# 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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. 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.
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

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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | Maddie Mercado |
| 4 | MF | SLV | 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 |
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## Schedule

Source
| 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
### 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 | | | 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 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | RV | RV | | | | | | | None Released | None Released | |
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