Irish To Host Aztecs On Senior Day

April 20, 2018

By Matt Paras

NOTRE DAME, Indiana – The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team (8-8) returns home for its final home game of the regular season. The Irish are set to face San Diego State (9-7) Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET on Senior Day. The Irish will honor their four seniors; Sydney Cardozo, Molly Cobb, Abi Cullinan and Caroline Doyle along with their senior manager, Annie Zou, prior to the game.

DATE: April 21, 2018
TIME: 1 p.m. (ET)
LOCATION: Arlotta Stadium (Notre Dame, Ind.)
BROADCAST: ACC Network Extra
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The ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. to honor this year’s senior class.

Cardozo was named a captain this year and been a leader throughout her time in an Irish uniform. This season she has played in 13 games and scored a career-high two goals in the comeback win over Elon. She scored on back-to-back possessions to give the Irish their first lead of the game in the second half.

Cobb was also named a team captain this year and has had a very successful season in the midfield for the Irish. She has started in every game and set career highs in goals, assists, points, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers. Cobb has tallied a career-high four points twice this season, in the home win against Marquette and on the road against fifth-ranked North Carolina.

Cullinan has played in 13 games and made eight starts during her senior season. She has scored in six games this season, including a career-high three goals in the 15-10 home win over Marquette. The Irish are 4-2 this season in games that she has scored in.

Doyle earned herself a starting role in her final season with the Irish. She has started in 15 of 16 games this season and set career highs in ground balls and caused turnovers. Doyle and the Irish defense has limited opponents to 10 or fewer goals nine times this season and the Irish are 8-1 in those games.

Scouting the Aztecs

San Diego State enters the game with a 9-7 record and 1-1 in conference play this year. Harlowe Steele leads the Aztecs with 34 goals on the year and Jill Haight is the points leader with 40. Katy Sharretts has seen the majority of minutes in the cage for the Aztecs, making 146 saves and holds a 9-6 record.

This will be the first meeting all-time between the two schools. San Diego State has played two common opponents of the Irish this season. The Aztecs lost to Boston College 19-8 and lost to USC 17-7.

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Matt Paras, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since January 2018. In his role, he coordinates all media efforts for the Notre Dame women’s lacrosse and cross country/track & field programs. A native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Paras is a graduate of the University of Louisville where he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sport Administration. Prior to arriving at Notre Dame, he worked at Vanderbilt University as the sports information contact for the women’s soccer and lacrosse programs.