SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-0) defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas (0-1) in dominant fashion on Sunday afternoon as they won 25-0. The win is the third regular season shutout in program history.
The Irish came out swinging, putting up an impressive eight goals in the first quarter alone. Notre Dame finished the day with 17 draw controls, holding the Chippewas to just eight. The Irish also recorded an impressive 20 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers in the win.
What a day for the Irish as several career milestones were hit with 10 different players landing in the scoring column.
Sophomore Madison Rassas led the offensive charge for the Irish with a career-high six goals, three assists, and nine points. After finishing with a hat trick in the win over No. 12/15 Michigan on Friday, Rassas posted an impressive stat line of nine goals, three assists, five ground balls, and three caused turnovers for the weekend.
She was followed by another career-high performance from Kate Timarky who recorded a career-best five goals, two assists, and seven points. Timarky also recorded a hat trick in the season-opening win over Michigan for a total of eight goals, three assists, and 11 points on the weekend.
Freshman Charley Bacigalupo not only scored her first career goal, but went on to score her first career hat trick. The rookie midfielder finished with two assists for five points on the day.
Freshman Uma Kowalski also scored her first career goal and absolutely dominated the draw. She recorded 11 draw controls after recording nine in the season-opening win over Michigan for an impressive total of 20 draws on the weekend.
Maura Irish finished with a full stat line in the win as well as the freshman recorded one goal, one assist, two points, two ground balls, two draw controls, and four caused turnovers.
Shannon Earley, Grace Maroney, Katie Mallaber, and Wynter Jock each recorded two goals a piece for the Irish. Mackenzie Conely also scored a goal in the shutout win.
Meghan O’Hare won four draw controls and caused three turnovers, followed by Abby Lyons who caused two turnovers. Sloane Ginevan grabbed four ground balls, followed by Franny O’Brien with three ground balls.
UP NEXT
The Irish take on ACC opponent Boston College on Friday, Feb. 13 and Havard on Sunday, Feb. 15 as they hit the road for their first away weekend of the season.