Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer | |||
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 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team | |||
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| University | University of Notre Dame | ||
| Head coach | Nate Norman (3rd season) | ||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Location | Notre Dame, IN | ||
| Stadium | Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 2,500) | ||
| Nickname | Fighting Irish | ||
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] | ||
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| NCAA Tournament championships | |||
| 1995, 2004, 2010 | |||
| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
| 1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Semifinals | |||
| 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |||
| 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 16 | |||
| 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | |||
| Conference Tournament championships | |||
| 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 | |||
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's soccer. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is currently coached by Nate Norman, following the resignation of .[2] The Fighting Irish have won three of the 29 NCAA national championships.
History[]
Notre Dame's women's soccer team won the National Championship in 1995, 2004 and 2010 and were the runner-up in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, and 2008. Notre Dame is one of only three schools with multiple national titles, the others being North Carolina (21) and Portland (2). Notre Dame also ranks second in all-time title game appearances (8) behind North Carolina (24). Like Notre Dame, the University of Portland is also a private Roman Catholic university affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross. Notre Dame's women's soccer program started in 1988 under coach Chris Petrucelli. Their 1995 Big East title was the university's first in any sport. That same year, Petrucelli's squad, under the leadership of Cindy Daws, won the program's first national title, defeating Portland 1–0. Randy Waldrum, took over the program in 1999 and maintained the Fighting Irish's success, winning the national title in 2004 by beating UCLA 4–3 as well as capturing six Big East titles. Waldrum's 2010 squad won the school's third national title, going 21-2-2 and posting 15 shutouts and became the lowest ranked team to do so, beating undefeated Stanford in a 1–0 decision. In doing so, they outscored their postseason opponents 15-1. They also reached the College Cup for the 5th straight year, a school record. Their senior class won 87 matches in their 4 years, the most in that span. Three Notre Dame players have won the Hermann Trophy, given to the United States' best male and female collegiate soccer players. They are Cindy Daws (1996), Anne Makinen (2000) and Kerri Hanks (2006, 2008). Hanks is one of only four players to win the award twice. Notre Dame is also one of only two schools with three or more different Hermann Trophy recipients.[3]
On October 19, 2014, Elizabeth Tucker received the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She became the first Notre Dame student-athlete in any sport to be selected for this prestigious honor in its 24-year history. She's also the first soccer player ever to win the award from any school. Elizabeth Tucker is also the first student-athlete in Notre Dame history to sweep all four of the university's major athletics honors in the same year.[4] What's truly amazing is that she did not play high school soccer and yet started in 22 of 25 games during her freshman year in 2010 and helped lead the Fighting Irish to the NCAA Division I Championship in that same year. She was a team captain by her junior year and as a senior, her teammates selected her as their most valuable player.[5] Her exceptional work ethic and fitness level enabled her to appear in all 92 matches of her college career (starting 87 times). Knowing that she did not play high school soccer, one begins to understand how all this was possible when one discovers that she was a track, cross country and basketball standout at Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Florida. For starters, this is where she anchored the three-time state championship winning 4 × 800 m relay team in 2007-09, was a member of 2008 state championship cross country team as well as a 2009 first-team all-state cross country selection. Tucker also earned all-city first team honors for basketball in 2009 and served as team captain.
On January 3, 2014, Waldrum resigned after 15 seasons with the Fighting Irish to become the head coach of newly established NWSL team Houston Dash.[6] On March 19, 2014, Theresa Romagnolo was appointed as his successor.[7] Prior to coaching the Fighting Irish, Romagnolo had been the women's soccer head coach at Dartmouth the past three seasons, and had also been an assistant coach at Stanford and at the University of San Diego. Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family.[8] Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.[9]
Personnel[]
Current roster[]
- As of May 13, 2021 [10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team Management[]
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Nate Norman |
| Assistant Coach | Dawn Siergiej |
| Assistant Coach | Lauren Sinacola |
| Operations Specialist | Jordan Andrews |
Seasons[]
| Season | Head coach[11] | Season result[11] | Tournament results[11] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | Conference | NCAA | |||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | Wins | Losses | Ties | Finish | ||||
| 1988 | Dennis Grace | 13 | 6 | 1 | No Conference | — | ||||
| 1989 | 12 | 10 | 0 | No Conference | — | |||||
| 1990 | Chris Petrucelli | 16 | 3 | 1 | No Conference | — | ||||
| 1991^ | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1st | No Tournament | — | |
| 1992 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1st | No Tournament | — | |
| 1993 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Champions | NCAA First Round | |
| 1994 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Runner Up | |
| 1995† | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | Champions | NCAA Champions | |
| 1996 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Runner Up | |
| 1997 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Semifinals | |
| 1998 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2nd | Champions | NCAA Quarterfinals | |
| 1999 | Randy Waldrum | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st (Mid-Atlantic) | Champions | NCAA Runner Up |
| 2000 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st (Mid-Atlantic) | Champions | NCAA Semifinals | |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st (Mid-Atlantic) | Champions | NCAA Second Round | |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | T-4th (Mid-Atlantic) | — | NCAA Third Round | |
| 2003 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st (Mid-Atlantic) | Semifinal | NCAA Second Round | |
| 2004 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | Runner Up | NCAA Champion | |
| 2005 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st (National) | Champions | NCAA Quarterfinals | |
| 2006 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1st (National) | Champions | NCAA Runner Up | |
| 2007 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1st (National) | Runner Up | NCAA Semifinals | |
| 2008 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1st (National) | Champions | NCAA Runner Up | |
| 2009 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1st (National) | Champions | NCAA Semifinals | |
| 2010 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1st (National) | First Round | NCAA Champions | |
| 2011 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3rd (National) | Semifinals | NCAA First Round | |
| 2012 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | T-1st (National) | Semifinals | NCAA Third Round | |
| 2013‡ | 13 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5th | Quarterfinals | NCAA Third Round | |
| 2014 | Theresa Romagnolo | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4th | Quarterfinals | NCAA Third Round |
| 2015 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | — | NCAA Second Round | |
| 2016 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | T-1st | Semifinals | NCAA First Round | |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6th | First Round | NCAA Third Round | |
| 2018 | Nate Norman | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10th | — | — |
| 2019 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8th | First Round | NCAA Second Round | |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8th | First Round | — | |
^ In 1991, Notre Dame began play in the Horizon League.
† In 1995, Notre Dame began play in the Big East.
‡ In 2013, Notre Dame began play in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Individual honors[]
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
- Cindy Daws - 1996
- Anne Makinen - 2000
- Kerri Hanks - 2006, 2008
Big East Offensive Player of the Year:
- Katie Thorlakson - 2004, 2005
- Kerri Hanks - 2006, 2008
- Brittany Bock - 2007
- Lauren Fowlkes - 2009
- Melissa Henderson - 2010
Big East Defensive Player of the Year:
- Jen Grubb - 1999
- Candace Chapman - 2002, 2005
- Melissa Tancredi - 2003, 2004
- Carrie Dew - 2008
Big East Midfielder of the Year:
- Anne Makinen - 2000
- Jen Buczkowski - 2005
- - 2009
Big East Rookie of the Year:
- Jenny Streiffer - 1996
- - 1999
- Christie Shaner - 2003
- Kerri Hanks - 2005
- Melissa Henderson - 2008
Big East All-Rookie Team:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2010
Big East Championship All-Tournament Team:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2012
U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2012
Capital One Academic All-America (CoSIDA) First Team:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2012-2013, 2013-2014
ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
Notre Dame Byron V. Kanaley Award:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
Notre Dame Francis Patrick O'Connor Award:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
Notre Dame Athletics Community Champion Award:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
Notre Dame Top Gun Award:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
Notre Dame Monogram Club Team Most Valuable Player Award:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
ACC Postgraduate Scholarship:
- Elizabeth Tucker - 2014
References[]
- ^ "Color | Athletics Branding | On Message | University of Notre Dame". Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- ^ http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/theresa_romagnolo_891553.html Coach profile: Theresa Romagnolo, Notre Dame Official Athletics Site.
- ^ "2008 Women's Soccer Media Guide". Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
- ^ "Elizabeth Tucker from University of Notre Dame Named 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ "Elizabeth Tucker Bio". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ "Notre Dame Women's Soccer Coach Randy Waldrum Resigns". Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Theresa Romagnolo Named Women's Soccer Coach At Notre Dame". Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ "Romagnolo Announces Resignation as Irish Women's Soccer Coach". und.com. University of Notre Dame. January 22, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "Norman ('07) Named Notre Dame Women's Soccer Head Coach". und.com. University of Notre Dame. February 20, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ Official women's soccer roster on Notre Dame website
- ^ a b c "Notre Dame Women's Soccer 2017 History & Records Supplement" (PDF). und.com. University of Notre Dame. p. 5. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
External links[]
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
- Soccer clubs in Indiana
- NCAA Division I women's soccer teams