2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

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2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 21
2021–22 record24–8 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachCarol Owens (22nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPurcell Pavilion
Seasons
← 2020–21
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2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State † 17 – 1   .944 31 – 3   .912
No. 4 Louisville 16 – 2   .889 27 – 4   .871
No. 17 North Carolina 13 – 5   .722 25 – 6   .806
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Boston College 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Miami (FL) 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618
Florida State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548
Duke 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 16 – 17   .485
Syracuse 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379
Clemson 3 – 15   .167 10 – 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Virginia 2 – 16   .111 5 – 22   .185
† 2022 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 21, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish are led by second year head coach Niele Ivey and play their home games at Purcell Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2020–21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The Fighting Irish finished the season 10–10 and 8–7 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament or the WNIT.

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Amirah Abdur-Rahim 3 F 6'3" Freshman Marietta, Georgia Transferred to SMU[1]
Alasia Hayes 5 G 5'7" Freshman Murfreesboro, Tennessee Transferred to Mississippi State[2]
Nicole Benz 20 G 5'8" Senior Santa Clarita, California Graduated
Danielle Cosgrove 22 F 6'4" Junior Holbrook, New York Transferred to St. John's[3]
Alli Campbell 23 G 6'0" Freshman Altoona, Pennsylvania Transferred to Penn State[4]
Destinee Walker 24 G 5'10" Graduate Student Orlando, Florida Graduated
Mikayla Vaughn 30 C 6'3" Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated

Incoming Transfers[]

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Maya Dodson 0 F 6'3" Graduate Student Alpharetta, Georgia Stanford[5]

2021 recruiting class[]

Source:[6]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Olivia Miles
PG 		Phillipsburg, New Jersey Blair Academy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 97
Sonia Citron
G 		Scarsdale, New York The Ursuline School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster[]

2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Maya Dodson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS St. Francis
Stanford 		Alpharetta, GA
G 1 Dara Mabrey 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Manasquan
Virginia Tech 		Belmar, NJ
G 3 Trinity Cha 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Crean Lutheran Irvine, CA
G 5 Olivia Miles 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Blair Academy Phillipsburg, NJ
G 10 Katlyn Gilbert 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Heritage Christian Indianapolis, IN
G 11 Sonia Citron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr The Ursuline School Scarsdale, NY
G 12 Abby Prohaska 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Lakota West Liberty Township, OH
F 15 Natalija Marshall 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Christ the King Queens, NY
G 21 Anaya Peoples 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Schlarman Academy Danville, IL
G 25 Sarah Cernugel 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Hinsdale Central Westmont, IL
F 33 Sam Brunelle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr William Monroe High School Ruckersville, VA
F 34 Maddy Westbeld 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Fairmont Kettering, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2021

Schedule and results[]

Source:[7]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021*
7:00 p.m. 		Emporia State W 104–46  –
 Purcell Pavilion (0)
Notre Dame, IN
Regular season
November 9, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Ohio W 105–69  1–0
 Purcell Pavilion (4,553)
Notre Dame, IN
November 11, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Western Illinois W 76–50  2–0
 Purcell Pavilion (4,121)
Notre Dame, IN
November 14, 2021
Noon, ACCN 		at Syracuse W 82–56  3–0
(1–0) 		Carrier Dome (3,345)
Syracuse, NY
November 18, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Fordham W 71–56  4–0
 Purcell Pavilion (4,487)
Notre Dame, IN
November 21, 2021*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Bryant W 94–35  5–0
 Purcell Pavilion (4,470)
Notre Dame, IN
November 26, 2021*
4:30 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. Georgia
Daytona Beach Invitational 		L 67–71 OT 5–1
 Ocean Center (0)
Daytona Beach, FL
November 27, 2021*
7:00 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. No. 16 Oregon State
Daytona Beach Invitational 		W 64–62  6–1
 Ocean Center (0)
Daytona Beach, FL
December 2, 2021*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 24 at Michigan State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 76–71  7–1
 Breslin Center (4,581)
East Lansing, MI
December 5, 2021*
Noon, FS1 		No. 24 at No. 2т Connecticut L 54–73  7–2
 Gampel Pavilion (10,167)
Storrs, CT
December 8, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 22 at Valparaiso W 73–56  8–2
 Athletics–Recreation Center (1,550)
Valparaiso, IN
December 12, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 22 Purdue-Fort Wayne W 78–41  9–2
 Purcell Pavilion (5,591)
Notre Dame, IN
December 19, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 21 Pittsburgh W 85–59  10–2
(2–0) 		Purcell Pavilion (4,983)
Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2021*
8:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 20 at DePaul W 91–86  11–2
 Wintrust Arena (1,904)
Chicago, IL
December 30, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 17 at Virginia Postponed due to COVID-19 Issues[8] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 2, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 17 at No. 15 Duke L 70–72  11–3
(2–1) 		Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,354)
Durham, NC
January 9, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 No. 5 NC State Postponed due to COVID-19 Issues[9] Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
January 13, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 20 at Wake Forest W 74–64  12–3
(3–1) 		LJVM Coliseum (1,260)
Winston–Salem, NC
January 16, 2022
1:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 20 No. 21 North Carolina W 70–65  13–3
(4–1) 		Purcell Pavilion (5,905)
Notre Dame, IN
January 20, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 19 at Boston College L 71–73  13–4
(4–2) 		Conte Forum (1,017)
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 23, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 19 at Pittsburgh W 77–63  14–4
(5–2) 		Peterson Events Center (2,201)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 25, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 20 at Virginia
Rescheduled from Dec 30, 2021 		Postponed,[10] UVA Forfeit[11] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 27, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 Syracuse W 83–62  15–4
(7–2) 		Purcell Pavilion (4,493)
Notre Dame, IN
January 30, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 Boston College W 74–61  16–4
(8–2) 		Purcell Pavilion (5,584)
Notre Dame, IN
February 1, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 20 No. 3 NC State
Rescheduled from Jan. 9 		W 69–66  17–4
(9–2) 		Purcell Pavilion (5,566)
Notre Dame, IN
February 3, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 Virginia Tech W 68–55  18–4
(10–2) 		Purcell Pavilion (4,230)
Notre Dame, IN
February 6, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 at Florida State L 65–70  18–5
(10–3) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (2,678)
Tallahassee, FL
February 10, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 18 Miami (FL) W 69–53  19–5
(11–3) 		Purcell Pavilion (4,906)
Notre Dame, IN
February 13, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 18 at No. 3 Louisville L 47–73  19–6
(11–4) 		KFC Yum! Center (10,056)
Louisville, KY
February 17, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 19 at No. 16 Georgia Tech W 72–66 OT 20–6
(12–4) 		McCamish Pavilion (3,099)
Atlanta, GA
February 24, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 14 Clemson W 77–56  21–6
(13–4) 		Purcell Pavilion (3,641)
Notre Dame, IN
February 27, 2022
Noon, ESPN2 		No. 14 No. 4 Louisville L 64–86  21–7
(13–5) 		Purcell Pavilion (7,531)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		(3) No. 20 vs. (6) No. 25 Georgia Tech
Quarterfinals 		W 71–53  22–7
 Greensboro, NC (5,682)
Greensboro Coliseum
March 5, 2022
2:30 p.m., ACCN 		(3) No. 20 vs. (7) Miami (FL)
Semifinals 		L 54–57  22–8
 Greensboro, NC (7,923)
Greensboro Coliseum
NCAA Tournament
March 19, 2022*
7:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(5 B) No. 21 vs. (12 B) 
First Round 		W 89–78  23–8
 Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, OK
March 21, 2022*
5:00 p.m., ESPN2 		(5 B) No. 21 at (4 B) No. 22 Oklahoma
Second Round 		W 108–64  24–8
 Lloyd Noble Center (3,258)
Norman, OK
March 26, 2022*
11:30 a.m., ESPN 		(5 B) No. 21 vs. (1 B) No. 3 NC State
Sweet Sixteen 		Total Mortgage Arena 
Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings[]

2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Final
AP RV RV RV 24 22 21 20 17 20 20 19 20 20 18 19 14 20 22 21
Coaches RV RV 25 23 18 17 15 19 19 17 18 19 19 20 16 20 21 21
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked in previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References[]

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  3. ^ Lanza, Victoria (May 5, 2021). "Danielle Cosgrove Commits to St. John's". redstormsports.com. St. John's University. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Penn State Lands Notre Dame Transfer Alli Campbell". gopsusports.com. Penn State University. March 23, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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