SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Fighting Irish men’s soccer team recorded a 3-2 victory over Hope College on Tuesday evening at Alumni Stadium to improve to 6-2-2 on the season.
All three Notre Dame goals were scored by the freshman trio of Alex Rosin, Luke Burton and Ren Sylvester.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish opened the scoring in the 10th minute courtesy of Rosin. Sylvester fired a shot from close range at the near post that was saved and Rosin calmly slotted the rebound in to put Notre Dame on top 1-0 with the first goal of his career.
Seven minutes later the visitors leveled the score off a goal from Jackson Mindling to make the score 1-1.
Notre Dame controlled the flow of the match for the remainder of the half and all the pressure paid off in the 42nd minute off a corner. Mitch Ferguson’s service was nodded in by Burton at the back post to give the Irish a 2-1 lead at the halftime break.
The Irish nearly doubled their lead in the opening minutes of the second half, as an effort from Wyatt Borso went off the bar.
Then in the 60th minute the Flying Dutchmen capitalized on a long throw-in and scored against the run of play to once again draw even at 2-2.
Notre Dame poured forward in waves searching for the winner and managed to break the deadlock in the 83rd minute. Ian Shaul’s cross connected with Sylvester, who made no mistake with the finish to deliver the Irish the 3-2 victory.
McFARLAND FAMILY MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH CHAD RILEY’S TAKE
On the match…
“Overall I’m pleased with the result. I think we got rattled when Hope tied it up a couple of times but the team’s response was good. We showed composure and created some really good chances and we finally got one to go in. Then I thought we looked composed to finish off the game.
“Credit to Hope, I think they are an excellent team and a really well-coached team. They were very committed and really impressive tonight.”
On the freshmen scoring all three goals…
“They have been playing and it doesn’t surprise me that they got on the scoresheet. They have great mentalities, great quality and great work ethics.”
UP NEXT
Notre Dame has a quick turnaround, as it takes on Virginia Tech at 8:30 p.m. ET in an ACC showdown at Alumni Stadium on Friday, Oct. 3. Admission to the match is free and it will be streamed on ACCNX.
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