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

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

2021–22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 21
Record24–10 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachCarol Owens (22nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPurcell Pavilion
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State 17 1   .944 32 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 5   .722 25 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Boston College 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
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
Rankings from AP poll

The Fighting Irish finished the season 24–10 overall and 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in a three way tie for third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated sixth seed Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals before losing to seventh seed Miami in the Semifinals. They received and at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Bridgeport Region. They defeated twelfth seed UMass in the First Round and fourth seed Oklahoma in the Second Round before losing to NC State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Previous season

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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

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Departures

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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

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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

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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: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 97
Sonia Citron
G
Scarsdale, New York The Ursuline School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    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

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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

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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) UMass
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
L 63–66  24–9
Total Mortgage Arena 
Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B=Bridgeport.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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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 17
Legend
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  Not ranked in previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References

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