FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Assistant Athletics Communications Director [email protected] Robby Hamman 574-808-9575 (cell) #11 NOTRE DAME (6-4-0, 3-2-0 ACC) VIRGINIA GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date ND Rank Opponent TV Time/Result 9/17 KENTUCKY ACCNX W, 1-0 Sunday, March 7 at 1 PM ET Klöckner Stadium - Charlottesville, VA 9/26 #5 #4 PITT ACCNX L, 1-3 10/3 at Louisville $ ACCNX L, 1-2 TV Live Stats at UND.com 10/11 SYRACUSE $ ACCNX W, 1-0 10/24 VIRGINIA $ ACCNX W, 2-1 (2OT) 11/2 VIRGINIA TECH $ ACCNX L, 0-1 11/6 LOUISVILLE $ RSN W, 4-1 11/15 at #3 UNC % ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) 11/18 vs. #1 Pitt * ACCN L, 1-3 THE SERIES 2/27 11 at Butler YouTube W, 1-0 All-Time 3/7 11 at Virginia $ ACCNX 1 p.m. ND Leads, 5-8-4 Last: 2-1 (2OT) ND (Oct. 24, 2020) vs. UVA 3/12 at Duke $ TBA 7 p.m. 3/16 CALVIN ACCNX 7 p.m. 3/20 WAKE FOREST $ ACCNX 7 p.m. 3/27 UNC ACCNX 7 p.m. 4/3 at Pitt ACCNX 7 p.m. THE COACHES 4/9 VIRGINIA TECH ACCNX 7 p.m. Head Coach At School (Years) Overall (Years) All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Alumni Stadium ND Chad Riley 27-19-4 (3rd) 78-45-18 (8th) in Notre Dame, Ind. UVA George Gelnovatch 341-135-59 (25th) 341-135-59 (25th) $ - ACC Game | % - ACC Quarterfinal | * - ACC Semifinal #11 NOTRE DAME: BY THE NUMBERS 558 Number of varsity wins earned by Notre Dame men’s soccer since 1977. 39 Irish players selected in the MLS SuperDraft in program history. 38 Winning seasons at the varsity level for Notre Dame since 1977 out of 44 total seasons. 22 NCAA Championship appearances earned by Notre Dame since 1988. Notre Dame has appeared in 18 of the last 19 tournaments. Goals scored by junior forward Jack Lynn during his Notre Dame career. The forward ranks tied for second in the ACC with seven goals in eight matches 20 after enjoying a breakout sophomore campaign in 2019 with 10 goals. Previous meetings between Notre Dame and Virginia heading into Sunday’s matchup. The Irish trail by a margin of 5-8-4 in the series. However the 17 Irish are 2-1-1 against the Cavaliers over the last three seasons. 13 Matches that feature opponents the Irish either play or have played in the 2020-21 season that made the 2019 NCAA Tournament. 11 Notre Dame’s current position in the TopDrawerSoccer national weekly rankings. 7 Cleans sheets recorded by senior goalkeeper Keagan McLaughlin in 13 career starts. Goals that have come from set pieces, three specifically corners, this season. The most recent coming off a free kick in the 1-0 OT win over UNC in the 6 ACC quarterfinals. Aiden McFadden’s free kick found the back of the net to send the Irish to the semifinals. 4 Assists from senior Aiden McFadden this season, recording one assist in four of the first nine matches. National ranking for Jack Lynn for total goals this season with seven in eight matches played. Lynn ranks second in the ACC in goals scored per game 3 with an average of 0.78. 2021 MLS SuperDraft selections on the current roster. Dawson McCartney was selected in the second round of the draft by the Portland Timbers and 2 Aiden McFadden was taken in the third round by Atlanta United FC. Notre Dame men’s soccer national championship, earned by way of a 2-1 win over Maryland in the final game of the 2013 NCAA College Cup in West 1 Chester, Pennsylvania. NDMenSoccer NDMenSoccer NDMenSoccer 2020-21 NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER VIRGINIA 2020-21 NOTRE DAME ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 0 Thomas Deslongchamps SO GK 6-2 180 Whitefish Bay, WI/Whitefish Bay 1 Keagan McLaughlin SR GK 6-4 190 Zanesville, OH/Bishop Rosecrans 2 Philip Quinton JR D 6-5 185 Portland, OR/Grant 3 Reese Mayer SO D 6-2 175 Baltimore, MD/McDonogh School 4 Aaron Hill SO D 6-3 190 Albuquerque, NM/Albuquerque Academy 5 Mohammad Abualnadi SO D 6-1 165 Leawood, KS/Blue Valley 6 Michael Pellegrino SO M 6-0 175 Wenonah, NJ/YSC Academy 7 Ethan O'Brien SO M 5-11 145 Bellevue, WA/Eastside Catholic/New Albany 8 Matthew Radivojsa FR M 5-10 150 Oakville, ON/Saint Thomas Aquinas 9 Tyler Shea JR F 5-10 155 Dallas, TX/Jesuit College Preparatory 10 Aiden McFadden SR M 5-10 165 West Chester, PA/Henderson 11 Simon Roennecke SR F 6-0 165 Pleasant Ridge, MI/The Roeper School 12 Bryan Silver JR M 6-1 150 Herndon, VA/Oakton 13 Patrick Coleman JR D/M/F 5-11 155 Antioch, IL/Antioch Community 14 Michael Lynch SR M 6-0 175 Cocoa Beach, FL/Mater Dei 15 Paddy Burns FR D 5-11 160 Crumlin, Northern Ireland/St. Malachy's College 16 Daniel Russo FR F 6-0 165 Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial 17 Senan Farrelly FS D 6-1 196 Havertown, PA/The Haverford School 18 Townsend Meyer SR M 6-0 169 San Diego, CA/Point Loma 21 Matthew McLaughlin FR M 6-0 160 Broadview Heights, OH/Saint Ignatius 22 PJ Bujouves SO M 5-8 155 Toronto, ON/Upper Canada College 23 Alex Salvino FR F 6-3 180 Western Springs, IL/Lyons Township 24 Jacob Huber SR D 6-0 175 Lebanon, OH/St. Xavier 25 Zach Dedrick SO D 6-3 180 Wilton, CT/Wilton 26 Ben Giacobello JR M 5-9 145 San Clemente, CA/San Clemente 27 Jack Lynn JR F 6-2 188 St. Louis, MO/Chaminade College Preparatory 28 Dawson McCartney SR F 6-1 175 Voorhees, NJ/YSC Academy/Dartmouth 29 Mohamed Omar JR M 6-3 182 Toronto, ON/Berkshire School (MA) 30 Sam Guinane JR GK 6-3 185 San Juan Capistrano, CA/Serra Catholic 31 Bryan Dowd FR GK 6-3 175 Willow Springs, IL/Fenwick HC Chad Riley 3rd Notre Dame ‘04 Abualnadi Ah-bull-na-di AC Brian Plotkin 3rd Indiana ‘06 Bujouves boo-jew-vis AC Mike Graczyk 1st New Mexico ‘07 Dedrick DEE-drick AC Adam LaPlaca 3rd Notre Dame ‘14 Farrelly SEN-an FAR-lee Giacobello Jack-uh-bell-oh Graczyk GRAY-zack Radivojsa rad-ih-VOY-suh Roennecke row-en-eck-ee @NDMenSoccer 2 UND.COM 2020-21 NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER VIRGINIA IRISH FACTS & FIGURES SETTING THE STAGE • No. 11 Notre Dame plays its first ACC game of the spring on Sunday, Notre Dame Record in traveling to Charlottesville to take on Virginia at 1 p.m. The game will air on ACCNX. 2020-21 Season THE VIRGINIA SERIES • The Irish and Cavaliers will meet on the pitch for the 18th time on Sunday. • Notre Dame trails the Cavaliers in the series with a mark of 5-8-4. • The Irish won the most recent matchup earlier this season at Arlotta, Home...............................................4-2-0 SOUTH REGION scoring in overtime to win 2-1. ACC Overall • Notre Dame is seeking its first win when playing at Virginia, as it currently Away ...............................................2-1-0 Wake Forest 5-1 7-2 has a record of 0-4-1. • The Irish played the Cavaliers to a standstill the last time the two sides met Neutral ...........................................0-1-0 North Carolina 3-1-2 3-3-2 in Charlottesville, as the match finished 0-0 (2OT) during the 2018 regular Clemson 3-2-1 8-2-1 season. • Each of the last eight meetings between the two sides have either been Vs. Ranked teams ........................1-2-0 Duke 2-4 2-7-2 decided by one goal or a draw. NC State 0-5 2-6-1 Scoring first ...................................4-0-0 Boston College 0-0 0-0 LAST TIME OUT • The Irish began the spring season with a 1-0 win over Butler to improve Opponent scores first ................... 1-4-0 to 6-4. NORTH REGION • Matthew Radivojsa slotted home the winner in the 35th minute for his Leading at halftime ...................3-0-0 ACC Overall first career goal. • Keagan McLaughlin recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season, making Pitt 3-0 8-1 three saves to allow the Irish to come away with the win. Trailing at halftime .....................1-1-0 Virginia Tech 3-1-2 4-2-2 Notre Dame 3-2 6-4 FALL REWIND Tied at halftime ...........................2-3-0 Virginia 2-3-1 3-4-1 • The Irish finished the fall portion of the schedule with a record of 5-4, including a mark of 4-3 in the regular season. In overtime ....................................2-0-0 Louisville 1-4-1 1-6-1 • Notre Dame recorded regular season wins over Kentucky (1-0), Syracuse Syracuse 0-2-2 1-4-3 (2-1), Virginia (2-1, 2OT) and Louisville (4-1) to earn the No. 3 seed from the Scoring 1 goal ..............................4-3-0 North Region in the ACC Tournament. • The Irish pulled out a thrilling 1-0 overtime win over UNC in the ACC quarterfinals before falling to No. 1 Pitt in the semifinal round. Scoring 2 goals ............................1-0-0 ACC Preseason Coaches Poll South Region LYNN LEADS THE LINE Scoring 3 or more goals ...........1-0-0 • Junior forward Jack Lynn enters the weekend second in the ACC in goals 1.