2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 11
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 17
Record15–2–3 (8–1–1 ACC)
Head coach
  • Nate Norman (8th season)
Associate head coachDawn Siergiej (23rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
2025 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‡‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 21 – 2 – 2   .880
No. 11 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 8 – 1 – 1   .850 15 – 2 – 3   .825
No. 3 Duke  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 17 – 5 – 1   .761
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 16 – 2 – 4   .818
No. 8 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 14 – 3 – 5   .750
No. 24 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 13 – 5 – 3   .690
No. 13т North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 6 – 4 – 0   .600 13 – 6 – 2   .667
California  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2 – 4   .600 8 – 3 – 8   .632
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 4 – 3 – 3   .550 11 – 5 – 4   .650
NC State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 5 – 9 – 4   .389
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 4 – 4 – 2   .500 8 – 6 – 5   .553
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 8 – 8 – 2   .500
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 – 8 – 0   .200 6 – 10 – 2   .389
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 2   .200 7 – 8 – 3   .472
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 2   .200 5 – 8 – 5   .417
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 – 8 – 1   .150 5 – 9 – 4   .389
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 0 – 8 – 2   .100 4 – 10 – 4   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 9, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 38th season of the university fielding a program and their twelfth competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were by eighth year head coach Nate Norman, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished 12–4–4 overall and 7–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to third seed Florida State, in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the fourth-seed in the Mississippi State Bracket. They defeated Milwaukee in the First Round, fifth seed Kentucky in the Second Round, and first seed Mississippi State in the Round of 16. Their quarterfinal opponent was Stanford, who they defeated in the regular season. Ultimately, Stanford prevailed in the tournament 2–0. Their ACC Tournament appearance extended their streak of qualification to six straight years, and this was the fourth straight NCAA Tournament for the Fighting Irish.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Atlee Olofson 1 GK 5'8" Sophomore Austin, Texas Transferred to Miami (FL)[1]
Ellie Ospeck 5 MF/FW 5'4" Graduate Student Danville, California Graduated
KJ Ronan 8 DF 5'8" Senior Carlsbad, California Graduated
Sophia Fisher 11 MF 5'8" Senior Scottsdale, Arizona Graduated
Abby Gemma 14 DF 5'9" Freshman Flemington, New Jersey Transferred to Florida[2]
Reagan Pauwels 25 MF 5'6" Graduate Student Wall, New Jersey Graduated
Katherine Montgomery 31 GK 5'7" Graduate Student Geneva, Illinois Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Carolyn Calzada 5 DF 5'10" Graduate Student Houston, Texas Texas A&M[3]
Madeleine Agee 33 GK 5'9" Sophomore Holy Cross[4]

Recruiting class

Source:[5]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Tessa Knapp
FW
 Bay Village, Ohio Internationals SC (OH) [6]
Alessia Saia
FW
 Delray Beach, Florida FC Prime [7]
Gianna Scott
FW
 Avon, Ohio Cleveland Force FC [8]

Squad

Roster

As of August 11, 2025[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Jackie Hollomon
2 DF  CAN Clare Logan
3 MF  USA Izzy Engle
4 DF  USA Leah Klenke
5 DF  USA Carolyn Calzada
6 FW  USA Paige Buchner
7 FW  CAN Annabelle Chukwu
8 MF  USA Alessia Saia
9 FW  USA Charlie Codd
10 MF  USA Ellie Hodsden
11 FW  USA Tessa Knapp
12 MF  USA Kiki Turner
13 MF  USA Laney Matriano
14 MF  USA Gianna Scott
16 FW  USA Meg Mrowicki
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  USA Riley DeMartino
18 MF  USA Berkley Mensik
19 MF  USA Ally Pinto
20 MF  USA Abby Mills
21 MF  PHI Chayse Ying
22 DF  CAN Tatiana Tagne
23 MF  USA Morgan Roy
24 MF  USA Grace Restovich
26 DF  USA Melinda Hathaway
27 MF  USA Lily Joseph
28 GK  USA Sonoma Kasica
29 DF  USA Rowan Pearl
30 MF  USA Hannah Lemieux
33 GK  USA Madeleine Agee
34 FW  USA Randie Foor

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Nate Norman
Assistant Coach Dawn Siergiej
Assistant Coach Martin Rennie
Assistant Coach Gina Lewandowski

Source:[9]

Schedule

Source [10]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 3*
5:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Northwestern  None Reported[11]  –
 Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
August 9*
1:00 p.m. 		No. 2 at Indiana  None Reported[12]  –
 Bill Armstrong Stadium
Bloomington, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 14*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 2 Western Michigan W 2–1  1–0–0
 Alumni Stadium (532)
Notre Dame, IN
August 17*
7:30 p.m., SECN 		No. 2 at No. 6 Arkansas T 2–2  1–0–1
 Razorback Field (2,947)
Fayetteville, AR
August 21*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 7т Cincinnati W 4–0  2–0–1
 Alumni Stadium (570)
Notre Dame, IN
August 28*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6т Michigan W 3–0  3–0–1
 Alumni Stadium (605)
Notre Dame, IN
August 31*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6т Oakland W 8–0  4–0–1
 Alumni Stadium (477)
Notre Dame, IN
September 4*
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 5 at Michigan State W 3–0  5–0–1
 DeMartin Soccer Complex (2,214)
East Lansing, MI
September 7*
1:00 p.m., YouTube 		No. 5 at Marquette  Canceled 
Valley Fields
Milwaukee, WI
ACC Regular Season
September 11
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 at NC State W 2–1  6–0–1
(1–0–0) 		Dail Soccer Field (606)
Raleigh, NC
September 18
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 No. 3 Duke W 3–2  7–0–1
(2–0–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,277)
Notre Dame, IN
September 24
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 No. 22 North Carolina W 4–3  8–0–1
(3–0–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,072)
Notre Dame, IN
September 28
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 at Clemson W 5–1  9–0–1
(4–0–0) 		Riggs Field (867)
Clemson, SC
October 3
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 2 No. 23 Louisville W 3–1  10–0–1
(5–0–0) 		Alumni Stadium (0)
Notre Dame, IN
October 9
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 No. 5 Florida State W 4–2  11–0–1
(6–0–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,156)
Notre Dame, IN
October 12
3:30 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 SMU W 3–0  12–0–1
(7–0–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,573)
Notre Dame, IN
October 23
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 1 at Virginia Tech W 5–0  13–0–1
(8–0–0) 		Thompson Field (426)
Blacksburg, VA
October 26
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 1 at Wake Forest T 1–1  13–0–2
(8–0–1) 		Spry Stadium (746)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 30
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 1 at Pittsburgh L 0–1  13–1–2
(8–1–1) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (468)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 6*
5:30 p.m., ACCN 		(2) No. 2 vs. (3) No. 11 Duke
Semifinals 		W 2–1  14–1–2
 WakeMed Soccer Park (1,077)
Cary, NC
November 9*
12:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(2) No. 2 vs. (1) No. 1 Stanford
Final 		T 2–2 (4–5 PKs)  14–1–3
 WakeMed Soccer Park (1,257)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(1) No. 2 UIC
First Round 		W 4–0  15–1–3
 Alumni Stadium (1,296)
Notre Dame, IN
November 20*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(1) No. 2 Ohio State
Second Round 		L 0–1 2OT 15–2–3
 Alumni Stadium (1,009)
Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Izzy Engle Pre-season All-ACC Team August 7 [13]
Leah Klenke
Izzy Engle Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team August 12 [14]
Leah Klenke Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team
Izzy Engle Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist August 14 [15]
Leah Klenke
Laney Matriano ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 3 September 2 [16]
Annabelle Chukwu ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 4 September 9 [17]
ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 6 September 23 [18]
Izzy Engle ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 7 September 30 [19]
ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 28 [20]
Izzy Engle ACC Offensive Player of the Year November 5 [21]
Annabelle Chukwu All-ACC First Team
Izzy Engle
Leah Klenke
Grace Restovich All-ACC Third Team
Tessa Knapp ACC All-Freshman Team
Annabelle Chukwu All-ACC Tournament Team November 9 [22]
Charlie Codd
Izzy Engle
Leah Klenke

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[23]27т6т5662221 (8)1 (8)1 (8)2Not released11
TopDrawer Soccer[24]3865111111122221717

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