2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 7
Record14–4–4 (5–1–4 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nate Norman (7th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 18 – 3 – 1   .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 16 – 4 – 4   .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 15 – 2 – 4   .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 22 – 5 – 0   .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 14 – 6 – 3   .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 – 1 – 4   .700 14 – 4 – 4   .727
California  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 13 – 6 – 2   .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 16 – 5 – 2   .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500 13 – 5 – 1   .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 12 – 5 – 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 9 – 6 – 3   .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 7 – 6 – 5   .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 6 – 9 – 2   .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 6 – 8 – 3   .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 5 – 8 – 4   .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 4 – 10 – 4   .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 1   .050 6 – 10 – 2   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish are led by seventh year head coach Nate Norman and play their home games at Alumni Stadium.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished 12–4–4 overall and 7–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Clemson, who avenged their final regular season game defeat. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the third-seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated Valparaiso in the First Round, before falling to Memphis in the Second Round. Memphis was the sixth seed in the bracket, but was ranked number 8 at the time and Notre Dame was ranked number 9. Their ACC Tournament appearance extended their streak of qualification to five straight years, and this was the third straight NCAA Tournament for the Fighting Irish.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Maddie Mercado 3 FW 5'8" Graduate Student San Diego, California Graduated; drafted 27th overall
in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Kiki Van Zanten 7 MF 5'6" Graduate Student Buffalo Grove, Illinois Graduated; drafted 21st overall
in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Audrey Weiss 17 MF 5'3" Graduate Student Greenwood Village, Colorado Graduated
Eva Gaetino 19 DF 5'11" Senior Dexter, Michigan Graduated; signed professional
contract with Paris Saint-Germain[1]
Paige Peltier 24 FW 5'11" Senior Hastings, Minnesota Graduated
Waniya Hudson 25 DF 5'6" Graduate Student Greece, New York Graduated
Caroline Gray 27 DF 5'9" Senior Johns Creek, Georgia Graduated
Eva Wirtz 28 DF 5'10" Senior Atlanta, Georgia Graduated
Ashley Naylor 31 GK 5'11" Senior Manhattan Beach, California Graduated
Kaylin Slattery 33 GK 5'6" Senior Cornelius, North Carolina Graduated
Kristina Lynch 34 MF 5'7" Graduate Student Granger, Indiana Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Reagan Pauwels 25 MF 5'6" Graduate Student Wall, New Jersey Cornell
Hannah Lemieux 30 MF 5'7" Junior Fleming Island, Florida Holy Cross
Katherine Montgomery 31 GK 5'7" Graduate Student Geneva, Illinois Missouri State
Source:[2]

Recruiting class

Source:[3]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Annabelle Chukwu
FW
 Canada Ottawa, Canada NDC Ontario N/A
Riley DeMartino
MF
 United States Potomac, Maryland Bethesda SC Academy [4]
Izzy Engle
MF
 United States Edina, Minnesota Minnesota Thunder Academy [5]
Randie Foor
DF
 United States Fenton, Michigan Michigan Hawks [6]
Abigail Gemma
DF
 United States Flemington, New Jersey IMG Academy [7]
Melinda Hathaway
DF
 United States Birmingham, Michigan Nationals [8]
Eleanor Hodsden
FW
 United States Dripping Springs, Texas Lonestar SC [9]
Lily Joseph
MF
 United States Hamden, Connecticut Connecticut Rush [10]
Sonoma Kasica
GK
 United States St. Petersburg, Florida Florida Premier FC [11]
Abigail Mills
DF
 United States Southlake, Texas Solar Soccer Club [12]
Rowan Pearl
DF
 United States Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Fire Academy [13]
Ally Pinto
FW
 United States Flower Mound, Texas Sting Dallas SC [14]
Grace Restovich
MF
 United States St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Scott Gallagher [15]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024[16]

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
0 GK United States USA Jackie Hollomon
1 GK United States USA Atlee Olofson
2 DF Canada CAN Clare Logan
3 MF United States USA Izzy Engle
4 DF United States USA Leah Klenke
5 FW United States USA Ellie Ospeck
6 FW United States USA Paige Buchner
7 FW Canada CAN Annabelle Chukwu
8 DF United States USA KJ Ronan
9 FW United States USA Charlie Codd
10 MF United States USA Ellie Hodsden
11 MF United States USA Sophia Fisher
12 MF United States USA Kiki Turner
13 MF United States USA Laney Matriano
14 DF United States USA Abby Gemma
16 FW United States USA Meg Mrowicki
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF United States USA Riley DeMartino
18 MF United States USA Berkley Mensik
19 MF United States USA Ally Pinto
20 MF United States USA Abby Mills
21 MF United States USA Chayse Ying
22 DF Canada CAN Tatiana Tagne
23 MF United States USA Morgan Roy
24 MF United States USA Grace Restovich
25 MF United States USA Reagan Pauwels
26 DF United States USA Melinda Hathaway
27 MF United States USA Lily Joseph
28 GK United States USA Sonoma Kasica
29 DF United States USA Rowan Pearl
30 MF United States USA Hannah Lemieux
31 GK United States USA Katherine Montgomery
34 FW United States USA Randie Foor

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Nate Norman
Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach Martin Rennie
Assistant Coach/Operations Emily Voltz

Source:[16]

Schedule

Source [17][18]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 6*
6:00 p.m. 		No. 15 at Western Michigan  None Reported  –
 WMU Soccer Complex
Kalamazoo, MI
August 10*
4:00 p.m. 		No. 15 Indiana  None Reported  –
 Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 15 No. 13 Michigan State L 1–2  0–1–0
 Alumni Stadium (361)
Notre Dame, IN
August 18*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 at Samford W 6–0  1–1–0
 Samford Soccer Complex (476)
Homewood, AL
August 25*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 14 No. 13 TCU W 4–0  2–1–0
 Alumni Stadium (705)
Notre Dame, IN
August 29*
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 9 at Michigan W 2–0  3–1–0
 U-M Soccer Stadium (1,563)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 1*
7:00 p.m., FloFC 		No. 9 at Butler W 1–0  4–1–0
 Butler Bowl (649)
Indianapolis, IN
September 5*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 9т Northern Illinois W 4–0  5–1–0
 Alumni Stadium (593)
Notre Dame, IN
September 8*
1:30 p.m., ACCN 		No. 9т Marquette W 5–0  6–1–0
 Alumni Stadium (784)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 13 at Boston College T 2–2  6–1–1
(0–0–1) 		Newton Campus Soccer Field (796)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 22
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 16 at No. 14 Virginia W 1–0  7–1–1
(1–0–1) 		Klöckner Stadium (1,311)
Charlottesville, VA
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 13 NC State T 1–1  7–1–2
(1–0–2) 		Alumni Stadium (721)
Notre Dame, IN
October 5
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 17 at Syracuse W 3–0  8–1–2
(2–0–2) 		SU Soccer Stadium (365)
Syracuse, NY
October 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 13 at Louisville T 0–0  8–1–3
(2–0–3) 		Lynn Stadium (375)
Louisville, KY
October 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 12 No. 25 California W 5–2  9–1–3
(3–0–3) 		Alumni Stadium (415)
Notre Dame, IN
October 20
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 12 No. 6 Stanford W 3–0  10–1–3
(4–0–3) 		Alumni Stadium (901)
Notre Dame, IN
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 7 at No. 1 Duke T 3–3  10–1–4
(4–0–4) 		Koskinen Stadium (1,049)
Durham, NC
October 27
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 7 No. 19 Virginia Tech L 0–2  10–2–4
(4–1–4) 		Alumni Stadium (394)
Notre Dame, IN
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 13 Pittsburgh W 3–2  11–2–4
(5–1–4) 		Alumni Stadium (277)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
November 3
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		(6) No. 13 vs. (3) No. 6 Florida State
First Round 		L 1–2  11–3–4
 Seminole Soccer Complex (1,166)
Tallahassee, FL
NCAA Tournament
November 15
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(4) No. 13 Milwaukee
First Round 		W 5–1  12–3–4
 Alumni Stadium (1,030)
Notre Dame, IN
November 22
3:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(4) No. 13 vs. (5) Kentucky
Second Round 		W 3–1  13–3–4
 MSU Soccer Field (290)
Starkville, MS
November 24
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(4) No. 13 at (1) No. 2 Mississippi State
Round of 16 		W 2–0  14–3–4
 MSU Soccer Field (3,772)
Starkville, MS
November 29
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(4) No. 13 at (3) No. 14т Stanford
Quarterfinals 		L 0–2  14–4–4
 Cagan Stadium (2,042)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Leah Klenke Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 [19]
Malia McMahon ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 7 October 1, 2024 [20]
Ellie Hodsden ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 10 October 22, 2024 [21]
Leah Klenke ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 10
Izzy Engle ACC Freshman of the Year November 6, 2024 [22]
Leah Klenke All-ACC First Team
Izzy Engle
Annabelle Chukwu All-ACC Third Team
Lily Joseph
Annabelle Chukwu ACC All-Freshman Team
Izzy Engle
Ellie Hodsden
Lily Joseph

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[23]151499т131613171312713Not released6
TopDrawer Soccer[24]12201713111699811710131414677

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