The Irish continue their eight-game homestand with a midweek contest against regional foe Central Michigan.
12 of their next 16 games will come from Frank Eck Stadium and the Irish own a 6-3 record at home so far this season.
The Irish and Chippewas will face off for the 36th time in program history.
Notre Dame holds a 21-13-1 advantage in the all-time series and the Irish are 16-9-1 in games played at home.
Central Michigan sports a 17-9 overall record and are 9-3 in MAC play.
The Chippewas have won nine of their last 10 games and are coming off a series win over Bowling Green where they won three of the four games in their first series at home since 2019.
FOR STARTERS
The Irish enter the NCAA Tournament with a 14-3 record (14-3 ACC) and finished the regular season second in the ACC standings, Notre Dame’s best finish since joining the conference in 2014.
This will be the first ever meeting between Notre Dame and Army.
Notre Dame posted five sweeps in the spring portion of its 2020-21 campaign, including a road straight-set win at #23 Georgia Tech in its penultimate match of the regular season.
The Irish are one of four ACC teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and are joined by Georgia Tech, Louisville and Pittsburgh.
Notre Dame owned a 3-1 mark against those other three ACC tournament teams this season, including road sweeps of Louisville and Georgia Tech.
STILLWATER, Okla. The Notre Dame women’s soccer team (6-6-0) gave No. 18 Oklahoma State (12-3-1) all it had and then some on Sunday afternoon, falling 2-1 in overtime. The Fighting Irish outshot the Cowgirls 10-9 and had several near chances to pull ahead in the second half.
Sophomore midfielder Maddie Mercado secured Notre Dame’s lone goal of the game via a free kick during the 27th minute. It marked her second goal of the season, for she has now scored in two straight games.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame nearly got on the board first in the 11th minute when Kiki Van Zanten fired a shot off her left foot from about 25 yards. The ball soared to the left-side upper-90, missing the mark by inches as it hit the crossbar and ricocheted out.
ATLANTA #22 Notre Dame dominated from start-to-finish in a road sweep (25-21, 25-18, 25-20) of #23 Georgia Tech on Thursday night inside O’Keefe Gymnasium.
With the win, the Irish improve to 13-3 overall and 13-3 in ACC play heading into the final day of the ACC regular season. Notre Dame can earn its first ACC Championship, and 18th regular season conference title in program history, with a win over Duke on Friday and a Louisville loss to North Carolina.
Charley Niego led all players with 17 goals and three service aces while adding five digs and three blocks. Caroline Meuth notched eight kills and hit .500 while Aubrey Hamilton also added eight kills. Zoe Nunez collected 38 assists in the three sets.
FOR STARTERS
The #4/5 Irish return to action this Saturday (April 3) with their third consecutive ACC road contest against No. 7 Virginia.
The Irish and Cavaliers are joining forces this Saturday for a One Love Game to raise awareness for the One Love Foundation.
Opening draw is set for Noon ET from Klockner Stadium and the contest will be streamed live via ACC Network Extra.
The Irish have won three straight games, including back-to-back road ACC wins over ranked opponents (#19 Louisville – 15-10 & #9 Duke – 13-9).
In last Sunday’s road win at Duke, Bridget Deehan made 12 saves and added a career- high six ground balls en route to being named the IWLCA and ACC Defensive Player of the Week.