Irish Fall To #2 North Carolina

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-6, 1-5) fell to No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels (11-0, 6-0) at Arlotta on Sunday afternoon in a 14-3 loss in just over three quarters of play. The officials confirmed the game was called early due to severe weather.

Kristen Shanahan, Meghan O’Hare, and Katie Mallaber each netted a goal for the Irish. Franny O’Brien and Grace Weigand each recorded 2 ground balls. Isabell Pithie finished with a team-best 3 ground balls and 7 saves on the day.

While the Tar Heels scored first, the Irish answered right back when Mallaber dished it to Shanahan for the first Irish goal of the day. North Carolina responded with another, but the Irish had an answer, yet again – this time Mallaber took it herself as she netted it to make it an even 2-all at 11:14.

The Tar Heels went on to score four unanswered goals to take a 6-2 advantage before Morrissey found O’Hare on the cut to make it 6-3 with 9:01 remaining in the second period.

North Carolina led 9-3 at halftime and netted five goals in the third to lead 14-3 heading into the fourth.

The game was only able to go just shy of a minute into the fourth quarter before going into a delay due to severe weather. The officials confirmed the game was called due to weather.

The Irish will host No. 4 Stanford on Saturday, April 5 at Arlotta at 1:00 PM.