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22000099 UUNNIIVVEERRSSIITTYY OOFF NNOOTTRREE DDAAMMEE MMEENN’’SS SSOOCCCCEERR Sports Information Office (14-2-3) University of Notre Dame GREEN BAY 112 Joyce Center at Notre Dame, IN 46556 #19 NOTRE DAME (10-7-4) Phone: 574.631.7516 • Fax: 574.631.7941 • und.com Men’s Soccer Contact: Sean Carroll (O) 574.631.2664 • (C) 574.340.2177 NCAA Championship - First Round [email protected] Thursday, Nov. 19 • 7:30 p.m. (ET) Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame leads series 2-1-0 2009 Schedule/Results Overall (10-7-4); BIG EAST (8-3-0) Live Broadcast on und.com AUGUST Live Stats: Gametracker on und.com 20 Thur. at Northern Illinois (ex) W, 3-0 24 Mon. (10) NORTHWESTERN (ex) (11) W, 1-0 SETTING THE STAGE … SEPTEMBER No. 19 Notre Dame will play host to Green Bay on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) in the 1 Tue. (10) MICHIGAN (21) W, 5-0 4 Fri. (10) vs. Wake Forest! (3) T, 1-1 (2ot) first round of the NCAA Championship. The Fighting Irish will be making their ninth straight 6 Sun. (10) vs. St. John’s! (1) L, 0-2 NCAA Championship appearance and the 13th trip overall in program history. This will be Green Bay’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1983. The Irish are 2-1 all-time against MIKE BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT the Phoenix. 11 Fri. (10) SEATTLE W, 3-0 13 Sun. (10) NEW MEXICO L, 1-2 (ot) GAME WATCH … Thursday’s match can be seen live and for free on und.com … Tom Staudt will handle play- 18 Fri. (20) at DePaul* W, 2-1 by-play duties, while Michael Scholl will provide color commentary … live stats via 20 Sun. (20) at USF* (5) L, 1-2 Gametracker also are available on und.com. 25 Fri. (21) LOUISVILLE* (9) W, 4-0 27 Sun. (21) CINCINNATI* L, 0-1 OCTOBER FIGHTING IRISH AGAINST THE PHOENIX … 2 Fri. (25) SETON HALL* W, 2-1 Notre Dame is 2-1 all-time against Green Bay … the last meeting occurred during the 1994 7 Wed. (24) at Marquette* W, 2-0 campaign and Green Bay won that match 2-1 at Notre Dame … Notre Dame won at Green 10 Sat. (24) at Providence* W, 1-0 (2ot) Bay, 3-2 in overtime, in 1985 and captured a 2-1 home victory over the Phoenix in 1988. 14 Wed. (22) INDIANA (19) L, 0-3 17 Sat. (22) WEST VIRGINIA* L, 0-1 IRISH IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP … 21 Wed. at Georgetown* W, 2-1 (ot) The Irish are making their ninth straight NCAA Championship appearance and the 13th trip 24 Sat. at Pittsburgh* W, 1-0 overall in program history … the Irish have a 9-11-1 record all-time in the NCAA 28 Wed. at Michigan State L, 1-2 Championship … Notre Dame’s high-water mark in the NCAA Tournament were quarterfinal 31 Sat. CONNECTICUT* (5) W, 2-1 (ot) NOVEMBER trips in 2006 and 2007 … last season, the Irish fell at home to Northwestern, 2-1, in the sec - 8 Sun. USF (8) T, 2-2 (2ot) ond round ... the Irish have made the tournament’s Round of 16 on five occasions (1996, (ND wins PK shootout 5-4) 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) ... Notre Dame owns a 5-2-1 mark at home and a 4-9-0 record on (BIG EAST Quarterfinals) the road in the NCAAs. 13 Fri. (25) vs. Louisville (7) T, 0-0 (2ot) (ND wins PK shootout 4-3) Notre Dame Men’s Soccer Quick Facts Fighting Irish in 2009 (BIG EAST Semifinals - Morgantown, W. Va.) At home .......................................... 5-4-1 15 Sun. (25) VS. St. John’s (14) T, 0-0 (2ot) First Varsity Season .................. 1977 On the road .................................... 5-2-0 (SJU wins PK shootout 5-3) All-Time Record ........................ 431-210-69 (.656) At neutral sites ................................ 0-1-3 (BIG EAST Final - Morgantown, W. Va.) NCAA Tourn. Appearances ........ 13 (1988; 1993-94; 1996; 2001-09) Vs. BIG EAST teams .......................... 8-4-3 Best NCAA Finish ...................... Quarterfinals (2006 & 2007) 19 Thur. (19) GREEN BAY 7:30 p.m. In overtime ...................................... 3-1-4 Play during the day .......................... 5-6-2 (NCAA First Round) Head Coach .............................. Bobby Clark Play at night .................................... 5-1-2 22 Sun. NCAA Second Round TBA ................................................ (Jordanhill College ’67) (Campus Sites) Record at Notre Dame .............. 116-52-26 (.665)/ninth season Vs. a team ranked 1-5 .................... 1-2-1 29 Sun. NCAA Third Round TBA Career Record .......................... 269-115-51 (.677)/23rd season Vs. a team ranked 6-10 .................. 1-0-2 (Campus Sites) Assistant Coach ........................ BJ Craig (second season) Vs. a team ranked 11-15 ................ 0-0-1 DECEMBER ................................................ (Gordon College ‘93) Vs. a team ranked 16-20 ................ 0-1-0 Vs. a team ranked 21-25 ................ 1-0-0 4-6 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Quarterfinals TBA Assistant Coach ........................ Chad Riley (fourth season) ................................................ (Notre Dame ‘04) When ... (Campus Sites) Scoring first .................................... 8-1-0 11 Fri. NCAA Semifinals TBA Conference ................................ BIG EAST Opponent scores first ...................... 2-6-2 (Cary, N.C.) BIG EAST Titles .......................... Tournament (2), Reg. Season (3) Leading at halftime .......................... 3-0-0 13 Sun. NCAA Championship TBA Home Field (Capacity) .............. Alumni Stadium (2,500) Trailing at halftime .......................... 1-1-2 (Cary, N.C.) Tied at halftime .............................. 6-6-2 home games in BOLD CAPS; all times local to site 2008 Overall Record .................. 12-7-2 Outshooting opponent .................... 8-6-3 ! — adidas/IU Credit Union Classic (Bloomington, Ind.) 2008 BIG EAST When being out shot ...................... 2-0-1 Record (Finish) .......................... 7-2-2 (1st Blue Division) * — BIG EAST Conference game In games decided by ... 2008 NCAA Tournament .......... Lost to Northwestern in Note : Number in parentheses to left of opponent is Notre ................................................ second round, 2-1 One goal .......................................... 6-5-0 Dame’s national ranking at time of game; number to right of Starters Returning/Lost from ‘08 .................................. 8/3 Two goals ........................................ 1-1-0 opponent is its national ranking at time of game. Letter-Winners Returning/Lost from ‘08 .......................... 14/6 Three or more goals ........................ 3-1-0 2009 Notre Dame Men’s Soccer • Contact: Sean Carroll • [email protected] • 574.631.2664 • Page 2 SCOUTING GREEN BAY … Probable Starters Green Bay captured the Horizon League title THE GREEN BAY SERIES with a 3-2 shootout victory over Butler on Notre Dame leads 2-1-0 Pos. # Name (Yr.) G-A-P Sunday … the match ended as a scoreless draw F 9 Bright Dike (Sr.) 10-3-23 H: 1-1-0, A: 1-0-0, N: 0-0-0 F 22 Dillon Powers (Fr.) 0-4-4 … the Phoenix will carry a 14-2-3 record into Date Site Result LM 5 Jeb Brovsky (Jr.) 3-4-10 Thursday’s match … Green Bay has allowed one 9/28/85 Green Bay, WI (ot) W, 3-2 CM 8 Michael Thomas (Sr.) 6-6-18 goal in its past five matches … the Phoenix 11/2/88 Notre Dame, IN W, 2-1 CM 15 Matt Armstrong (Jr.) 0-1-1 offense averages 2.42 goals per game, while 10/9/94 Notre Dame, IN L, 1-2 RM 6 Dave Donohue (Sr.) 0-1-1 the defense allows 0.89 per contest … JC Banks LB 21 Justin Morrow (Sr.) 2-0-4 leads the team in goals (13), assists (9) and CD 7 John Schaefer (Sr.) 1-0-2 By the Numbers CD 2 Aaron Maund (So.) 1-0-2 points (35) … David Znaty has eight goals, while David Prochazka is tied for the team lead with RB 3 Bilal Duckett (Jr.) 0-0-0 ND GB GK 0 Andrew Quinn (Sr.) 1.15 GAA nine assists … Ryan Wehking has started every 10-7-4 Overall Record 14-2-3 .750 SV% match in goal and carries a 0.87 goals-against 8-3-0 Conference Record 6-2-0 3-4-2; 2 SO average with a .761 save percentage and nine 2-4-4 Non-Conference Record 8-0-3 or shutouts … head coach Tom Poitras is in his 5-4-1 At Home 7-0-1 GK 1 Philip Tuttle (Sr.) 0.71 GAA 5-2-0 On the Road 6-2-2 .743 SV% sixth season with the Phoenix … this is Green Bay’s first trip to the NCAA Championship since 0-1-3 At Neutral Site 1-0-0 7-3-2; 5 SO 30/20 Goals For/Against 46/17 1983. 1.43 Goals Scored Per Game 2.42 FIRST ROUND HISTORY … 0.95 Goals Allowed Per Game 0.89 Thursday will be Notre Dame’s first first-round COMMON OPPONENTS … 14.5/10.0 Shots Per Game For/Against 16.5/9.8 NCAA Championship game since the 2005 sea - Notre Dame and Green Bay have played two 132/93 Corner Kicks For/Against 122/62 son … the Fighting Irish have received a first- common opponents this season (DePaul and 3.0/4.6 Saves Per Game For/Against 2.9/4.8 8/6 Shutouts For/Against 9/1 round bye in each of the past three seasons … Pittsburgh) … both the Irish and Phoenix Notre Dame topped Western Illinois, 2-0, in the topped DePaul 2-1 and Pittsburgh 1-0. kicks, 5-4, in the quarterfinals after both teams first round of the 2005 tournament … Notre were tied 2-2 following regulation and two Dame is 6-6 all-time in its first game of an NCAA QUOTING CLARK … overtime periods … the Irish defeated Louisville Championship.