SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Irish welcome Detroit Mercy to Alumni Stadium for a midweek non-conference matchup at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The match will air on ACCNX.
Due to the heat for Tuesday’s game, Notre Dame will be enacting it’s Wind & Heat Policy allowing fans to bring in two, 20 oz. sealed water bottles per guest.
NOTRE DAME vs. DETROIT MERCY
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
TV: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Detroit Mercy
THE DETROIT MERCY SERIES
• Notre Dame and Detroit Mercy will face each other on Tuesday evening for the 14th time in series history.
• The Irish hold a commanding lead in the all-time series with a record 11-2-0.
• Notre Dame is 4-2-0 against Detroit Mercy when playing in South Bend.
• The two programs have not met in nearly 20 years, as the most recent matchup took place during the 1995 season, which saw Detroit Mercy come away with a 1-0 victory in South Bend.
LAST TIME OUT
• Notre Dame remained unbeaten after defeating NIU by a score of 1-0 on Friday evening.
• Matthew Roou continued his fine form by scoring a volley off the cross from Paddy Burns in the 14th minute, which proved to be the winner.
• The Irish dominated the run of play, recording 26 shots to NIU’s eight, including an advantage of 11-1 for shots on target.
• The Notre Dame defense secured its second straight clean sheet in the victory.
STRONG STARTS
• Notre Dame has made it a habit of jumping out to an early lead this season, as the Irish have scored the opening goal in all three matches in 2023.
•All three opening goals have come in the first 25 minutes of play.
•The quickest goal to start a match came from Eno Nto in the 8th minute in the win over IUPUI.
•The Irish have not trailed at any point through three matches this season.
DOMINATING DEFENSE
• The Fighting Irish have allowed just one goal through three matches during the 2023 campaign.
• The 0.33 goals against average ranks second in the ACC and tied for 12th in the country.
• Since allowing a goal to No. 2 Indiana in the 28th minute in the season opener, the Irish have gone 242 minutes without allowing a score.
• Opponents have registered a combined eight shots on target in 2023, with just three coming over the last two matches.
ROOU’S RUN OF FORM
• Junior Matthew Roou leads the Irish attack through three matches this season, producing nine points off four goals and an assist.
• All nine points have come over the last two matches, both victories for the Fighting Irish.
• Roou’s hat trick in the win over IUPUI was the first of his career and the first of the season for the Irish.
• The junior forward finished with seven points off three goals and an assist, becoming the first Notre Dame player to record seven or more points in a match since Dave Donohue also had seven points against Marquette on Sept. 11, 2008.
• Roou currently has 15 career goals to go along with eight career assists, totaling 38 career points for the forward.
EXPERIENCE IN GOAL
• Bryan Dowd is back for his senior season after being the team’s primary goalie for each of the last two seasons.
• The shot stopper has 44 career starts while appearing in 45 matches over his previous three seasons in South Bend.
• Dowd has amassed 107 career saves and has recorded 15 clean sheets over his time in South Bend, including two in the first three matches of the 2023 campaign.