2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 33rd season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 3rd year head coach Nate Norman and played their games at Alumni Stadium.

2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–7–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Dawn Siergiej (18th season) Lauren Sinacola (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			13	–	0	–	3		.906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			18	–	2	–	0		.900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	1		.688			14	–	4	–	3		.738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	0		.625			12	–	5	–	2		.684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	2		.625			12	–	5	–	4		.667
Louisville  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			5	–	7	–	0		.417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			8	–	9	–	0		.471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			6	–	7	–	0		.462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			5	–	7	–	2		.429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			11	–	5	–	0		.688
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			3	–	10	–	1		.250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Miami  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			1	–	11	–	1		.115
NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			5	–	3	–	1		.611
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The Fighting Irish finished the fall season 4–5–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the eighth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 2–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished the season 11–8–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eight seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Saint Louis in the first round, before losing to South Carolina in the Second Round.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 12, 2021^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK   USA Jaina Eckert 0 GK   USA Mattie Interian 1 GK   USA Brooke Littman 2 DF   USA Jade Gosar 3 MF   USA Madison Mercado 4 MF   USA Sammi Fisher 5 FW   USA Ellie Ospeck 6 MF   USA Brooke VanDyck 7 FW   JAM Kiki Van Zanten 8 DF   USA Bea Franklin 9 FW   USA Olivia Wingate 10 MF   USA Erin Hohnstein 11 MF   USA Sophia Fisher 12 MF   USA Camryn Dyke 13 MF   USA Nikki Colantuono 14 FW   USA Eva Hurm 15 FW   USA Kati Druzina

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   USA Brianna Martinez 17 FW   USA Audrey Weiss 18 DF   USA Chloe Boice 19 DF   USA Jenna Winebrenner 20 FW   USA Bailey Cartwright 21 FW   USA Erin Ospeck 23 MF   USA Luisa Delgado 24 FW   USA Paige Peltier 25 DF   USA Waniya Hudson 26 MF   USA Kate O'Connor 27 DF   USA Caroline Gray 28 DF   USA Eva Wirtz 29 MF   USA Eva Gaetino 30 MF   USA Gabrielle Daly 31 GK   USA Ashley Naylor 32 GK   USA Mary Votava 33 GK   USA Kaylin Slattery

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Lauren Sinacola
Operations Specialist	Jordan Andrews

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source ^[5]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Fall Regular Season
September 17, 2020 8:00 p.m.		at Florida State	L 0–5	0–1–0 (0–1–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (298) Tallahassee, FL
September 20, 2020 Noon		at Miami (FL)	W 6–0	1–1–0 (1–1–0)	Cobb Stadium (40) Coral Gables, FL
October 1, 2020 6:00 p.m.		Boston College	W 2–0	2–1–0 (2–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (0) Notre Dame, IN
October 4, 2020 Noon		Syracuse	W 2–0	3–1–0 (3–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (0) Notre Dame, IN
October 15, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	Wake Forest	L 0–1	3–2–0 (3–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (128) Notre Dame, IN
October 18, 2020 1:00 p.m.	No. 14	No. 4 Clemson	L 1–2	3–3–0 (3–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (98) Notre Dame, IN
October 25, 2020 1:30 p.m.		at No. 13 Louisville	W 1–0	4–3–0 (4–3–0)	Lynn Stadium (145) Louisville, KY
November 1, 2020 5:30 p.m.	No. 13	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 0–2	4–4–0 (4–4–0)	Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020 12:30 p.m.	(8) No. 12	(1) No. 2 Florida State Quarterfinals	L 0–2	4–5–0	Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC
Exhibition
March 7, 2021 2:00 p.m.		Chicago Red Stars	L 0–3	–	Alumni Stadium (0) Notre Dame, IN
Spring Regular Season
March 11, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		at Cincinnati	W 2–0	5–5–0	Gettler Stadium (375) Cincinnati, OH
March 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		Missouri	W 2–0	6–5–0	Alumni Stadium (123) Notre Dame, IN
March 28, 2021* 12:30 p.m.		at Kansas	Cancelled		Rock Chalk Park Lawrence, KS
April 3, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		vs. Iowa State	Cancelled		NIU Field Dekalb, IL
April 11, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 18 Oklahoma State	L 1–2 ^OT	6–5–0	Neal Patterson Stadium (416) Stillwater, OK
April 17, 2021* 8:00 p.m.		at No. 7 TCU	L 1–2	6–7–0	Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium (636) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[6]			14	14		13	14	12	13	14

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer^[6]	None Released				RV	RV							None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[7]

References

1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
3. "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
4. "2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
5. "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
6. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.