The No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish open up conference play on the road as they travel to take on NC State on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7:00 PM.
#6 NOTRE DAME at NC STATE – Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 PM
Location: Raleigh, NC | Dail Soccer Field/Track Complex
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CHUKWU CLINIC AT MICHIGAN STATE
- Sophomore Annabelle Chukwu has been named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Women’s Team of the Week.
- She recorded her first career hat trick as she scored one goal in the first half and two goals in the second in the 3-0 win at Michigan State
- Shooting a perfect 3-for-3 on night, she finished with a career-high six points.
- This is also Chukwu’s first multi-goal game in her Irish career. With the three goals in the win, she has now recorded a total of eight career goals, six games through her sophomore season.
- Chukwu’s header in the 26th minute put the Irish on the board and scored again in the 48th minute, burying it from the top of the box into the upper 90 to make it 2-0.
- Just two minutes later, In the 50th minute, Morgan Roy fired the perfect corner kick to the near post as another Chukwu header found the back of the net to cap off the hat trick.
MATRIANO HAD HERSELF A WEEK
- Laney Matriano has been named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer Women’s Team of the Week.
- Matriano helped guide the Irish to a 3-0 win over Michigan and an 8-0 win over Oakland, finishing the week with an impressive two goals, three assists, and seven points.
- She recorded a career-high three assists in the win over the Wolverines on Thursday, assisting on every goal scored that game and becoming the first ACC player to record three assists in a match against a Power Four conference team since Pitt’s Landy Mertz on November 11, 2023.
- She then recorded a brace in the win over Oakland on Sunday, another career-best.
A CAREER NIGHT IN THE 8-0 WIN OVER OAKLAND
- The No.6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to 4-0-1 on the season as they defeated the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (1-4-1) in a 8-0 victory on Sunday evening.
- The Irish had seven players in the scoring column, but senior Laney Matriano led the way with a brace, recording a career-high two goals in the dominant win.
- Junior Morgan Roy and sophomore Grace Restovich recorded their first goals of the season, The sophomore duo of Annabelle Chukwu and Izzy Engle chipped in…