SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The RV/No. 5 Notre Dame men’s soccer team pushed its win streak to four matches on Tuesday evening, defeating Trine by a final score of 7-1 at Alumni Stadium.
The seven goals were scored by five different players on the evening. Matthew Roou recorded a brace while KK Baffour, Nico Bartlett and Ian Shaul each scored their first goals of the season and Nolan Spicer registered his second goal of the 2024 campaign.
With the victory, the Fighting Irish improved to 5-1-3 on the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish wasted no time getting the attack flowing, as Spicer was brought down in the box by a Thunder defender and Roou then sent the goalie the wrong way from the spot to put Notre Dame on top in the seventh minute.
Less than six minutes later Shaul got on the scoresheet, firing a low drive just inside the far post to double the lead at 2-0 in the 13th minute.
In the 18th minute Baffour received a pass from Bryce Boneau and made a great run into the box before finishing with his right foot to extend the Irish advantage to 3-0.
Trine managed to pull one back just two minutes later off a strike from outside the box by Braden Estep and the score remained 3-1 heading into the halftime break.
Notre Dame pushed its lead back to three with its best goal of the night, as Spicer and Boneau played a one-two to spring Spicer into the area and the sophomore calmly placed his shot past the Thunder keeper to make the score 4-1.
Just over one minute later the Irish struck again, this time from Roou off a dish from Baffour for his second of the evening, as the Irish led 5-1 in the 61st minute.
Notre Dame went on to score two more goals off an own goal in the 63rd minute and then a beautifully chip over the keeper coming off his line by Nico Bartlett in the 78th minute to make the final score 7-1.
ND NOTES
- With the win, the Irish improve to 4-0 against Trine in the all-time series
- Notre Dame has outscored the opposition by a combined 18-4 over the last four matches
- Notre Dame improves to 19-2-8 over its last 29 regular season matches
- Roou’s two goals give him 10 on the season and 31 career goals, the most on the active roster.
- His 10 goals match his career high from last season
- Roou has been on fire recently, scoring nine goals over the last four matches
- Shaul’s goal is the first of his career
- Nico Bartlett scored the first goal of his career in the win
- Ten Notre Dame players have now scored a goal on the season
- Boneau’s two assists gives him 17 in his Notre Dame career and seven on the season, the most on the active roster
- Boneau’s seven assists are tied for his career high which came during the 2023 season
UP NEXT
The Irish travel to Syracuse for an ACC showdown with the Orange at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 5. The match will air on ACCNX.
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