2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 32nd season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 2nd year head coach Nate Norman and played their games at Alumni Stadium.

2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2019 record	11–8–2 (4–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Dawn Siergiej (17th season) Lauren Sinacola (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			24	–	1	–	2		.926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			18	–	6	–	0		.750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3		.833			17	–	2	–	3		.841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			13	–	5	–	2		.700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4		.600			12	–	7	–	4		.609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6		.600			9	–	4	–	7		.625
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0		.500			11	–	7	–	2		.600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			11	–	8	–	2		.571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Miami  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	9	–	2		.375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			6	–	8	–	4		.444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1		.167			3	–	11	–	2		.250
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			8	–	8	–	2		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

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 July 7, 2020[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Jaina Eckert 0 GK  USA Mattie Interian 1 GK  USA Brooke Littman 2 DF  USA Jade Gosar 3 MF  USA Madison Mercado 4 MF  USA Sammi Fisher 5 MF  CAN Alexis Martel-Lamothe 6 MF  USA Brooke VanDyck 7 FW  USA Kiki Van Zanten 8 DF  USA Bea Franklin 9 FW  USA Olivia Wingate 10 MF  USA Erin Hohnstein 11 DF  USA Shannon Hendricks 12 MF  USA Camryn Dyke 13 MF  USA Nikki Colantuono

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  USA Eva Hurm 15 FW  USA Kati Druzina 16 MF  USA Brianna Martinez 17 FW  USA Audrey Weiss 18 DF  USA Chloe Boice 19 DF  USA Jenna Winebrenner 20 FW  USA Bailey Cartwright 21 FW  USA Erin Ospeck 22 MF  USA Kelly Moss 23 MF  USA Luisa Delgado 24 MF  USA Megan McLaughlin 25 DF  USA Waniya Hudson 26 MF  USA Kate O'Connor 28 DF  USA Autumn Smithers 30 MF  USA Gabrielle Daly

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Lauren Sinacola
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Colby Cunningham

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source [2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 22* 7:00 p.m.		Saint Louis	W 1–0	1–0–0	Alumni Stadium (902) Notre Dame, IN
August 25* 1:00 p.m.		Northwestern	W 4–0	2–0–0	Alumni Stadium (1,330) Notre Dame, IN
August 29* 7:00 p.m.		at Western Michigan	W 2–1	3–0–0	WMU Soccer Complex (575) Kalamazoo, MI
September 1* 1:00 p.m		St. John's	W 4–0	4–0–0	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 6* 7:00 p.m.		at Michigan	W 1–0	5–0–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,453) Ann Arbor, MI
September 8* 1:00 p.m.		at Oakland	W 1–0	6–0–0	The Oakland Field (593) Rochester, MI
September 12* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 7 South Carolina	L 1–2	6–1–0	Stone Stadium (1,778) Columbia, SC
September 15* 1:00 p.m.		Iowa	L 2–3	6–2–0	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 20 5:00 p.m.		at No. 10 Clemson	L 0–1	6–3–0 (0–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,184) Clemson, SC
September 26 7:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	W 4–0	7–3–0 (1–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (484) Notre Dame, IN
September 29 1:00 p.m.		at No. 4 North Carolina	L 0–3	7–4–0 (1–2–0)	Dorrance Field (2,316) Chapel Hill, NC
October 4 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	W 3–0	8–4–0 (2–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (848) Notre Dame, IN
October 10 7:00 p.m.		Miami (FL)	W 3–0	9–4–0 (3–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (507) Notre Dame, IN
October 13 1:00 p.m.		No. 16 Louisville	T 0–0 ^2OT	9–4–1 (3–2–1)	Alumni Stadium (682) Notre Dame, IN
October 20 2:00 p.m.		at No. 1 Virginia	L 0–3	9–5–1 (3–3–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,500) Charlottesville, VA
October 24 7:00 p.m.		at No. 9 Duke	T 1–1 ^2OT	9–5–2 (3–3–2)	Koskinen Stadium (541) Durham, NC
October 27 7:00 p.m.		at NC State	L 0–3	9–6–2 (3–4–2)	Dail Soccer Field (305) Raleigh, NC
October 31 5:00 p.m.		Wake Forest	W 3–2 ^2OT	10–6–2 (4–4–2)	Alumni Stadium (352) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
November 3 7:00 p.m.	(8)	(1) No. 3 North Carolina Quarterfinals	L 0–3	10–7–2	Dorrance Field (875) Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 17 1:00 p.m.		Saint Louis First Round	W 1–0	11–7–2	Alumni Stadium (463) Notre Dame, IN
November 22 6:00 p.m.		(2) No. 5 South Carolina Second Round	L 0–1	11–8–2	Stone Stadium (1,301) Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer[3]		RV	RV	RV										None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [4]			RV	RV	RV

References

1. "2019-20 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
2. "2019-20 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
3. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
4. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.