Oct. 14, 1997
Irish Erupt for Seven Second-Half Goals to Top Western Michigan
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Ryan Turner, Ben Bocklage and Bill
Savarino each scored twice as the 25th-ranked Notre Dame men's
soccer team erupted for seven second-half goals as the Irish
beat visiting Western Michigan 7-1. The come-from-behind
victory helped the Irish rebound from Saturday night's 1-0 loss
at home to Syracuse.
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Bill Savarino's first goal gave Notre Dame the lead for good.
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Joe Gallo and Scott Wells each finished with two assists in the
contest.
Notre Dame fell behind 1-0 early as the Broncos scored 2:45 in
the contest when Phil Rosendall headed in a Danny Moulding
cross that came from the center of the field off a Jason
Hoffmeyer pass. The score remained 1-0 for the remainder of
the first half despite the Irish outshooting Western Michigan
7-2 in the first 45 minutes of the game.
The Irish wasted little time in getting on the score board at
the start of the second half. Bocklage blasted a shot off a
Gallo feed 18 seconds into the second half. Savarino gave the
Irish the lead for good at the 51:42 mark on a 40-yard blast
that put the Irish up 2-1. Less than seven minutes later,
Andrew Aris tallied Notre Dame's third score off a Matt Johnson
feed at 58:10.
Notre Dame did not score again until the 75:32 mark, but had
four goals in a nine-minute span. Turner led off the scoring
on a header off a Gallo assist. Savarino netted his second
goal of the night at the 77:25 mark when he took a Wells feed
and put it into the net. Wells was credited with assist on
Notre Dame's next goal, Turner's second, five minutes later.
Bocklage finished off the scoring with a goal off a Bocklage
assist at 84:14.
The seven goals were the most scored by the Irish since a 7-0
shutout versus Valparaiso on September 8, 1995.
Notre Dame dominated the second half outshooting the Broncos
17-5 and finished the game with a 24-7 shot advantage.
Eric Progue came up with 10 saves in goal for Western Michigan,
who fell to 4-4-2 with the loss.
This was the final non-conference battle for Notre Dame who now
improves to 8-4-2 overall. The Irish, currently second in the
BIG EAST regular-season standings, return action on Friday,
October 17 in final contest of a three-game homestand as they
entertain league-leading Georgetown at 7:30 p.m. on Alumni
Field.
