2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The 2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 35th season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish were led by 5th year head coach Nate Norman and play their games at Alumni Stadium.

2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	17–3–3 (7–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Nate Norman (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Dawn Siergiej (20th season) Jason Hamilton (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			20	–	5	–	1		.788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	4	–	3		.761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			15	–	5	–	3		.717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			14	–	5	–	3		.705
Clemson  ‍‍‍y	4	–	3	–	3		.550			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	3	–	6	–	1		.350			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			6	–	8	–	2		.438
NC State  ‍‍‍y	2	–	6	–	2		.300			7	–	7	–	6		.500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	8	–	3		.406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			5	–	8	–	5		.417
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Source: The ACC As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

They finished 17–3–3 overall and 7–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they tied Pittsburgh in the First around and advanced via penalty shoot-out 5–4. In the Semifinal, Notre Dame played Florida State to a draw, but lost the penalty shoot-out to the eventual champions. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the first-seed in the Notre Dame Bracket. They defeated Omaha in the First Round, eight-seed Santa Clara in the Second Round, and five-seed TCU in the Round of 16. However, they fell 2–0 to ACC foe North Carolina in the Quarterfinals to end their season. Their Quarterfinal performance was their best finish since 2010, when they won the NCAA title.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished the season 14–6–2, 7–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to fifth seed Clemson in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, and Purdue on penalties in the Second Round, before losing to Arkansas in the Round of 16 to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Mattie Interian	0	GK	5'10"	Senior	Pasadena, California	Graduated
Sammi Fisher	4	MF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Simi Valley, California	Graduated, drafted 19th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft
Broke VanDyck	6	MF	5'2"	Senior	South Bend, Indiana	Graduated
Camryn Dyke	12	MF	5'7"	Graduate Student	Littleton, Colorado	Graduated
Nikki Colantuono	13	MF	5'3"	Senior	Otisville, New York	Graduated
Hulda Ósk Jónsdóttir	18	FW	5'7"	Graduate Student	Akureyri, Iceland	Graduated
Erin Ospeck	21	FW	5'4"	Graduate Student	Danville, California	Graduated
Gabrielle Daly	30	MF	5'5"	Senior	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	Graduated
Mary Votava	32	GK	5'8"	Sophomore	Tigard, Oregon	N/A

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mackenzie Wood	1	GK	5'9"	Graduate Student	Granger, Indiana	Northwestern
Anna Rico	6	FW	5'5"	Graduate Student	Bainbridge, Ohio	Pittsburgh
Ashley Zugay	21	DF	5'7"	Graduate Student	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Nebraska
Kristina Lynch	34	FW/MF	5'7"	Graduate Student	Granger, Indiana	Florida State

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Leah Klenke DF		Houston, Texas	Albion Hurricanes FC	[1]
Delaney Matriano MF		Willoughby, Ohio	Cleveland FC	[2]
Berkley Mensik MF		Algonquin, Illinois	Eclipse Select	[3]
Kiki Turner DF		Scottsdale, Arizona	Phoenix Rising FC	[4]

Squad

Roster

As of December 27, 2022^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Mackenzie Wood 2 MF  USA Korbin Albert 3 MF  USA Madison Mercado 4 DF  USA Leah Klenke 5 FW  USA Ellie Ospeck 6 FW  USA Anna Rico 7 FW  JAM Kiki Van Zanten 8 DF  USA Kaylie Ronan 9 FW  USA Olivia Wingate 10 MF  USA Erin Hohnstein 11 MF  USA Sophia Fisher 12 MF  USA Kiki Turner 13 MF  USA Laney Matriano 14 DF  USA Aba Dunbar 15 FW  USA Kati Druzina 16 MF  USA Brianna Martinez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  USA Audrey Weiss 18 MF  USA Berkley Mensik 19 MF  USA Eva Gaetino 20 DF  USA Maddie Mooney 21 DF  USA Ashley Zugay 22 DF  USA Katie Coyle 23 MF  USA Aly Akers 24 FW  USA Paige Peltier 25 DF  USA Waniya Hudson 26 DF  USA Julia Ware 27 DF  USA Caroline Gray 28 DF  USA Eva Wirtz 29 MF  USA Sophia Prudholme 31 GK  USA Ashley Naylor 33 GK  USA Kaylin Slattery 34 FW  USA Kristina Lynch

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Nate Norman
Assistant Coach	Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach	Jason Hamilton
Director of Operations	Brendan Roth

Source:^[5]

Schedule

Source ^[6]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 9* 6:00 p.m.	No. 16	No. 11 Tennessee	L 0–3	–	Regal Stadium Knoxville, TN
August 13* 6:00 p.m.	No. 16	Ball State	–	–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	Marquette	W 3–0	1–0–0	Alumni Stadium (377) Notre Dame, IN
August 21* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	Western Michigan	W 2–0	2–0–0	Alumni Stadium (1,655) Notre Dame, IN
August 25* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 19 Saint Louis	W 2–0	3–0–0	Hermann Stadium (4,273) St. Louis, MO
August 28* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		Illinois	W 4–0	4–0–0	Alumni Stadium (513) Notre Dame, IN
September 1* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	No. 22 Wisconsin	W 4–1	5–0–0	Alumni Stadium (381) Notre Dame, IN
September 4* 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 16	at Indiana	Canceled		Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
September 8* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 12	at Purdue	W 3–1	6–0–0	Folk Field (541) West Lafayette, IN
September 11* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 12	Ohio	W 3–1	7–0–0	Alumni Stadium (224) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Regular Season
September 15 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	at Clemson	L 0–2	7–1–0 (0–1–0)	Riggs Field (972) Clemson, SC
September 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18	No. 2 Virginia	W 1–0	8–1–0 (1–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (718) Notre Dame, IN
September 25 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18	Pittsburgh	L 1–3	8–2–0 (1–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (395) Notre Dame, IN
September 29 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	at Boston College	W 3–0	9–2–0 (2–2–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (441) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17	NC State	W 3–0	10–2–0 (3–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (321) Notre Dame, IN
October 9 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 17	No. 3 Florida State	W 4–0	11–2–0 (4–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (544) Notre Dame, IN
October 15 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at Louisville	W 2–0	12–2–0 (5–2–0)	Lynn Stadium (413) Louisville, KY
October 20 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	at Virginia Tech	W 1–0	13–2–0 (6–2–0)	Thompson Field (478) Blacksburg, VA
October 23 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 3–0	14–2–0 (7–2–0)	Spry Stadium (803) Winston-Salem, NC
October 27 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	No. 11 Duke	T 2–2	14–2–1 (7–2–1)	Alumni Stadium (817) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
October 30 6:00 p.m., ACCN	(3) No. 4	(6) No. 19 Pittsburgh First Round	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) 2OT	14–2–2	Alumni Stadium (428) Notre Dame, IN
November 3 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(3) No. 4	vs. (2) No. 5 Florida State Semifinal	T 3–3 (2–4 PKs)	14–2–3	Sahlen's Stadium (2,686) Cary, NC
NCAAA Tournament
November 12 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 4	Omaha First Round	W 5–0	15–2–3	Alumni Stadium (376) Notre Dame, IN
November 18 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 4	(8) No. 23 Santa Clara Second Round	W 4–0	16–2–3	Alumni Stadium (442) Notre Dame, IN
November 20 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 4	(5) No. 17 TCU Round of 16	W 2–0	17–2–3	Alumni Stadium (478) Notre Dame, IN
November 26 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 4	(2) No. 2 North Carolina Quarterfinals	L 0–2	17–3–3	Alumni Stadium (1,828) Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Korbin Albert	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 11	[7]
Eva Gaetino	Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 18	[8]
Leah Klenke	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	August 30	[9]
Olivia Wingate	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 6	[10]
Kiki Van Zanten		September 13	[11]
Olivia Wingate	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 11	[12]
Mackenzie Wood	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Korbin Albert	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	October 25	[13]
Mackenzie Wood	ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Korbin Albert	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	November 1	[14]
Nate Norman	ACC Coach of the Year	November 2	[15]
Korbin Albert	ACC Midfielder of the Year
Eva Gaetino	ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Olivia Wingate	All-ACC First Team
Korbin Albert
Eva Gaetino
Meddie Mercado	All-ACC Third Team
Mackenzie Wood
Leah Klenke	ACC All-Freshman Team
Korbin Albert	All-ACC Tournament team	November 6	[16]
Eva Gaetino	All-American	December 2	[17]
Korbin Albert

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[18]	16	RV	16	12	6	18	16	17	6	5	4	4	Not released				5
TopDrawer Soccer[19]	16	15	10	9	8	16	18	15	13	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

2023 NWSL Draft

Main article: 2023 NWSL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Olivia Wingate	North Carolina Courage	1	6	FW
Brianna Martinez	Racing Louisville FC	2	17	DF

Source:^[20]

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