The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's soccer. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is currently coached by Nate Norman, following the resignation of Theresa Romagnolo.http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/theresa_romagnolo_891553.html Coach profile: Theresa Romagnolo, Notre Dame Official Athletics Site. The Fighting Irish have won three NCAA national championships.
History Notre Dame's women's soccer team won the National Championship in 1995, 2004 and 2010 and were the runner-up in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2006, and 2008. Notre Dame also ranks second in all-time title game appearances (8) behind North Carolina (24). Notre Dame's women's soccer program started in 1988 under coach Chris Petrucelli. Their 1995 Big East title was the university's first in any sport. That same year, Petrucelli's squad, under the leadership of Cindy Daws, won the program's first national title, defeating Portland 1–0. Randy Waldrum, took over the program in 1999 and maintained the Fighting Irish's success, winning the national title in 2004 by beating UCLA 4–3 as well as capturing six Big East titles.
Waldrum's 2010 squad won the school's third national title, going 21–2–2 and posting 15 shutouts and became the lowest ranked team to do so, beating undefeated Stanford in a 1–0 decision. In doing so, they outscored their postseason opponents 15–1. They also reached the College Cup for the fifth straight year, a school record. Their senior class won 87 matches in their 4 years, the most in that span. Three Notre Dame players have won the Hermann Trophy, given to the United States' best male and female collegiate soccer players. They are Cindy Daws (1996), Anne Mäkinen (2000) and Kerri Hanks (2006, 2008). Hanks is one of only four players to win the award twice. Notre Dame is also one of only two schools with three or more different Hermann Trophy recipients.
On October 19, 2014, Elizabeth Tucker received the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Elizabeth Tucker is also the first student-athlete in Notre Dame history to sweep all four of the university's major athletics honors in the same year.
On January 3, 2014, Waldrum resigned after 15 seasons with the Fighting Irish to become the head coach of newly established NWSL team Houston Dash. On March 19, 2014, Theresa Romagnolo was appointed as his successor. Prior to coaching the Fighting Irish, Romagnolo had been the women's soccer head coach at Dartmouth the past three seasons, and had also been an assistant coach at Stanford and at the University of San Diego. Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family. Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.
Players
Current roster
Individual honors
NCAA Woman of the Year Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Hermann Trophy: Cindy Daws – 1996 Anne Mäkinen – 2000 Kerri Hanks – 2006, 2008
Big East Offensive Player of the Year: Katie Thorlakson – 2004, 2005 Kerri Hanks – 2006, 2008 Brittany Bock – 2007 Lauren Fowlkes – 2009 Melissa Henderson – 2010
Big East Defensive Player of the Year: Jen Grubb – 1999 Candace Chapman – 2002, 2005 Melissa Tancredi – 2003, 2004 Carrie Dew – 2008
Big East Midfielder of the Year: Anne Mäkinen – 2000 Jen Buczkowski – 2005 Courtney Barg – 2009
Big East Rookie of the Year: Jenny Streiffer – 1996 Vanessa Pruzinsky – 1999 Christie Shaner – 2003 Kerri Hanks – 2005 Melissa Henderson – 2008
Big East All-Rookie Team: Elizabeth Tucker – 2010
Big East Championship All-Tournament Team: Elizabeth Tucker – 2012
U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team: Elizabeth Tucker – 2012
Capital One Academic All-America (CoSIDA) First Team: Elizabeth Tucker – 2012–2013, 2013–2014
ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notre Dame Byron V. Kanaley Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notre Dame Francis Patrick O'Connor Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notre Dame Athletics Community Champion Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notre Dame Top Gun Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notre Dame Monogram Club Team Most Valuable Player Award: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
ACC Postgraduate Scholarship: Elizabeth Tucker – 2014
Notable alumni
Current Professionals
Kelly Lindsey (1997–2000) Currently COO of Lewes FC Adriana Leon (2010–2011) – Currently with San Diego Wave FC and Canada international Natalie Jacobs (2015–2017) – Currently with North Carolina Courage Samantha Fisher (2017–2021) – Currently with Sassuolo and El Salvador international Brianna Martinez (2018–2022) – Currently with Carolina Ascent FC Olivia Wingate (2018–2022) – Currently with North Carolina Courage Bea Franklin (2019–2020) – Currently with Chicago Stars FC Maddie Mercado (2019–2023) – Currently with Seattle Reign FC Kiki Van Zanten (2019–2023) – Currently with Houston Dash and Jamaica international Eva Gaetino (2020–2023) – Currently with Denver Summit FC and United States international Korbin Shrader (2021–2022) – Currently with Paris Saint-Germain and United States international Leah Klenke (2022–2025) – Currently with Houston Dash Chayse Ying (2023–present) – Currently representing Philippines international Annabelle Chukwu (2024–present) – Currently representing Canada international Carolyn Calzada (2025) – Currently with Portland Thorns FC
Coaches
Current staff Head Coach Nate Norman Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej Assistant Coach Martin Rennie Assistant Coach Gina Lewandowski
Seasons Sources:
Season Head coach Season result Tournament results Overall Conference Conference NCAA Wins Losses TiesWinsLossesTiesFinish 1988 Dennis Grace 13 6 1 No Conference — 1989 12 10 0 No Conference — 1990 Chris Petrucelli 16 3 1 No Conference — 1991^ 15 2 3 2 0 1 1st No Tournament — 1992 13 5 1 5 0 0 1st No Tournament — 1993 19 3 0 6 0 0 1st Champions NCAA First Round 1994 23 1 1 6 0 0 1st Champions NCAA Runner Up 1995† 21 2 2 7 1 0 2nd Champions NCAA Champions 1996 24 2 0 9 0 0 1st Champions NCAA Runner Up 1997 23 1 1 11 0 0 1st Champions NCAA Semifinals 1998 21 3 1 9 1 1 2nd Champions NCAA Quarterfinals 1999 Randy Waldrum 21 4 1 6 0 0 1st (Mid-Atlantic) Champions NCAA Runner Up 2000 23 1 1 6 0 0 1st (Mid-Atlantic) Champions NCAA Semifinals 2001 17 3 1 5 1 0 1st (Mid-Atlantic) Champions NCAA Second Round 2002 13 8 0 3 3 3 T-4th (Mid-Atlantic) — NCAA Third Round 2003 20 3 1 6 0 0 1st (Mid-Atlantic) Semifinal NCAA Second Round 2004 25 1 1 9 0 1 1st Runner up NCAA Champion 2005 22 3 0 10 1 0 1st (National) Champions NCAA Quarterfinals 2006 25 1 1 10 0 1 1st (National) Champions NCAA Runner up 2007 19 5 2 11 0 0 1st (National) Runner up NCAA Semifinals 2008 26 1 0 11 0 0 1st (National) Champions NCAA Runner up 2009 21 4 1 10 0 1 1st (National) Champions NCAA Semifinals 2010 21 2 2 9 0 2 1st (National) First round NCAA Champions 2011 10 8 3 6 3 2 3rd (National) Semifinals NCAA First Round 2012 16 6 2 8 1 1 T-1st (National) Semifinals NCAA Third Round 2013‡ 13 8 1 7 5 1 5th Quarterfinals NCAA Third Round 2014 Theresa Romagnolo 14 6 2 7 2 1 4th Quarterfinals NCAA Third Round 2015 14 5 1 6 4 0 6th — NCAA Second Round 2016 13 3 5 7 1 2 T-1st Semifinals NCAA First Round 2017 9 8 5 5 3 2 6th First round NCAA Third Round 2018 Nate Norman 8 10 0 4 6 0 10th — — 2019 11 8 2 4 4 2 8th First round NCAA Third round 2020 6 7 0 4 4 0 8th First round — 2021 14 6 2 7 3 0 4th First round NCAA Second Round 2022 17 3 3 7 2 1 3rd Semifinals NCAA Quarterfinal 2023 12 4 4 7 1 2 2nd Quarterfinals NCAA Second Round 2024 14 4 4 5 1 4 2nd First Round NCAA Quarterfinal 2025 15 2 3 8 1 1 2nd Runner up NCAA Second Round
^ In 1991, Notre Dame began play in the Horizon League. † In 1995, Notre Dame began play in the Big East. ‡ In 2013, Notre Dame began play in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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