NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE CUP MEDIA SUPPLEMENT DECEMBER 5 & 7, 2008 WAKEMED SOCCER PARK • CARY, N.C. KERRI HANKS Hermann Trophy Semifinalist 2006 Hermann Trophy Recipient Three-Time All-American Two-Time BIG EAST Off. Player of the Year Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist U.S. Under-21 National Team CARRIE DEW (co-captain) BRITTANY BOCK (co-captain) All-America Candidate Hermann Trophy Semifinalist Two-Time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year 2007 First-Team All-American Three-Time All-BIG EAST Selection Two-Time Academic All-American (2007-08) U.S. Under-23 National Team Four-Time All-BIG EAST Selection Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Finalist U.S. Under-21 National Team 2008 Notre Dame Women’s Soccer #1 Nikki Weiss #2 Kerri Hanks #3 Kerry Inglis #4 Taylor Knaack #5 Molly Campbell #6 Melissa Henderson So., GK • Redding, CT Sr., F • Allen, TX Sr., D • Fort Wayne, IN So., F • Arlington, TX Fr., M • Mission Hills, KS Fr., F • Garland, TX #7 Amanda Clark #8 Haley Ford #9 Lauren Fowlkes #10 Brittany Bock #11 Michele Weissenhofer #12 Jessica Schuveiller Jr., D/M • Naperville, IL Jr., D • Midland, TX So., D/M •Lee’s Summit, MO Sr., M/F • Naperville, IL Jr., F • Naperville, IL Fr., D • Plano, TX #13 Kelsey Lysander #14 Courtney Rosen #15 Rose Augustin #16 Micaela Alvarez #17 Courtney Barg #18 Stephanie Sohn Jr., GK • San Diego, CA Jr., M • Brecksville, OH So., F/M • Silver Lake, OH Jr., M • Cranbury, NJ Fr., F/M • Plano, TX So., D • Ronkonkoma, NY #19 Carrie Dew #20 Rebecca Mendoza #21 Erica Iantorno #22 Rachel VanderGenugten #23 Elise Weber #24 Ellen Jantsch Sr., D • Encinitas, CA Sr., M • Garland, TX So., M/F • Hinsdale, IL Jr., D • Schererville, IN Sr., D • Elk Grove, IL Fr., M/D • Kansas City, MO #25 Julie Scheidler #26 Haley Chamberlain #27 Brynn Gerstle #28 Ellen Bartindale #29 Jennifer Nordine Randy Waldrum So., D/M • Indianapolis, IN Fr., D • Chandler, AZ Fr., D • Louisville, KY Fr., D • St. Charles, IL Fr., F • Danville, CA Head Coach 2008 NCAA Division I Women's SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP First/Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Semifinals Quarterfinals Third Round First/Second Round November 14 & 16 November November December 5 December 7 December 5 November November November 14 & 16 21, 22 or 23 28, 29 or 30 28, 29 or 30 21, 22 or 23 1 Notre Dame (21-0-0) * UCLA (18-0-2) * 1 Notre Dame 5-2 UCLA 5-0 Toledo (16-4-1) Fresno St. (11-8-2) Notre Dame* 1-0 UCLA* 1-0 Michigan St. (13-6-3) San Diego (14-4-2) Michigan St. 2-1 San Diego 1-0 Milwaukee (18-2-2) Final Long Beach St. (14-3-4) 11/21 - 5 or 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame* 1-0 (OT) WakeMed Soccer Park UCLA* 1-0 11/22 - 6:30 p.m. Minnesota (20-3-0)* Cary, North Carolina Virginia Tech (10-8-4) Minnesota 2-1 2 p.m. (EST) ESPN2/ESPN360 BYU 2-0 Marquette (11-7-3) BYU (17-5-0) * Minnesota 2-0 Southern California 1-1 (4-2 PKs) South Dakota St. (14-4-1) Boston U. (15-5-1) South Dakota St. 1-0 Southern California 2-0 4 Colorado (14-4-4) Southern California (15-4-1) 4 11/28 - 7 p.m. Notre Dame 2-0 UCLA 6-1 11/29 - 7 p.m. 3 Boston College (13-5-2) * Duke (12-5-3) * 3 Boston College 3-0 Duke 3-0 Central Conn. St. (12-6-4) Radford (14-1-6) Boston College 4-0 Duke 1-0 Northeastern (13-8-1) William & Mary (14-5-1) Northeastern 2-2 (4-2 PKs) William & Mary 3-2 (OT) Harvard (10-3-4) South Carolina (11-6-4) 11/22 - 2 p.m. Florida St. 1-0 Duke 2-0 11/22 - 7 p.m. Auburn (11-8-2) * West Virginia 13-2-6) Auburn 2-0 West Virginia 2-0 Belmont (13-6-3) Princeton (12-2-2) Florida State* 1-0 Virginia* 3-2 Mississippi Valley (9-10-0) Army (12-5-3) Florida St. 7-0 Virginia 2-0 2 Florida St. (14-2-3) Semifinals Semifinals Virginia (13-4-3) * 2 WakeMed Soccer Park WakeMed Soccer Park 2 Portland (17-1-0) * Cary, North Carolina Cary, North Carolina Florida (17-3-1) * 2 Portland 6-1 4:30 p.m. (EST) ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN360 NATIONAL 7 p.m. (EST) ESPNU Florida 2-1 Northern Ariz. (12-6-3) California (10-8-1) Portland* 2-0 CHAMPION Florida* 2-0 Washington St. (10-5-5) UCF (13-5-3) Texas 1-0 UCF 3-1 Texas (12-3-4) Miami (Fla.) (10-8-3) 11/22 - 7 p.m. Portland 3-2 Texas A&M 1-0 11/23 - 1 p.m. Georgia (11-10-1) LSU (14-3-2) James Madison 1-0 Washington 3-2 James Madison (12-6-2) Washington (14-5-1) James Madison 1-0 Texas A&M 3-1 Morehead St. (10-8-2) Texas St. (12-4-4) Wake Forest 2-0 Texas A&M 5-2 3 Wake Forest (12-7-0) * Texas A&M (15-4-1) * 3 11/28 - 7 p.m. Stanford 1-0 North Carolina 2-1 (2 OT) 11/28 - 2 p.m. 4 Oklahoma St. (17-1-3) Missouri (15-5-1) * 4 Oklahoma St. 1-0 Missouri 2-0 Fairfield (15-4-3) Evansville (13-4-2) Rutgers 0-0 (4-2 PKs) Illinois 1-1 Rutgers (12-6-1)* Memphis (15-4-2) Rutgers 2-1 (2 OT) Illinois 1-0 Penn St. (16-7-0) Illinois (11-8-1) 11/21 - 7 p.m. Stanford* 5-0 North Carolina* 3-0 11/22 - 5:30 p.m. Kansas (12-7-2) Charlotte (17-3-1) Kansas 2-1 Charlotte 2-0 Denver (19-2-2) Tennessee (10-10-2) Stanford* 5-0 North Carolina* 4-0 UC Santa Barbara (12-6-3) Western Caro. (13-7-1) Stanford 2-0 North Carolina 5-0 1 Stanford (18-1-1) * North Carolina (19-1-2) * 1 *Host institution for preliminary round games. Order of semifinal games will be determined after quarterfinal round games are completed. Second semifinal game will begin play 45 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. All times local. 2008 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH Seated (left to right): Rose Augustin, Micaela Alvarez, Rebecca Mendoza, Rachel VanderGenugten, Julie Scheidler, Erica Iantorno, Taylor Knaack and Courtney Barg. Kneeling (left to right): Molly Campbell, Jessica Schuveiller, Brittany Bock, Kerri Hanks, Amanda Clark, Elise Weber, Kerry Inglis, Haley Chamberlain, Stephanie Sohn, Michele Weissenhofer and Melissa Henderson. Standing (left to right): assistant coach Dawn Greathouse, se- nior manager Troy Sustich, assistant coach Ken Nuber, Ellen Jantsch, Courtney Rosen, Lauren Fowlkes, Carrie Dew, Nikki Weiss, head coach Randy Waldrum, Kelsey Lysander, Ellen Bartindale, Jennifer Nordine, Brynn Gerstle, Haley Ford, athletic trainer Dave Ludwig, volunteer assistant Amanda Cinalli and soccer operations staff member Jeannette Boudway. MELISSA HENDERSON ELISE WEBER COURTNEY ROSEN National Freshman of the Year Candidate All-America Candidate All-America Candidate Hermann Trophy Nominee Second-Team Academic All-American Second-Team All-BIG EAST Selection BIG EAST Rookie of the Year Two-Time All-Great Lakes Region Selection Inn at Saint Mary’s Classic All-Tourn. Team BIG EAST Championship Offensive MVP Two-Time All-BIG EAST Selection First-Team All-BIG EAST Selection BIG EAST All-Tournament Team Selection U.S. Under-20 National Team U.S. Under-23 National Team NOTRE DAME Women’s Soccer 2008 Two-Time NCAA Champions (1995, 2004) Six-Time NCAA Finalists • 10 NCAA College Cup Berths 2008 Schedule 2008 ND Women’s Soccer — Game 26 25-0-0 / 11-0-0 BIG EAST NCAA Women’s College Cup — Semifinals A12 (5/4) Memphis (exhib.) W, 3-1 #1/1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25-0-0 / 11-0-0 BIG EAST) vs. 1 #5/3 Stanford Cardinal (22-1-1 / 8-1-0 Pac-10) A16 (5/4) vs. Virginia (exhib.) (6/7) L, 1-2 uDATE: December 5, 2008 uTV: ESPN2/ESPNU/ A22 (4/4) Michigan W, 7-0 uTIME: 4:30 p.m. ET ESPN360.com (live) A29 (4/4) Loyola Marymount2 W, 4-0 u AT: Cary, N.C. Beth Mowins, p-b-p 2 WakeMed Soccer Park (7,000) Cat Whitehill, color A31 (4/4) Santa Clara (21/12) W, 2-0 uSERIES: ND leads 5-4-1 uLIVE STATS: UND.com S5 (5/4) @ North Carolina (3/2)3 W, 1-0 u1ST MTG: STAN 3-0 (10/4/92) uTEXT ALERT: Sign up at UND.com S7 (5/4) vs. Duke (12/11)3 W, 3-1 uLAST MTG: STAN 2-1, ot (9/9/07) uTICKETS: None available S12 (2/2) SMU W, 5-0 Storylines Web Sites S19 (1/1) • @ DePaul W, 1-0 u Notre Dame has advanced to the NCAA u Notre Dame: http://www.UND.com S21 (1/1) @ Penn State (17/16)BTN W, 3-1 Women’s College Cup for the third consecu- u Stanford: http://www.gostanford.com tive season, earning its fourth College Cup u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org S26 (1/1) • Louisville W, 4-1 berth in five years and its 10th overall. u Pac-10: http://www.pac-10.org S28 (1/1) • @ Cincinnati W, 6-0 u The Irish are 6-3 all-time in national semifinal games, and won both of their previous Col- Setting The (Golden Dome) Standard O3 (1/1) • South Florida W, 3-0 lege Cup semifinals in Cary (2004 vs.