Updated and reformatted ND 2006 GameNotes pack in PDF Format
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Oct. 19, 2006

IRISH AND WILDCATS SET TO BATTLE FOR BIG EAST LEAD – The top-ranked Notre Dame women’s soccer team (14-0-1; 7-0-1 BIG EAST) will put its unbeaten record on the line Friday afternoon at Villanova (Oct. 20; 4:00 EDT), as the Irish and Wildcats (14-1-2; 6-1-2) meet to determine first place in the BIG EAST’s National Division … Notre Dame then will continue on its roadtrip with a Sunday game at Georgetown (Oct. 22; 1:00) and may have to play one final regular-season game at Cincinnati (Oct. 24, as makeup of earlier game that was called off due to lightning), if that game is needed for seeding the top five spots in the division (Cincinnati plays this weekend at Rutgers and Seton Hall) … Villanova and Notre Dame each have allowed just three goals all season and rank 1-2 in the nation for goals-against avg. (VU at 0.17, ND at 0.20) … the Irish have scored nearly twice as many goals as the Wildcats (50-29) and have allowed just 28 shots on goal all season … Friday’s game will serve as a homecoming for ND senior defender Christie Shaner (Ambler, Pa./Germantown Academy), who is expected to have a large contintent of family and friends at the game … Shaner has missed just one game in her career, appearing in 90 of 91 (including 88 straight; her classmate Jen Buczkowski has yet to miss a game) … the senior class owns nearly a .910 career win pct. (81-7-3; .907) and has yet to be outshot in a game during their career …

Note: check back to this release for a PDF link to complete updated and reformatted ND gamenotes; the gamenotes also were updated prior to the previous game at Providence and updated postgame notes were included with the recap from that Oct. 15 game.