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2005 Notre Dame NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER Women’s Soccer vs. DePaul (Sept. 16, 2005; Alumni Field) (5-1-0) August The 5th-ranked 2005 Notre Dame women’s soccer team (5-1-0) returns home this weekend for Vermont Classic games vs. DePaul (Sept. 16; 7:30 EST) and Michigan (Sept. 18; 1:00) … the Irish dropped a 2- 26 vs. New Hampshire W, 11-1 1 game last week at No. 6 Santa Clara (1-2) before rebounding with a 4-1 win over Gonzaga 28 at Vermont W, 6-0 … Notre Dame leads the nation in scoring with 32 goals and 5.33 goals per game, after a big opening week at the Vermont Classic (11-1 vs. UNH, 6-0 vs. UVm) and week-2 wins at the ND September Classic over a pair of teams ranked in the national polls (4-1 vs. #11 Florida, 6-0 vs. #25 Notre Dame Classic Maryland) … the DePaul game will be the 400th in the 17-year history of ND women’s soccer 2 UConn 2, Maryland 1 (the Irish program has won 83.3% of its all-time games, at 324-58-17) … these gamenotes will ND 4, Florida 1 be updated prior to the Michigan game, which will be telecast later next week (Sept. 22) by (both Sept. 2 games on CSTV) Comcast Detroit and Comcast Local (channel 3, in South Bend). 4 Florida 5, UConn 0 ND 6, Maryland 0 INFORMATION HIGHWAY – GameTracker livestats can be accessed at www.und.com while internet audio for the ND-DePaul game is available to CSTV All-Access subscribers (see Santa Clara Classic multimedia link on und.com) … All-Access subscribers can view video/audio of the ND weekly 9 at Santa Clara L, 1-2 all-sports show while listening to game audio of several sports from ND and other schools … (Comcast SportsNet West) recaps are available on the ND Sports Hotline (574-631-3000, press "4,” then “2"). 11 vs. Gonzaga W, 4-1 NCAA STAT LEADERS – Notre Dame leads the nation in scoring (5.33 goals/gm; 32 overall) 16 DePaul* 7:30 … freshman F Kerri Hanks currently shares the national lead in goals (11G-1A) and is 2nd in 18 Michigan (Comcast) 1:00 points (23) while senior F Katie Thorlakson again is the nation's assists leader (6G-8A), also 23 Cincinnati* 5:00 ranking 6th in points (20) … Hanks and Thorlakson enter the week as the only teammates 25 at Louisville* 1:00 among 300--plus Division I women's soccer teams with 20-plus points … Thorlakson (2G-4A, 30 at Marquette* 7:00 vs. New Hampshire) and Hanks (4G, vs. UNH) join Portland's Christine Sinclair as the only players to post 8-plus points in a game this season…. Sinclair and Hanks are the only players October to score more than three goals in a game while Thorlakson is the only player with more than 2 at South Florida* 1:00 three assists in a game during 2005 … sophomore forward Amanda Cinalli already has 7 at Rutgers* 7:00 matched her 2004 assist total (5), ranking 9th among the current NCAA assist leaders. 9 at Seton Hall* 1:00 14 Connecticut* 7:30 ND QUICK NOTES – The loss at Santa Clara was just the second regular-season defeat 16 Providence* 1:00 suffered by the Irish in the past three seasons (42-2-2) … Katie Thorlakson already owns four 21 Villanova* 7:30 corner-kick assists in 2005 (she had eight CK assists in ’04) … ND's forward trio of Thorlakson 23 Georgetown* 1:00 (6G-8A), Kerri Hanks (11G-1A) and Amanda Cinalli (3G-5A) have combined for 20 goals and 14 assists (54 points) in six games this season, helping the Irish rack up a 32-5 scoring edge 26- BIG EAST First Round … junior M Jen Buczkowski halted a 12-game goal drought in last week’s win over Gonzaga 27 (Divisional #4 vs. #5) (she has scored 5 of ND’s past 15 gamewinning goals) … ND’s current players have combined for 876 career games played (533 starts) … since handing Seton Hall an early lead in the final 29- BIG EAST Quarterfinals regular-season game of ’04, the Irish are riding a 61-8 scoring edge over the past 16-plus 30 (campus sites) games … ND is 52-13-3 (.775) in the Randy Waldrum era when facing an NSCAA top- 25/postseason opponent … the Irish have held 27 of their past 29 opponents to 0-1 goals … November ND’s ’04 national-title team (25-1-1) finished 4th in the nation with a 0.51 GAA and 19th in scoring (2.59 goals/gm), joining UNC, Virginia, Princeton and UCF as teams in the top-20 for BIG EAST Championship both … the ’04 team allowed just 73 shots on goal, nearly matching ND’s goal total (70), and (at Marquette) yielded just 48 corner kicks all season (27 GP) … ND has been 1st or 2nd in the NSCAA poll 9 4 Semifinals of 12 seasons since ’94 (all but ’99, ’01, ’02; #1 in ’94, ’95, ’96, ’00, ’04, ’05) … Waldrum is 6 Final 124-21-5/.843 at ND (’99-’05). 11, NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds FIRST-TIME OPPONENTS – Notre Dame and DePaul amazingly will be meeting for the first 13 (campus sites) time in women’s soccer action … ND’s all-time record in series openers is 71-25-2 (.735), including 39-5-0 since ’93 and 48-8-0 in all series openers at home (22-3-0 since ’93) … the 18- NCAA Third Round Irish opened the ’05 season by beating first-time opponents New Hampshire (11-1) and 20 (campus sites) Vermont (7-0), followed by a 4-1 win over first-time foe Florida and last week’s 4-1 win in the series opener vs. Gonzaga … ND also will face South Florida for the first time during the ’05 25- NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds season. … FIRST-TIME VISITORS – Since the start of the '93 season, teams making their first 27 (campus sites) visit to Alumni Field have gone just 3-38-1 vs. the Irish in those games ... Florida (4-0 loss to the Irish) and DePaul are set to make their first Alumni Field visits in '05. December NCAA College Cup OPPONENT INFO. – Consult www.depaulbluedemons.com for complete information on (College Station, TX) DePaul women’s soccer (1-3-1). 2 Semifinal 3 Final VETERAN CORE – Notre Dame’s 2005 roster includes 27 players who have combined to play 807 career games with the Irish, making 474 starts … the nine returning starters from the * – BIG EAST Conf. Game ’04 NCAA title team have combined for 546 career games played (with 442 starts): senior F All times local to site Katie Thorlakson (76/69), senior G Erika Bohn (74/70), 5th-year D Candace Chapman (73/61), Rankings indicate highest poll junior M Jen Buczkowski (57/54), senior M Annie Schefter (57/45), junior D Kim Lorenzen (54/45), junior D Christie Shaner (56/50), junior defensive M Jill Krivacek (55/32) and sophomore F Amanda Cinalli (33/28). YEARS OF DOMINATION ND WOMEN’S SOCCER 2003 2004 2005 BY THE NUMBERS Record 20-3-1 25-1-1 5-1-0 Goals Per Game 3.04 2.54 5.33 967:02 – Erika Bohn’s ’03 shutout streak (5th NCAA his.) Goals-Against Avg. 0.49 0.51 0.86 876 – Career games played by ’05 ND players (533 GS) Avg. Scoring Margin +2.55 +2.03 +4.99 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .744 (30-10-1) – Notre Dame’s all-time NCAA Tournament Shots Per Game 19.0 20.6 20.5 winning pct. (2nd in women’s soccer history) Shots Allowed/Gm 4.8 5.7 4.2 Shot Margin +14.2 +14.9 +16.3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 304-9-12 (.954) – Notre Dame’s all-time record when holding opponent to 0-1 goals (108-3-5 since 9/9/99) Shooting Percentage .160 .126 .260 Shots Per Goal 6.2 8.0 3.84 218-3-1 (.984) – Notre Dame’s all-time record when Shots on Goal per Goal 3.4 3.9 2.34 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ scoring 3-plus goals (119-1-0 since Oct. 6, 1995) Corner Kicks Per Game 4.7 5.9 6.0 211 –Win streak when taking 2-0 lead (233-0-1 all-time) CKs Allowed Per Game 3.1 1.8 1.1 125-21-5 (.843) – Randy Waldrum’s record at Notre Dame Average CK Margin +1.6 +4.1 +4.9 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 58-0-1 – Home unbeaten streak vs. BIG EAST tms (’95- ) Save Percentage .774 .803 .615 39 (ended vs. UConn in ’04 BET title game; now 49-1-0 Shutouts 15 16 2 Games w/ 0-1 GA 22 24 5 last 50) – consecutive wins when scoring first Games w/ 2 GA 1 3 1 42-2-2 – ND’s record in its past 46 reg.-season games Games w/ 3-plus GA 1 0 0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31 – All-Americans (since 1994) Overtime Record 2-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 35-12-3 – ND record vs. NSCAA top-25 teams, since ’99 One-Goal Game Record 4-3 10-1 0-1-0 Wins By 3-Plus Goals 11 9 5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27 – Thorlakson’s ’04 postseason pts (ND record; 9G-9A) Home Games 13-2-0 14-0-1 2-0-0 24 – ND-record streak without allowing 2+ gls (’00 and ’03) All Road Games 7-1-1 11-1-0 3-1-0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 – Players who posted GPA of 3.0-plus in 2005 spring 1st-Half Scoring 40-7 32-4 16-2 semester (11 with 3.4-plus) 2nd-Half Scoring 31-5 38-10 16-3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21-2-0 – All-time record in BIG EAST Tournament Fouls Per Game 14.2 12.3 11.0 21-3-2 – All-time record in home tournaments Yellow Cards (Red) 12 (0) 17 (0) 4 (0) + 19 – Players who started in ’04 (17 w/ 5 GS) DEPTH CHARGES – The ’04 season was a unique one in many 18 – Notre Dame’s current unbeaten OT streak (13-0-5) ways for Randy Waldrum’s squad, as the veteran coach and his players embraced a system of deeper substitution and rotating 16 – Notre Dame record for consec.