2011 NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER 10 Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances NCAA Quarterfinals - 2006 & 2007 NCAA Round of 16 - 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Media Relations Contact: Sean Carroll - [email protected] - 574-631-2664 (o) - 574-340-2177 (c) Saturday, Oct. 22 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) 2011 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. OVERALL: 6-3-4 BIG EAST: 2-2-1 #15 NOTRE DAME (6-3-4, 2-2-1) HOME: 3-0-4 AWAY: 2-2-0 vs. NEUTRAL: 1-1-0 PITTSBURGH (4-10-1, 2-4-0) AUGUST 16 Tue. at Xavier (ex.) T, 1-1 Notre Dame Leads Series 9-3-3 18 Thur. at Butler (ex.) W, 2-1 22 Mon. CREIGHTON (ex.) T, 2-2 LIVE STATS: UPDATES: 27 Sat. (9) INDIANA (15) T, 0-0 (2ot) Gametracker on UND.com Irish Alert! text messaging SEPTEMBER (sign up on UND.com) 2 Fri. (10) vs. Dayton ! W, 4-1 4 Sun. (10) vs. Saint Louis ! L, 1-2 (2ot) SETTING THE STAGE BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT • Notre Dame (6-3-4, 2-2-1) returns to action at Pittsburgh (4-10-1, 2-4-0) on Saturday. The BIG EAST 9 Fri. (14) DENVER T, 2-2 (2ot) Blue Division showdown is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. (ET) kickoff at Ambrose Urbanic Field. 11 Sun. (14) BUCKNELL W, 2-1 • The Fighting Irish are currently in sixth place in the Blue Division, while the Panthers are in seventh place. 16 Fri. (16) MICHIGAN W, 2-1 (ot) • Live stats for Saturday’s match will be available via Gametracker on UND.com. 18 Sun. (16) at Michigan State W, 1-0 24 Sat. (14) LOUISVILLE*(3) W, 1-0 IRISH ITEMS (Fox Soccer Channel) • Wednesday’s Notre Dame-Seton Hall match was postponed due to inclement weather. The make-up OCTOBER date is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 31 at Alumni Stadium. The time of that contest has yet to be deter- 1 Sat. (10) at St. John’s*(15) L, 1-2 (2ot) mined. 5 Wed. (11) NORTHWESTERN T, 1-1 (2ot) • Notre Dame split a pair of conference road matches last week. The Irish fell to Marquette, 1-0, and 8 Sat. (11) CONNECTICUT*(1) T, 0-0 (2ot) topped Georgetown, 3-0. 12 Wed. (11) at Marquette* L, 0-1 • The Fighting Irish used three different goal scorers in the win over the Hoyas. Junior forward Danny 15 Sat. (11) at Georgetown*(20) W, 3-0 O’Leary put the Irish on the board with his third goal of the season. Senior midfielder Michael Rose, 19 Wed. (15) SETON HALL* Postponed who missed the first 10 games of the season with a knee injury, scored his first goal of the season. Junior 22 Sat. (15) at Pittsburgh* 7:00 p.m. forward Ryan Finley netted his team-leading fifth goal. Finley also had an assist in the game to up his 26 Wed. at Providence* 3:00 p.m. 29 Sat. WEST VIRGINIA* Noon team-high point total to 11. 31 Mon. SETON HALL* TBA NOVEMBER NOTRE DAME IN 2011 ... 2 Wed. BIG EAST First Round NOTRE DAME QUICK FACTS (Campus Sites) First Varsity Season ........................ 1977 At home ...................................3-0-4 5 Sat. BIG EAST Quarterfinals All-Time Record ............................. 448-220-77 (.653) On the road .............................2-2-0 (Campus Sites) NCAA Tournament Appearances .. 14 (1988; 1993-94; 1996; 2001-10) At neutral sites ........................1-1-0 11 Fri. BIG EAST Semifinals Best NCAA Finish .......................... Quarterfinals (2006 & 2007) Vs. BIG EAST teams ..............2-2-1 (Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.) In overtime ..............................1-2-4 13 Sun. BIG EAST Final Head Coach ..................................... Bobby Clark Play during the day ................3-1-1 (Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.) ............................................................ (Jordanhill College ’67) Play at night ............................3-2-3 17 Thur. NCAA First Round ............................................................ 11th season at ND Vs. a team ranked 1-5 ............1-0-1 (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 ................... 133-62-34 (.655) Vs. a team ranked 11-15 ........0-1-1 (Campus Sites) Career Record ................................. 286-125-59 (.671) Vs. a team ranked 16-20 ........1-0-0 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 ............................5-1-2 2-4 Fri.-Sun.NCAA Quarterfinals ............................................................ (Notre Dame ‘04) Opponent scores first.............1-2-0 (Campus Sites) Leading at halftime ................4-1-2 9 Fri. NCAA Semifinals Conference ....................................... BIG EAST Trailing at halftime .................0-1-0 (Regions Park - Hoover, Ala.) BIG EAST Titles ............................. Tournament (2), Reg. Season (3) Tied at halftime ......................2-1-2 11 Sun. NCAA Final Home Field (Surface/Capacity) ... Alumni Stadium (Grass/2,500) Outshooting opponent ..........3-3-2 (Regions Park - Hoover, Ala.) 2010 Overall Record ...................... 10-6-4 When being out shot .............3-0-0 Home games in BOLD CAPS 2010 BIG EAST Record (Finish) . 6-2-1 (2nd/Blue Division) In games decided by ... ! — adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 2010 NCAA Tournament .............. L, 2-1 (OT) Dartmouth (2nd Rnd.) One goal ..................................4-3-0 (Bloomington, Ind.) Starters Returning/Lost ................ 7/4 Two goals .................................0-0-0 * — BIG EAST Conference game Letterwinners Returning .............. 12/6 Three or more goals ...............2-0-0 All times local to site 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 Aaron Maund*** (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 Dillon Powers** (C) Jr. M 5-11 172 Plano, TX/Plano Senior 21 Ryan Finley 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 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 Cincinnati, 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 Grant Van De Casteele* 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 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: Steve Smith 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 Maund Mond (like pond) IRISH ROSTER BY STATE IRISH ROSTER BY CLASS Mena MAY-nuh Mishu ME-shoe California (1): Gallegos Priede Pre-DEE Connecticut (2): LaPlaca, Lesch Fifth-Year Senior (1): Klazura Illinois (7): Cicciarelli, King, Klazura, Miller, Novak, O’Leary, Shipp Seniors (8): King, Knapp, Maund, McGrath, Mena, Indiana (2): Lachowecki, McGrath Rose, Sutton, Walsh Kansas (1): Besler Juniors (7): Finley, Novak, O’Leary, Powers, Kentucky (1): Richard Richard, Tilley, Van De Casteele Maryland (1): Rose Massachusetts (2): Brown, Maund Sophomores (9): Brown, Craft, LaPlaca, Miller, Michigan (1): Mena Mishu, O’Malley, Priede, Shipp, Wall Minnesota (1): Sutton Freshmen (5): Besler, Cicciarelli, Gallegos, New Jersey (2): Finley, Walsh Lachowecki, Lesch New Mexico (1): Tilley Ohio (1): Priede Oklahoma (1): Craft Pennsylvania (1): O’Malley Tennessee (1): Mishu Texas (4): Knapp, Powers, Van De Casteele, Wall Irish SOCCER Page 2 • A win over Pittsburgh would be Notre Dame’s 100th victory in BIG EAST regular-season play.