SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 22 Notre Dame remains on the road, as they travel to Bloomington for an intrastate rivalry matchup against No. 21 Indiana at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The game will be streamed on B1G+.
NOTRE DAME vs. INDIANA
Location: Bloomington, Indiana | Bill Armstrong Stadium
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Game Notes: vs. Indiana
THE INDIANA SERIES
• Notre Dame and Indiana will face each other on Saturday evening for the 44th time in series history.
• The two sides meet nearly ever season but did not play during the 2020-21 campaign due to adjusted schedules for COVID-19.
• The Irish are 10-30-3 against the Hoosiers in the all-time series.
• Despite trailing in the series, the rivalry has been much more even as of late, as the Irish have recorded a mark of 5-6-2 in the last 13 meetings dating back to the 2010 season.
• The Hoosiers escaped Alumni Stadium with an overtime victory during the 2021 campaign in the season-opener, pulling out a 3-2 win.
• The Irish battled the Hoosiers to a standstill in Bloomington in the most recent matchup, recording a 1-1 draw on Sept. 17, 2019.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Irish went on the road and defeated Michigan State by a final score of 3-2 in East Lansing.
• Notre Dame’s goals came from first-half headers from Paddy Burns and Sebastian Green and a second-half Michigan State own goal.
• The Irish outshot the hosts 22-15 and dominated large portions of play.
• Bryce Boneau picked up the first two assists of his career in the win.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
• Of the 12 Notre Dame players that have recorded starts through two matches this season, seven have been either freshmen or sophomores.
• Six Irish players made their collegiate debuts in the season opener against Seattle.
• Of the 16 players that have seen the pitch, 10 are either sophomores or freshmen.
• Two of Notre Dame’s four goals and four of their five assists have come from freshmen or sophomores.
BALANCED ATTACK
• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point last season, as the team returns 86 points from last year.
• Ten players scored a goal through during the 2021 campaign, with six scoring multiple goals.
• Sophomore Matthew Roou is the top returning goal scorer on the 2022 squad after firing in seven goals during his debut season.
#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.
2021 REWIND
• The Irish are coming off one of their most successful seasons in program history.
• The 2021 squad advanced to the College Cup for the second time in history and captured the program’s first ACC Tournament title.
• Notre Dame finished the season on an eight-game unbeaten streak, going 5-0-3 during that span, all coming in postseason play.
• The Irish allowed just two goals over the final eight matches of the year.
• Notre Dame defeated Duke in the ACC Tournament final to capture the crown. The Irish didn’t allow a single goal over four matches of ACC Tournament play.
• The season came to an end in the College Cup semifinals, as the Irish fell to Clemson in penalties (5-3) in Cary, N.C.