2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 13
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 14
Record	12–3–4 (5–1–4 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Dawn Siergiej (22nd season); Martin Rennie (2nd season);
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Duke ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	14	–	2	–	1	.853
No. 3 Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	12	–	3	–	3	.750
No. 6 Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	14	–	2	–	3	.816
No. 8 North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0	.700	16	–	5	–	0	.762
No. 12 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	11	–	5	–	3	.658
No. 13 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	5	–	1	–	4	.700	11	–	3	–	4	.722
California ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	12	–	5	–	2	.684
No. 14т Stanford ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	4	–	1	.750
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	12	–	5	–	0	.706
Boston College ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Louisville ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	7	–	6	–	5	.528
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Clemson ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	6	–	8	–	3	.441
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412
NC State ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	4	–	10	–	4	.333
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	6	–	10	–	2	.389


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish are led by seventh year head coach Nate Norman and play their home games at Alumni Stadium.

Previous season

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 Clemson, who avenged their final regular season game defeat. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the third-seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated Valparaiso in the First Round, before falling to Memphis in the Second Round. Memphis was the sixth seed in the bracket, but was ranked number 8 at the time and Notre Dame was ranked number 9. Their ACC Tournament appearance extended their streak of qualification to five straight years, and this was the third straight NCAA Tournament for the Fighting Irish.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Maddie Mercado	3	FW	5'8"	Graduate Student	San Diego, California	Graduated; drafted 27th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Kiki Van Zanten	7	MF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Buffalo Grove, Illinois	Graduated; drafted 21st overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Audrey Weiss	17	MF	5'3"	Graduate Student	Greenwood Village, Colorado	Graduated
Eva Gaetino	19	DF	5'11"	Senior	Dexter, Michigan	Graduated; signed professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain^[1]
Paige Peltier	24	FW	5'11"	Senior	Hastings, Minnesota	Graduated
Waniya Hudson	25	DF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Greece, New York	Graduated
Caroline Gray	27	DF	5'9"	Senior	Johns Creek, Georgia	Graduated
Eva Wirtz	28	DF	5'10"	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia	Graduated
Ashley Naylor	31	GK	5'11"	Senior	Manhattan Beach, California	Graduated
Kaylin Slattery	33	GK	5'6"	Senior	Cornelius, North Carolina	Graduated
Kristina Lynch	34	MF	5'7"	Graduate Student	Granger, Indiana	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Reagan Pauwels	25	MF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Wall, New Jersey	Cornell
Hannah Lemieux	30	MF	5'7"	Junior	Fleming Island, Florida	Holy Cross
Katherine Montgomery	31	GK	5'7"	Graduate Student	Geneva, Illinois	Missouri State
Source:^[2]

Recruiting class

Source:^[3]

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Annabelle Chukwu FW	Ottawa, Canada	NDC Ontario	N/A
Riley DeMartino MF	Potomac, Maryland	Bethesda SC Academy	^[4]
Izzy Engle MF	Edina, Minnesota	Minnesota Thunder Academy	^[5]
Randie Foor DF	Fenton, Michigan	Michigan Hawks	^[6]
Abigail Gemma DF	Flemington, New Jersey	IMG Academy	^[7]
Melinda Hathaway DF	Birmingham, Michigan	Nationals	^[8]
Eleanor Hodsden FW	Dripping Springs, Texas	Lonestar SC	^[9]
Lily Joseph MF	Hamden, Connecticut	Connecticut Rush	^[10]
Sonoma Kasica GK	St. Petersburg, Florida	Florida Premier FC	^[11]
Abigail Mills DF	Southlake, Texas	Solar Soccer Club	^[12]
Rowan Pearl DF	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Fire Academy	^[13]
Ally Pinto FW	Flower Mound, Texas	Sting Dallas SC	^[14]
Grace Restovich MF	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	^[15]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024^[16]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Jackie Hollomon
1	GK	USA	Atlee Olofson
2	DF	CAN	Clare Logan
3	MF	USA	Izzy Engle
4	DF	USA	Leah Klenke
5	FW	USA	Ellie Ospeck
6	FW	USA	Paige Buchner
7	FW	CAN	Annabelle Chukwu
8	DF	USA	KJ Ronan
9	FW	USA	Charlie Codd
10	MF	USA	Ellie Hodsden
11	MF	USA	Sophia Fisher
12	MF	USA	Kiki Turner
13	MF	USA	Laney Matriano
14	DF	USA	Abby Gemma
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	USA	Chayse Ying
22	DF	CAN	Tatiana Tagne
23	MF	USA	Morgan Roy
24	MF	USA	Grace Restovich
25	MF	USA	Reagan Pauwels
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
31	GK	USA	Katherine Montgomery
34	FW	USA	Randie Foor

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Martin Rennie
Assistant Coach/Operations	Emily Voltz

Source:^[16]

Schedule

Source ^[17]^[18]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 6* 6:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Western Michigan	None Reported	–	WMU Soccer Complex Kalamazoo, MI
August 10* 4:00 p.m.	No. 15	Indiana	None Reported	–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 15	No. 13 Michigan State	L 1–2	0–1–0	Alumni Stadium (361) Notre Dame, IN
August 18* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	at Samford	W 6–0	1–1–0	Samford Soccer Complex (476) Homewood, AL
August 25* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 14	No. 13 TCU	W 4–0	2–1–0	Alumni Stadium (705) Notre Dame, IN
August 29* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 9	at Michigan	W 2–0	3–1–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,563) Ann Arbor, MI
September 1* 7:00 p.m., FloFC	No. 9	at Butler	W 1–0	4–1–0	Butler Bowl (649) Indianapolis, IN
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 9т	Northern Illinois	W 4–0	5–1–0	Alumni Stadium (593) Notre Dame, IN
September 8* 1:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 9т	Marquette	W 5–0	6–1–0	Alumni Stadium (784) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 12 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 13	at Boston College	T 2–2	6–1–1 (0–0–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (796) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	at No. 14 Virginia	W 1–0	7–1–1 (1–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,311) Charlottesville, VA
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	NC State	T 1–1	7–1–2 (1–0–2)	Alumni Stadium (721) Notre Dame, IN
October 5 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17	at Syracuse	W 3–0	8–1–2 (2–0–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (365) Syracuse, NY
October 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	at Louisville	T 0–0	8–1–3 (2–0–3)	Lynn Stadium (375) Louisville, KY
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 12	No. 25 California	W 5–2	9–1–3 (3–0–3)	Alumni Stadium (415) Notre Dame, IN
October 20 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 12	No. 6 Stanford	W 3–0	10–1–3 (4–0–3)	Alumni Stadium (901) Notre Dame, IN
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	at No. 1 Duke	T 3–3	10–1–4 (4–0–4)	Koskinen Stadium (1,049) Durham, NC
October 27 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	No. 19 Virginia Tech	L 0–2	10–2–4 (4–1–4)	Alumni Stadium (394) Notre Dame, IN
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	Pittsburgh	W 3–2	11–2–4 (5–1–4)	Alumni Stadium (277) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
November 3 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(6) No. 13	vs. (3) No. 6 Florida State First Round	L 1–2	11–3–4	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,166) Tallahassee, FL
NCAA Tournament
November 15 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(4) No. 13	Milwaukee First Round	W 5–1	12–3–4	Alumni Stadium (1,030) Notre Dame, IN
ESPN+	(4) No. 13	(5) Kentucky Second Round
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Leah Klenke	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2024	^[19]
Malia McMahon	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 7	October 1, 2024	^[20]
Ellie Hodsden	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 10	October 22, 2024	^[21]
Leah Klenke	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 10	October 22, 2024	^[21]
Izzy Engle	ACC Freshman of the Year	November 6, 2024	^[22]
Leah Klenke	All-ACC First Team
Izzy Engle	All-ACC First Team
Annabelle Chukwu	All-ACC Third Team
Lily Joseph	All-ACC Third Team
Annabelle Chukwu	ACC All-Freshman Team
Izzy Engle
Ellie Hodsden
Lily Joseph

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	Final
United Soccer^[23]	15	14	9	9т	13	16	13	17	13	12	7	13	Not released
TopDrawer Soccer^[24]	12	20	17	13	11	16	9	9	8	11	7	10	13	14

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[15] "Grace Restovich". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

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v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
Venues	Alumni Stadium
Culture & lore	Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March"
Seasons	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics