SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3, 3-3) defeated the Robert Morris Colonials (3-7, 1-1) in dominant fashion with a 20-2 victory on Tuesday night at Arlotta Stadium. The Irish are now 5-1 on their home turf this season with two regular season home games remaining.
It was another strong performance from the Irish as Notre Dame scored 20 goals for the third time this season, following a 22-goal performance on Saturday with a 22-3 win over Florida State.
The two goals allowed against Robert Morris is the fewest goals allowed this season since the 25-0 shutout against Central Michigan.The Irish have now held their opponents to single-digit scoring eight times and to five goals or fewer four times this season.
Junior Kate Timarky led the way with four goals and a career-high four assists to tie her career-high eight points. She also recorded two ground balls in the win. This is her eighth hat trick of the season and fifth straight game with three or more goals. She’s now second in the ACC with 37 goals this season and is also second with an average of 3.36 goals per game.
Sophomore Madison Rassas also finished with four goals, four points, and three ground balls in the win. She’s recorded five hat tricks this season and is fifth in the ACC with 31 goals so far this year.
Freshman Charley Bacigalupo recorded her second career hat trick and caused a career-high two turnovers. Freshman Grace Maroney also scored her second career hat trick in the win.
Senior Emma Murphy and junior Meghan O’Hare each scored two goals and were followed by senior Abby Lyons and sophomore Katie Mallaber, who each scored one goal a piece in the win.
Freshman Uma Kowalski won a game-best 12 draw controls as the Irish won the draw battle 17-7.
The Irish led 6-1 at the end of the first period and after holding the Colonials scoreless in the second period, Notre Dame scored eight unanswered goals in the second to post a 14-1 lead at halftime. The trio of Rassas, Bacigalupo, and Maroney each had first half tricks.
O’Hare opened the third quarter with back-to-back goals and was followed by Timarky back-to-back goals before Robert Morris scored the final goal of the period.
With Notre Dame leading 18-2 heading into the fourth quarter, Rassas and Mallaber would score the last two Irish goals to cap off the 20-2 victory at home.
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