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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The top-ranked Fighting Irish won its second game of the week on Saturday, defeating Marquette by a final score of 22-9 in Loftus Sports Center to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Notre Dame flexed its depth in the win, as nine different players scored multiple goals over the course of the afternoon. Will Angrick recorded the first hat trick of his career, with three goals all coming in the first quarter. He was joined by Jake Taylor, who produced his second hat trick in as many games with three goals.
Chris Kavanagh, Brady Pokorny and Will Maheras each added two goals and two assists to finish with four points apiece.
For the second straight game, the Irish defense held the opposition to single digits scoring, allowing nine goals. Notre Dame posted 12 caused turnovers, as Nate Schwitzenberg, Will Donovan and Chris Reinhardt each forced two.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame scored the opening goal less than three minutes into the contest off a jumper from Fisher Finley. The visitors responded with two unanswered goals to take a 2-1 advantage with 11 minutes left in the first frame.
The lead was short lived, as Notre Dame responded with five straight scores in a span of just five minutes, including two from Angrick, to open up a four-goal lead at 6-2.
After a Marquette goal cut the lead to 6-3, the Irish broke the game wide open as the attack started coming in waves and overwhelmed the Golden Eagles’ defense. Notre Dame ripped off seven straight goals to go on top 13-3. Marquette scored the final two goals of the opening 30 minutes to make the score 13-5 at the halftime break.
Notre Dame continued its attacking dominance in the third quarter, scoring seven of the eight goals to extend its lead to 20-6 at the end of the frame. Will Maheras and Taylor each scored twice in the period to lead the attack.
The Irish subbed liberally in the final 15 minutes of play and came away with the 22-9 victory.
STAT OF THE GAME
With 46 goals over the last two games, the Irish tied the program record for most goals scored in a two-game span. The other time Notre Dame scored 46 goals over two games was the first two games of the 2024 season.
NOTRE DAME NOTES
- The Irish improved to 13-0 against Marquette in the all-time series.
- The 13-goal victory is tied for the largest in series history, matching the margin from last season’s win (21-8).
- Dating back to last season, Notre Dame extended its win streak to 16 games, which is the longest streak in program history.
- Notre Dame has now won 38 times over the last 41 games dating back to April 2, 2022.
- The Notre Dame offense has finished in double figures in 24 straight games, the longest active streak in the country.
- With two goals on the day, Kavanagh now has 118 career goals, passing his brother Pat (117) on the Notre Dame career goals list. Chris Kavanagh is now in sixth place on the list.
- Eleven different Irish players scored in the victory and 16 players have already scored on the season despite just playing two games.
- Will Maheras (4), Will Angrick (4) and Fisher Finley (3) each set career highs for points in a game while Brady Pokorny (4) and Max Busenkell (3) tied their career highs.
UP NEXT
Notre Dame hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to the nation’s capital to take on No. 14/15 Georgetown in a top-20 matchup slated to start at noon ET on Saturday, Feb. 22. The game will be streamed on FLO Sports.
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