SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame returns to Alumni Stadium for an ACC matchup against Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 21. The match will be streamed on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME vs. VIRGINIA TECH
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
Stream: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Virginia Tech
THE VIRGINIA TECH SERIES
• The Irish and Hokies will meet on the pitch for the 14th time on Friday evening.
• Notre Dame and Virginia Tech have split the matchup, as the series record is 6-6-1.
• The Hokies won the most recent matchup, defeating Notre Dame in overtime in Blacksburg by a score of 2-1.
THE LAST TIME OUT
• The Irish secured a 4-2 road win in Chicago, defeating UIC in a midweek matchup.
• Matthew Roou led the Irish attack with two goals, marking the first brace of his career.
• Notre Dame’s other two goals came from Kyle Genenbacher and Mitch Ferguson.
FIRST HALF DOMINANCE
• The Irish are outscoring the opposition 15-5 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.
• Notre Dame has given up just three goals from open play in the first half of matches this season, the other two goals coming from penalties.
• The Irish are currently 5-0-0 when holding a lead at the half.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Of the 16 Notre Dame players that have recorded starts this season, nine have been either freshmen or sophomores.
• The Irish are a perfect 6-0-0 when scoring first in matches this season.
• Twelve different Notre Dame players have scored a goal this season.
• Fifteen of Notre Dame’s 25 goals scored this season have come from freshman or sophomores.
• Eight players have recorded multiple assists through 13 games, with Daniel Russo leading the Irish with four assists on the season.
100 CLUB
• With a win over UIC, McFarland Family Head Men’s Soccer Coach Chad Riley recorded the 100th victory of his head coaching career.
• Riley is the fifth head coach in program history to reach the 100-win mark for their career.
• Fourty-nine of Riley’s wins have come at Notre Dame while 51 came in his five-year stint at Dartmouth.
#3 RANKED FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE COUNTRY
• The Irish welcome a seven-man freshman class to South Bend which was ranked as the No. 3 class in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.
• The class features four players ranked in IMG’s top 200 rankings, each ranking in the top 100.
• The seven players come from a combined five states and one foreign country (Ghana).
• Kelvin Baffour (M), Daniel Boateng (M), Wyatt Borso (F), Owen Cornell (GK), Mitchell Ferguson (D), Sebastian Green (M) and Nicholas Legendre (F) make up the class.
• Notre Dame also welcomes Mo Williams to the team, a grad transfer defender from Seton Hall.