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Saturday, August 27 • 7:30 p.m. (ET) 2011 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind. OVERALL: 0-0-0 BIG EAST: 0-0-0 #15 INDIANA (0-0-0) HOME: 0-0-0 AWAY: 0-0-0 vs. NEUTRAL: 0-0-0 #9 NOTRE DAME (0-0-0)

AUGUST 16 Tue. at Xavier (ex.) T, 1-1 Indiana Leads Series 24-6-1 18 Thur. at Butler (ex.) W, 2-1 22 Mon. CREIGHTON (ex.) T, 2-2 27 Sat. (9) INDIANA (15) 7:30 p.m. WEB BROADCAST: UPDATES: SEPTEMBER UND.com (Free) Twitter.com/und_com 2 Fri. vs. Dayton ! 5:00 p.m. 4 Sun. vs. Saint Louis ! 11:30 a.m. LIVE STATS: Irish Alert! text messaging Gametracker on UND.com (sign up on UND.com) BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 9 Fri. Indiana vs. Bucknell 5:00 p.m. LIVE BLOG: 9 Fri. DENVER 7:30 p.m. 11 Sun. Indiana vs. Denver 11:30 a.m. UND.com/blogs 11 Sun. BUCKNELL 2:00 p.m.

16 Fri. MICHIGAN 7:30 p.m. SETTING THE STAGE 18 Sun. at Michigan State 1:00 p.m. • Notre Dame will open its 35th season of varsity soccer when the Fighting Irish play host to 24 Sat. LOUISVILLE* 7:00 p.m. instate rival Indiana on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. Kickoff between the ninth-ranked Irish (Fox Soccer Channel) and the No. 15 Hoosiers is slated for 7:30 p.m. (ET). OCTOBER 1 Sat. at St. John’s* 7:30 p.m. • The Hoosiers hold a 24-6-1 advantage in the series. Notre Dame is 5-6-0 against Indiana in 5 Wed. NORTHWESTERN 7:00 p.m. the Bobby Clark era, which includes a 2-1 victory at Indiana last season. 8 Sat. CONNECTICUT* Noon • A free live video broadcast of Saturday’s match will be available on UND.com. Live stats via 12 Wed. at Marquette* 7:00 p.m. Gametracker and an in-game blog will be available on UND.com. Fans can also sign up for 15 Sat. at Georgetown* 1:00 p.m. 19 Wed. SETON HALL* 7:00 p.m. ‘Irish Alert’ on UND.com to receive text message score updates. Updates and results can also 22 Sat. at Pittsburgh* 7:00 p.m. be found on Twitter at UND_com. 26 Wed. at Providence* 3:00 p.m. 29 Sat. WEST VIRGINIA* Noon NOVEMBER Notre Dame Men’s Soccer Quick Facts NOTRE DAME IN 2011 ... 2 Wed. BIG EAST First Round (Campus Sites) First Varsity Season...... 1977 At home...... 0-0-0 5 Sat. BIG EAST Quarterfinals All-Time Record...... 442-217-73 (.654) On the road...... 0-0-0 (Campus Sites) NCAA Tournament Appearances... 14 (1988; 1993-94; 1996; 2001-10) At neutral sites...... 0-0-0 11 Fri. BIG EAST Semifinals Best NCAA Finish...... Quarterfinals (2006 & 2007) Vs. BIG EAST teams...... 0-0-0 (Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.) In overtime...... 0-0-0 13 Sun. BIG EAST Final Head Coach...... Bobby Clark Play during the day...... 0-0-0 (Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.) ...... (Jordanhill College ’67) Play at night...... 0-0-0 17 Thur. NCAA First Round ...... 11th season at ND Vs. a team ranked 1-5...... 0-0-0 (Campus Sites) ...... 25th season as college head coach Vs. a team ranked 6-10...... 0-0-0 20 Sun. NCAA Second Round Record at Notre Dame...... 127-59-30 (.657) Vs. a team ranked 11-15...... 0-0-0 (Campus Sites) Career Record...... 280-122-55 (.673) Vs. a team ranked 16-20...... 0-0-0 27 Sun. NCAA Third Round Assistant Coach...... BJ Craig (4th season at ND) Vs. a team ranked 21-25...... 0-0-0 (Campus Sites) ...... (Gordon College ‘93) When ... DECEMBER Assistant Coach...... Chad Riley (6th season at ND) Scoring first...... 0-0-0 2-4 Fri.-Sun.NCAA Quarterfinals ...... (Notre Dame ‘04) Opponent scores first...... 0-0-0 (Campus Sites) Leading at halftime...... 0-0-0 9 Fri. NCAA Semifinals Trailing at halftime...... 0-0-0 (Regions Park - Hoover, Ala.) Conference...... BIG EAST Tied at halftime...... 0-0-0 11 Sun. NCAA Final BIG EAST Titles...... Tournament (2), Reg. Season (3) Outshooting opponent...... 0-0-0 (Regions Park - Hoover, Ala.) Home Field (Surface/Capacity).... Alumni Stadium (Grass/2,500) When being out shot...... 0-0-0 Home games in BOLD CAPS 2010 Overall Record...... 10-6-4 In games decided by ... ! — adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 2010 BIG EAST Record (Finish).. 6-2-1 (2nd/Blue Division) One goal...... 0-0-0 (Bloomington, Ind.) 2010 NCAA Tournament...... L, 2-1 (OT) Dartmouth (2nd Rnd.) * — BIG EAST Conference game Starters Returning/Lost...... 7/4 Two goals...... 0-0-0 All times local to site Letterwinners Returning...... 12/6 Three or more goals...... 0-0-0 Irish SOCCER Page 1 2011 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last School ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 0 Adam LaPlaca So. GK 5-9 170 Glastonbury, CT/Glastonbury 1 Patrick Wall So. GK 5-11 160 Sugarland, TX/Strake Jesuit College Prep 27 Nick Besler M/D 2 *** (C) Sr. D 6-1 185 Dorchester, MA/The Roxbury Latin School 9 Leon Brown F 3 Bob Novak Jr. M 5-6 145 Homer Glen, IL/Lockport Township 28 Vince Cicciarelli F 4 Sean McGrath* Sr. D 5-8 145 Indianapolis, IN/Pike 19 Kyle Craft M 5 ** (C) Jr. M 5-11 172 Plano, TX/Plano Senior 21 F 6 Greg Klazura** (C) Sr. D 5-10 150 Rockford, IL/Boylan Catholic 25 Robby Gallegos M 7 Michael Knapp Sr. D 6-1 170 Arlington, TX/Jesuit College Prep 17 Brendan King M 8 Eric Tilley Jr. M/D 6-0 160 Albuquerque, NM/Sandia 6 Greg Klazura D 9 Leon Brown So. F 5-11 160 Mattapan, MA/The Roxbury Latin School 7 Michael Knapp D 10 Chris Sutton** Sr. M/D 6-1 185 Apple Valley, MN/Shattuck-St. Mary’s 24 Max Lachowecki M/F 11 Adam Mena** Sr. M 5-10 145 Holland, MI/West Ottawa 0 Adam LaPlaca GK 12 Andrew O’Malley So. D 6-0 180 West Chester, PA/Salesianum School 29 Brendan Lesch M 13 Will Walsh* Sr. GK 6-3 190 Morristown, NJ/Delbarton 2 Aaron Maund D 14 Danny O’Leary* Jr. F 5-11 165 Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley 4 Sean McGrath D 15 Harrison Shipp* So. F 5-9 145 Lake Forest, IL/Lake Forest 11 Adam Mena M 16 Kyle Richard* Jr. M/F 5-10 155 Louisville, KY/Saint Xavier 26 Connor Miller D 17 Brendan King*** Sr. M 6-0 160 Naperville, IL/Edison Academic Center (Fla.) 22 Luke Mishu D 18 Alex Priede So. F 5-9 155 , OH/Summit Country Day 3 Bob Novak M 19 Kyle Craft So. M 5-10 145 Tulsa, OK/Bishop Kelly 14 Danny O’Leary M/D 20 * Jr. D 6-2 165 Plano, TX/Frisco Centennial 12 Andrew O’Malley D 21 Ryan Finley Jr. F 6-0 180 Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas Valley/Duke 5 Dillon Powers M 22 Luke Mishu So. D 6-0 165 Knoxville, TN/Knoxville Catholic 18 Alex Priede F 23 Michael Rose** Sr. M/F 6-2 170 Severna Park, MD/Severna Park 16 Kyle Richard M/F 24 Max Lachowecki Fr. M/F 5-10 155 Evansville, IN/Reitz Memorial 23 Michael Rose M/F 25 Robby Gallegos Fr. M 5-9 140 Aptos, CA/Bellarmine 15 Harrison Shipp F 26 Connor Miller So. D 6-0 175 Aurora, IL/Benet Academy 10 Chris Sutton M/D 27 Nick Besler Fr. M/D 6-0 160 Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley West 8 Eric Tilley M/D 28 Vince Cicciarelli Fr. F 6-2 205 Peoria, IL/Peoria Notre Dame 20 Grant Van De Casteele D 29 Brendan Lesch Fr. M 6-0 175 Westport, CT/Staples 1 Patrick Wall GK 13 Will Walsh GK Head Coach: Bobby Clark (11th Season at ND - Jordanhill College ‘67) Assistant Coach: BJ Craig (4th Season at ND - Gordon College ‘93) Assistant Coach: Chad Riley (6th Season at ND - Notre Dame ’04) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Volunteer Assistant Coach: Vern Gingerich (4th Season at ND - Tri-State University ‘97) Athletic Trainer: TBA Besler BEEZ-ler Senior Manager: Jennifer Kline Cicciarelli SIS-uh-relli Gallegos GUY-eh-gos * – indicates number of monograms earned Klazura Kluh-ZUR-uh (C) – indicates team captain Lachowecki Lack-oh-WECK-ee Mena MAY-nuh Mishu ME-shoe IRISH ROSTER BY STATE Priede Pre-DEE

California (1): Gallegos Minnesota (1): Sutton Connecticut (2): LaPlaca, Lesch New Jersey (2): Finley, Walsh Illinois (7): Cicciarelli, King, Klazura, Miller, Novak, New Mexico (1): Tilley O’Leary, Shipp Ohio (1): Priede Indiana (2): Lachowecki, McGrath Oklahoma (1): Craft Kansas (1): Besler Pennsylvania (1): O’Malley Kentucky (1): Richard Tennessee (1): Mishu Maryland (1): Rose Texas (4): Knapp, Powers, Van De Casteele, Wall Massachusetts (2): Brown, Maund Michigan (1): Mena

Irish SOCCER Page 2 FOR STARTERS Probable Starters • Notre Dame is 21-10-3 all-time in season openers, including 6-3-1 during the Bobby Clark era. The Irish fell to UCLA, 1-0, during the 2010 opener. Pos. # Name (Yr.) G-A-P • This marks just the third time in the past eight seasons that Notre Dame will open the F 15 Harrison Shipp (So.) 0-0-0 season with a home match. F 21 Ryan Finley (Jr.) 0-0-0 LM 17 Brendan King (Sr.) 0-0-0 IRISH ITEMS CM 5 Dillon Powers (Jr.) 0-0-0 CM 10 Chris Sutton (Sr.) 0-0-0 • Notre Dame went 1-0-2 in exhibition play. The Irish defeated Butler (2-1) and drew with RM 11 Adam Mena (Sr.) 0-0-0 Xavier (1-1) and Creighton (2-2). LB 6 Greg Klazura (Sr.) 0-0-0 • Notre Dame is coming off a 10-6-4 season in 2010. The Irish finished second in the CD 20 Grant Van De Casteele (Jr.) 0-0-0 BIG EAST Blue Division with a 6-2-1 league record before advancing to the semifinals CD 2 Aaron Maund (Sr.) 0-0-0 of the league tournament. The Fighting Irish qualified for the NCAA Championship for RB 7 Michael Knapp (Sr.) 0-0-0 the 10th straight season as they garnered the tournament’s No. 9 seed. Notre Dame fell to W-L-T Dartmouth, 2-1, in overtime in the second round. GK 13 Will Walsh (Sr.) 0-0-0 • The Fighting Irish returned seven starters and 12 letterwinners from last season. Notre 0.0 GAA Dame welcomes back three of its four starters in the defense along with four starting midfielders. • Notre Dame’s leading returning goal scorer is junior midfielder Dillon Powers, who ranked second among all Irish players last season in goals (4) and points (12).

CLARK ON THE CUSP • Head coach Bobby Clark is entering his 11th season on the Irish sidelines. He is one win away from tying Rich Hunter for the most victories in program history. Clark is 127- Standings (as of Aug. 26) 59-30 during his Notre Dame tenure. Hunter, who was Notre Dame’s first varsity head coach, posted a 128-32-8 record from 1977-83. BLUE DIVISION BIG EAST Pts. Overall THE INDIANA SERIES Connecticut 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 • The Hoosiers hold a 24-6-1 advantage in the series. Notre Dame is 5-6-0 against Indiana Georgetown 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 in the Bobby Clark era, which includes a 2-1 victory at Indiana last season. Indiana is Marquette 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 12-2-0 all-time at Notre Dame. The Hoosiers claimed a 3-0 victory in the last meeting at NOTRE DAME 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 Notre Dame, which occurred during the 2009 campaign. Pittsburgh 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 • Saturday will mark the 32nd meeting all-time between the Fighting Irish and Hoosiers, Providence 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 but it will be the first time Notre Dame has opened a season against Indiana. Seton Hall 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 West Virginia 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 A LOOK AT THE HOOSIERS RED DIVISION • Indiana posted a 10-8-2 record during the 2010 season. The Hoosiers fell to Akron, 2-1, BIG EAST Pts. Overall in the third round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 • The Hoosiers were picked to win the 2011 Big Ten title in a vote by the league’s head DePaul 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 coaches. Louisville 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 • Head coach Todd Yeagley is in his second season at the helm of the Indiana program. Rutgers 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 St. John’s 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 THE LAST TIME Syracuse 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 • Notre Dame topped Indiana, 2-1, last season in Bloomington, Ind. Jeb Brovsky gave the USF 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 Irish a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute, while evened the match in the 24th minute. Villanova 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 Adam Mena deposited the game winner in the 80th minute.

NOTRE DAME VS. THE BIG TEN • Saturday is Notre Dame’s first of four regular-season matches against Big Ten Confer- ence foes. The Irish also have Michigan (Sept. 16), Michigan State (Sept. 18) and North- western (Oct. 5) on their 2011 slate. • The Fighting Irish went 1-1-2 last season against Big Ten competition. Notre Dame defeated Indiana (2-1) and tied both Michigan (0-0) and Northwestern (1-1). The Irish suffered a 2-0 setback to Michigan State.

SUSTAINED SUCCESS • Since Bobby Clark took over the reins of the Notre Dame program in 2001, the Irish have won at least 10 matches during all 10 seasons of the Bobby Clark era. The Fighting Irish have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of the past 10 seasons. That streak ranks in a tie for fifth nationally.

Irish SOCCER Page 3 • Notre Dame is the only team in the BIG EAST to finish in the top two of either divi- The Indiana Series sion standings in each of the past four seasons. The Fighting Irish are the only BIG EAST Indiana Leads 24-6-1 squad to qualify for the semifinals in each of the past four league tournaments. H: 2-12-0/A: 4-12-1/N: 0-0-0 QUOTING CLARK Date Location Result • Notre Dame head coach Bobby Clark shares his thoughts on the season opener against 10/22/78 Bloomington, IN L, 1-7 9/28/79 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-4 Indiana … 9/28/80 Bloomington, IN L, 0-4 “I don’t think you can open the season in any bigger fashion than having Indiana come 10/25/81 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-2 up here. Any time Notre Dame and Indiana play in soccer it’s a big deal. We are certainly 9/24/82 Bloomington, IN L, 0-4 excited for it and I’m sure (Indiana head coach) Todd Yeagley and his squad is as well. It 9/25/83 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-4 should be a good game and a good challenge for us.” 9/23/84 Bloomington, IN L, 1-5 9/22/85 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-2 UP NEXT 9/12/86 Bloomington, IN L, 0-2 • Notre Dame will head to Bloomington, Ind. to take part in the adidas/IU Credit Union 9/13/87 Notre Dame, IN (ot) W, 4-3 Classic during Labor Day Weekend. The Irish will face Dayton at 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Sept. 2 9/9/88 Bloomington, IN (ot) T, 1-1 and then they will meet Saint Louis at 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Sept. 4. This will mark the eighth 9/29/89 Notre Dame, IN L, 1-3 straight season that Notre Dame has taken part in the event, which is hosted by Indiana. 9/27/91 Notre Dame, IN (ot) L, 1-4 9/25/92 Bloomington, IN L, 0-3 9/24/93 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-3 FAMILIAR FACES 9/23/94 Bloomington, IN L, 0-2 • The Notre Dame and Indiana teams will probably have seen enough of each other after 11/20/94 Bloomington, IN* (ot) L, 0-1 the end of these next three weeks. The Fighting Irish and Hoosiers will open the season 9/22/95 Notre Dame, IN (ot) L, 2-4 against one another on Saturday and then Notre Dame will take part in Indiana’s adidas/ 9/27/96 Bloomington, IN L, 0-3 IU Credit Union Classic (Sept. 2 & 4) before the Hoosiers travel back to South Bend for 9/2/97 Notre Dame, IN L , 0-4 the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament (Sept. 9 & 11), which is hosted by the Fighting 10/17/01 Bloomington, IN W, 1-0 Irish. The Irish and Hoosiers will not face each other in either tournament. 11/27/02 Bloomington, IN** L, 0-1 9/18/03 Notre Dame, IN (ot) W, 1-0 TRIO OF IRISH PLAYERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS 9/15/04 Bloomington, IN L, 0-2 • Ryan Finley (Jr./F), Aaron Maund (Sr./D) and Dillon Powers (Jr./M) all have received 10/26/05 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-3 11/22/05 Bloomington, IN** W, 2-0 preseason All-America honors. Finley and Maund copped the accolades from College 9/3/06 Bloomington, IN (ot) W, 5-4 Soccer News, while Maund and Powers were tabbed by Soccer America. 10/17/07 Notre Dame, IN L, 2-3 • Finley, who is entering his first season with the Fighting Irish after transferring from 10/16/08 Bloomington, IN L, 1-3 Duke, was named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Offensive Player of the Year 10/14/09 Notre Dame, IN L, 0-3 as he led the league in goals (17) and points (37). He also was named to the 2010 National 10/6/10 Bloomington, IN W, 2-1 Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America third team. Finley tallied * - NCAA Tournament First Round 64 points on 28 goals and eight assists during his two seasons with the Blue Devils. ** - NCAA Tournament Second Round • Maund has been a mainstay in the Irish lineup, starting all 59 matches in which he has played during his Notre Dame career. He notched one goal and two assists last season. For his career, Maund has seven points on two goals and three assists. Along with earning By The Numbers second-team all-BIG EAST honors last season, he copped third-team all-league accolades

ND IU as a sophomore. Maund also was named to the All-Great Lakes Region third team in 2009 0-0-0 Overall Record 0-0-0 and 2010. 0-0-0 Conference Record 0-0-0 • Powers has played in 38 matches, including 24 starts, during his first two seasons with 0-0-0 Non-Conference Record 0-0-0 the Irish. He started every contest last season and ranked second on the team in goals (4) 0-0-0 At Home 0-0-0 and points (12) en route to earning second-team all-conference honors. The midfielder 0-0-0 On the Road 0-0-0 has 17 career points on four goals and nine assists. 0-0-0 At Neutral Site 0-0-0 0/0 Goals For/Against 0/0 BIG EAST ELITE 0.00 Goals Scored Per Game 0.00 • Notre Dame senior defender Aaron Maund along with junior midfielderDillon Powers 0.00 Goals Allowed Per Game 0.00 were named to the 2011 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team for men’s soccer in a vote by the 0.0/0.0 Shots Per Game For/Against 0.0/0.0 league’s head coaches. The Irish duo was among 12 players named to the squad. 0.0/0.0 SOG Per Game For/Against 0.0/0.0 0/0 Corner Kicks For/Against 0/0 0.0/0.0 Saves Per Game For/Against 0.0/0.0 IRISH PICKED TO FINISH SECOND IN DIVISION 0/0 Shutouts For/Against 0/0 • Notre Dame was picked to finish second in the BIG EAST Blue Division, while Con- necticut was tabbed to win the division. The Huskies received 10 first-place votes among the eight Blue Division squads, while the Irish garnered two. Louisville was picked to win the Red Division. The league’s 16 head coaches were not permitted to vote for their own teams.

Irish SOCCER Page 4 NATIONAL POLLS KLAZURA A LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE (bold indicates 2011 Irish opponent) • Greg Klazura is one of 30 candidates up for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the men’s soccer division. Soccer NSCAA • To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Di- America (Coaches) vision I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – commu- 1. Louisville 1. Louisville nity, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and 2. UCLA 2. Akron Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the 3. North Carolina 3. North Carolina total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make 4. Akron 4. Maryland a positive impact as leaders in their communities. 5. Connecticut 5. SMU 6. Creighton 6. UCLA • Klazura returned to the Irish for a fifth season after turning down a chance to take part 7. SMU 7. California in the 2011 draft combine. Klazura, one of three captains for the 8. Maryland 8. Connecticut Irish this season, started all 20 games at left back during the 2010 campaign and tallied 9. NOTRE DAME 9. Michigan three points on one goal and one assist. He helped the Fighting Irish defense post six 10. UC Santa Barbara 10. Creighton 11. Virginia 11. Brown shutouts in 2010. 12. Duke 12. NOTRE DAME • Klazura graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in pre-professional stud- 13. Wake Forest 13. William & Mary ies (pre-med). He finished his undergraduate career with a 3.583 cumulative grade- 14. Brown 14. UC Santa Barbara point average. He currently is taking courses that emphasize service and or medicine to 15. Ohio State 15t. Ohio State 16. USF 15t. South Carolina boost his resume for medical school. Klazura was named to the 2010 National Soccer 17. West Virginia 17. Indiana Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar All-Region first team. He also is a 18. Indiana 18. Penn State two-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2009 & 2010). 19. UCF 19. Michigan State 20. California 20. Dartmouth 21. Monmouth 21. Butler CAPTAINS 22. Florida Gulf Coast 22. Virginia • Greg Klazura (Sr./D), Aaron Maund (Sr./D) and Dillon Powers (Jr./M) will serve as 23. Boston College 23. Duke first-time team captains for the Fighting Irish during the 2011 campaign. 24. Loyola Marymount 24. UC Irvine 25. Old Dominion 25. Boston College ROOKIE RANKINGS • Notre Dame’s 2011 freshman class was selected as the 14th best rookie class in the nation according to News. The five-man class features four high school All-Americans. Comprising the class are: midfielder/defender Nick Besler (Overland Park, Kan.), forward Vince Cicciarelli (Peoria, Ill.), midfielderRobby Gallegos (Aptos, Calif.), midfielder/forwardMax Lachowecki (Evansville, Ind.) and midfielderBrendan Lesch (Westport, Conn.).

College Soccer A GREAT NIGHT FOR GRASSROOT Soccer Times News • Notre Dame held its annual exhibition game to benefit Grassroot Soccer on Aug. 22. Poll not yet available A total of 2,444 fans packed into Alumni Stadium to watch the Irish play Creighton to a 1. Louisville 2-2 draw. All of the proceeds from the match went to Grassroot Soccer, an international 2. UCLA 1. AIDS awareness and education organization that reaches youth in Africa through soc- 3. North Carolina 2. 4. Akron 3. cer clinics. Dr. Tommy Clark, the eldest son of Irish head coach Bobby Clark, is the 5. SMU 4. founder and CEO of Grassroot Soccer. Notre Dame has held a match to benefit Grass- 6. Creighton 5. root Soccer in each of the past eight seasons. 7. Connecticut 6. 8. Maryland 7. 9. UC Santa Barbara 8. TOUGH SLATE 10. Brown 9. • The Irish will face another challenging schedule this season as seven of their oppo- 11. NOTRE DAME 10. nents appear in the College Soccer News preseason top-30 poll. Louisville (#1), Con- 12. Virginia 11. 13. Boston College 12. necticut (#7), Indiana (#15), Michigan State (#18), Michigan (#21), West Virginia (#22) 14. California 13. and Denver (#29) all appear in the rankings. Notre Dame is ranked 11th in the poll. 15. Indiana 14. 16. Duke 15. 17. Ohio State 16. 18. Michigan State 17. 19. Loyola Marymount 18. 20. Penn State 19. IRISH IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS 21. Michigan 20. Soccer America NSCAA College Soccer News Soccer Times 22. West Virginia Preseason 9th 12th 11th NA 23. Charlotte 24. Florida Gulf Coast 25. Wake Forest 26. Old Dominion 27. Monmouth 28. UCF 29. Denver 30. Furman Irish SOCCER Page 5 FOLLOW THE IRISH ON UND.COM 2011 BIG EAST • All 2011 Notre Dame home matches that are not televised can be seen live on UND. Preseason Awards com. The streaming broadcasts are free of charge. Log on to UND.com to stay up to Preseason Co-Offensive Players of the Year date on the Fighting Irish men’s soccer team throughout the 2011 campaign. , Sr., Connecticut , Sr., Louisville PURCHASE YOUR IRISH SOCCER TICKETS • To purchase a season pass or single-game tickets for Fighting Irish soccer, call the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Murnane Family Athletics Ticket Office at (574) 631-7356, visit the tickets page at the , R-Sr., Louisville official Notre Dame athletics web site, UND.com (UND.com/tickets) or stop by the Murnane Family Athletics Ticket Office windows inside the new Rosenthal Atrium at Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Purcell Pavilion (entrance via Gate 9). Tickets also can be purchased at Alumni Stadi- Andre Boudreaux, R-Sr., Louisville um on gamedays. For group discount pricing information call Rita Baxter in the Notre Preseason All-BIG EAST Team^ Dame Ticket Office at (574) 631-4165. GK Andre Boudreaux, R-Sr., Louisville B Andrew Jean-Baptiste, So., Connecticut B Austin Berry, R-Sr., Louisville B Aaron Maund, Sr., Notre Dame B Raymon Gaddis, Sr., West Virginia M Carlos Alvarez, Jr., Connecticut M , Jr., Georgetown M Dillon Powers, Jr., Notre Dame F Tony Cascio, Sr., Connecticut* F Antonio Aguilar, Jr., DePaul F , So., Georgetown F Colin Rolfe, Sr, Louisville*

* - unanimous selection ^ - extra member added due to voting ties

2011 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll

Blue Division Points 1. Connecticut (10) 110 2. Notre Dame (2) 102 3. West Virginia (3) 89 4. Georgetown (1) 88 5. Providence 67 6. Marquette 53 7. Seton Hall 35 8. Pittsburgh 24

Red Division Points 1. Louisville (15) 120 2. USF (1) 98 3. St. John’s 93 4. Villanova 73 5. Cincinnati 70 6. Rutgers 45 7. DePaul 40 8. Syracuse 29

Irish SOCCER Page 6 2010 Notre Dame Men's Soccer Notre Dame Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2010) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 10-6-4 8-2-1 2-2-2 0-2-1 CONFERENCE 6-2-1 5-0 1-2-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-4-3 3-2-1 1-0-1 0-2-1

Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Sep 03 vs #5 UCLA L 0-1 2952 11 PERRY, Steven 20 12 4 28 73 .1 6 4 42 .5 7 5 5 0 - 0 Sep 05 CALIFORNIA T o 2 0-0 1379 8 POWERS, Dillon 20 4 4 12 42 .0 9 5 16 .3 8 1 1 0 - 0 Sep 10 #22 DRAKE W 2-0 1547 17 KING, Brendan 20 3 6 12 58 .0 5 2 19 .3 2 8 1 0 - 0 Sep 12 CAL POLY W 5-1 892 5 BROVSKY, Jeb 20 4 1 9 46 .0 8 7 19 .4 1 3 0 1 - 1 Sep 17 at Michigan T o 2 0-0 3503 23 ROSE, Michael 20 1 4 6 29 .0 3 4 10 .3 4 5 1 0 - 0 Sep 19 #15 MICHIGAN STATE L 0-2 893 15 SHIPP, Harrison 20 0 6 6 35 .0 0 0 15 .4 2 9 0 0 - 0 * Sep 25 #12 ST. JOHN'S W 1-0 928 19 MENA, Adam 20 2 0 4 15 .1 3 3 4 .2 6 7 1 0 - 0 Sep 29 vs Northwestern T o 2 1-1 437 20 VAN DE CASTEELE, Gr 20 2 0 4 9 .2 2 2 3 .3 3 3 1 0 - 0 * Oct 03 PROVIDENCE W 2-1 1331 2 MAUND, Aaron 20 1 2 4 13 .0 7 7 4 .3 0 8 0 0 - 0 Oct 06 at #20 Indiana W 2-1 1801 6 KLAZURA, Greg 20 1 1 3 12 .0 8 3 7 .5 8 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 09 at West Virginia L 1-2 977 18 RICHARD, Kyle 15 0 1 1 9 .0 0 0 3 .3 3 3 0 0 - 0 * Oct 13 MARQUETTE W 4-1 930 10 SUTTON, Chris 19 0 0 0 20 .0 0 0 3 .1 5 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 16 at #2 Louisville L 0-2 3207 3 DUCKETT, Bilal 20 0 0 0 7 .0 0 0 2 .2 8 6 0 0 - 0 * Oct 19 at Seton Hall W 3-1 512 16 LUTTRELL, Andrew 6 0 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 22 at #5 Connecticut T o 2 0-0 4463 14 O'LEARY, Danny 12 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 27 PITTSBURGH W 3-2 634 13 WALSH, Will 7 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 * Oct 31 #21 GEORGETOWN W 3-0 327 12 KRZYSKOWSKI, Craig 2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ^ Nov 06 MARQUETTE W 2-1 429 9 NOVAK, Bob 2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ^ Nov 12 vs #1 Louisville L 0-1 0 7 KNAPP, Michael 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ! Nov 21 DARTMOUTH L o t 1-2 665 4 McGRATH, Sean 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 TUTTLE, Philip 13 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * - BIG EAST Game Total 20 30 29 89 372 .0 8 1 148 .3 9 8 10 1 - 1 ^ - BIG EAST Tournament Opponents 20 19 12 50 274 .0 6 9 94 .3 4 3 6 1 - 2 ! - NCAA Tournament ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho TEAM STATISTICS ND OPP 13 WALSH, Will 7 670:00 4 0.54 28 .8 7 5 3-2-2 4 SHOT STATISTICS 1 TUTTLE, Philip 13 1219:14 15 1.11 44 .7 4 6 7-4-2 2 Goals-Shot attempts 30-372 19-274 Total 20 1889:14 19 0.91 75 .7 9 8 10-6-4 6 Goals scored per game 1.50 0.95 Opponents 20 1889:14 30 1.43 118 .7 9 7 6-10-4 7 Shot pct. .0 8 1 .0 6 9 Shots on goal-Attempts 148-372 94-274 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total SOG pct. .3 9 8 .3 4 3 Notre Dame 10 20 0 0 30 S h o t s / G a m e 18.6 13.7 Opponents 8 10 1 0 19 CORNER KICKS 147 110 PENALTY KICKS 1-1 1-2 Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total PENALTIES Notre Dame 158 193 12 9 372 Yellow cards 23 21 Opponents 131 131 4 8 274 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total T o t a l 9955 14463 Notre Dame 37 35 0 3 75 Dates/Avg Per Date 11/905 6/2410 Opponents 46 66 3 3 118 Neutral Site #/Avg 3/1130 Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Notre Dame 55 83 6 3 147 Opponents 57 51 1 1 110

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Notre Dame 94 104 4 10 212 Opponents 83 105 4 2 194