FW   USA Tessa Knapp 12 MF   USA Kiki Turner 13 MF   USA Laney Matriano 14 MF   USA Gianna Scott 16 FW   USA Meg Mrowicki

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   USA Riley DeMartino 18 MF   USA Berkley Mensik 19 MF   USA Ally Pinto 20 MF   USA Abby Mills 21 MF   PHI Chayse Ying 22 DF   CAN Tatiana Tagne 23 MF   USA Morgan Roy 24 MF   USA Grace Restovich 26 DF   USA Melinda Hathaway 27 MF   USA Lily Joseph 28 GK   USA Sonoma Kasica 29 DF   USA Rowan Pearl 30 MF   USA Hannah Lemieux 33 GK   USA Madeleine Agee 34 FW   USA Randie Foor

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Martin Rennie
Assistant Coach	Gina Lewandowski

Source: ^[9]

Schedule

Source ^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 3* 5:00 p.m.	No. 2	Northwestern	None Reported [11]	–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
August 9* 1:00 p.m.	No. 2	at  Indiana	None Reported [12]	–	Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 14* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX	No. 2	Western Michigan	W  2–1	1–0–0	Alumni Stadium (532) Notre Dame, IN
August 17* 7:30 p.m.,  SECN	No. 2	at No. 6  Arkansas	T  2–2	1–0–1	Razorback Field (2,947) Fayetteville, AR
August 21* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7т	Cincinnati	W  4–0	2–0–1	Alumni Stadium (570) Notre Dame, IN
August 28* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6т	Michigan	W  3–0	3–0–1	Alumni Stadium (605) Notre Dame, IN
August 31* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6т	Oakland	W  8–0	4–0–1	Alumni Stadium (477) Notre Dame, IN
September 4* 7:00 p.m.,  BTN+	No. 5	at  Michigan State	W  3–0	5–0–1	DeMartin Soccer Complex (2,214) East Lansing, MI
September 7* 1:00 p.m.,  YouTube	No. 5	at  Marquette	Canceled		Valley Fields Milwaukee, WI
ACC Regular Season
September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at  NC State	W  2–1	6–0–1 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (606) Raleigh, NC
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	No. 3  Duke	W  3–2	7–0–1 (2–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,277) Notre Dame, IN
September 24 6:00 p.m., ACCN		North Carolina			Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 28 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Clemson			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 3 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville			Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 9 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida State			Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 12 3:30 p.m., ACCN		SMU			Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 23 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Virginia Tech			Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
October 26 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Wake Forest			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
October 30 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Pittsburgh			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Izzy Engle	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 7	[13]
Leah Klenke
Izzy Engle	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team	August 12	[14]
Leah Klenke	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team
Izzy Engle	Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 14	[15]
Leah Klenke
Laney Matriano	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 3	September 2	[16]
Annabelle Chukwu	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 4	September 9	[17]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer [18]	2	7т	6т	5	6	6							Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [19]	3	8	6	5	1	1

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12. @ndwsoccer; (August 9, 2025). "Final exhibition today before opening up the season next week! 📍 Bloomington, IN 🆚 Indiana ⏰ 1 PM" – via Instagram.
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