Oct. 14, 2006

Updated Game Notes in PDF Format
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Season Stats in PDF Format
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IRISH HEAD TO PROVIDENCE FOR ANOTHER TELEVISED GAME – The top-ranked Notre Dame women’s soccer team (13-0-0, 6-0-1 BIG EAST), coming off a hard-fought tie with longtime BIG EAST rival Connecticut, will continue its weekend swing through the northeast with Sunday’s game at Providence (Oct. 1; 1:00 EDT) … bonus free live internet audio (as part of All Access) again will be provided on und.com … the ND-PC game will be telecast in Providence area by Cox Cable, on a delayed basis later on Sunday (5:00 p.m. EDT) … the Irish own a 45-3 season scoring edge and have allowed just 28 shots on goal (2.0/gm, ND record pace) … freshman Michele Weissenhofer (9G-13A) and sophomore Kerri Hanks (11G-6A) have emerged as the nation’s top scoring duo (they entered the week ranked 3rd and 5th, respectively, among the national points list; Weissenhofer 1st in assists, Hanks 4th in goals) … the Irish drew nearly 12,000 fans over the span of four games during the past two weekends at Alumni Field … Notre Dame ranks third nationally in 2006 average home attendance (2,350), behind perennial attendance leader Texas A&M (3,828) – which will serve as the host site for the 2007 College Cup final weekend – and defending NCAA champion Portland (3,612) … Hanks can tie the ND record for quickest players to 100 career points (40 games) by registering at least one point on Sunday at PC … Hanks has 39 goals in 39 career games (the record for quickest to 40 goals is 43 GP) … the ND senior class still has yet to be outshot in their career, going 80-7-3 in those games (28-1-2 in October) … ND is 60-5-2 when playing as the #1-ranked team in the NSCAA poll (42-3-3 in the regular season).

Note: see PDF for complete updated pre-game notes (ND head coach Randy Waldrum’s comments from this weekend’s games will be included with Sunday’s postgame report)