Nov. 30, 2007

Complete Pregame Notes Pack in PDF Format

The Notre Dame women's soccer team (18-4-2) - riding one of the nation's longest unbeaten streaks (15-0-1) - will take on Duke (10-5-7) in an NCAA quarterfinal game on Friday, Nov. 30, at Alumni Field (7:00 p.m) ... the winner advances to the College Cups semifinals to face the winner of the quarterfinal between Connecticut at Florida State ... the other side of the bracket features games between USC at West Virginia and Portland at UCLA ... the Irish are appearing in the quarterfinals for the 11th time in the past 14 seasons and are looking to reach the semifinals for the ninth time in that 14-year span (1994-2007) ... a free video/audio broadcast will be available at und.com, with the other usual ways to follow the action also available (GameTracker, Irish Alert text messages/signup up on und.com, hotline/574-631-3000) ... ND advanced through the first two rounds with home wins over Loyola Chicago (3-0) and Illinois (2-0) before winning in the round-of-16 at North Carolina (3-2).

Note: in addition to the updated notes package attached above (PDF), be sure to check the various other Notre Dame women's soccer news items that have been passed along earlier this week on und.com (namely the UNC full recap/notes update, the media-session quote sheets, the Hermann Trophy final-15 release, and the research on the quickest back-to-back goals in NCAA/ND history).