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2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

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2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–7–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nate Norman (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .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.

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

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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

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Roster

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Updated February 12, 2021[4]

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

Team management

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Position Staff
Head Coach Nate Norman
Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach Lauren Sinacola
Operations Specialist Jordan Andrews

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source [5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
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. 14 No. 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. 13 at 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 OT 6–5–0
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

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Fall 2020

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Ranking movement
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Spring 2021

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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Final
United Soccer[6] None Released RV RV None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [7]

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.