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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Dawn Siergiej (22nd season); Martin Rennie (2nd season);
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

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

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Boston College ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
California ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Clemson ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Duke ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Florida State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisville ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
North Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Standford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

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 July 18, 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	Erin Hohnstein
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 Josephy
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	Opponent^#	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 6* 6:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	–	WMU Soccer Complex Kalamazoo, MI
August 10* 4:00 p.m.	Indiana	–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Michigan State		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
August 18* 6:00 p.m.	at Samford		Samford Soccer Complex Homewood, AL
August 25* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	TCU		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
August 29* 7:00 p.m.	at Michigan		U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
September 1* 7:00 p.m.	at Butler		Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Northern Illinois		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 8* 1:30 p.m., ACCN	Marquette		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Boston College		Newton Campus Soccer Field Chestnut Hill, MA
September 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia		Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	NC State		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 5 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Syracuse		SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
October 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Louisville		Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	California		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 20 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Stanford		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Duke		Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
October 27 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Virginia Tech		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Pittsburgh		Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[19]													Not released
TopDrawer Soccer^[20]

References

^ Aflalo, Alexandre (March 26, 2024). "" On a immédiatement sympathisé " : Korbin Albert et Eva Gaetino, les deux Américaines inséparables du PSG" ['We immediately hit it off': Korbin Albert and Eva Gaetino, the two inseparable Americans of PSG]. Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on March 26, 2024.
^ "Norman Adds Two Grad Transfers for 2024 Season". und.com. University of Notre Dame. May 9, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Coach Norman Signs No. 4 Ranked Recruiting Class". und.com. University of Notre Dame. November 8, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Riley DeMartino". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Izzy Engle". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Randie Foor". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Abigail Gemma". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Melinda Hathaway". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Eleanor Hodsden". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Lily Joseph". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Sonoma Kasica". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Abigail Mills". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Rowan Pearl". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Ally Pinto". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Grace Restovich". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024-25 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Women's Soccer Announces 2024 Slate". und.com. University of Notre Dame. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

[1] Aflalo, Alexandre (March 26, 2024). "" On a immédiatement sympathisé " : Korbin Albert et Eva Gaetino, les deux Américaines inséparables du PSG" ['We immediately hit it off': Korbin Albert and Eva Gaetino, the two inseparable Americans of PSG]. Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on March 26, 2024.

[2] "Norman Adds Two Grad Transfers for 2024 Season". und.com. University of Notre Dame. May 9, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[3] "Coach Norman Signs No. 4 Ranked Recruiting Class". und.com. University of Notre Dame. November 8, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[4] "Riley DeMartino". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[5] "Izzy Engle". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[6] "Randie Foor". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[7] "Abigail Gemma". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[8] "Melinda Hathaway". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[9] "Eleanor Hodsden". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[10] "Lily Joseph". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[11] "Sonoma Kasica". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[12] "Abigail Mills". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[13] "Rowan Pearl". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[14] "Ally Pinto". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

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

[auto-16] "2024-25 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[17] "2024-25 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[18] "Women's Soccer Announces 2024 Slate". und.com. University of Notre Dame. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[19] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

[20] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

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