Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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ND SPORTS from senior Mike Johnson thanks to a promising finish to last season, while his teammates struggled to give him support on the scoreboard. He started this year with a 1.61 goals-against av- erage in October, which was the low- est mark in the country for goalies that have been in net at least five times. He won the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's Goalie of the Month Summerhays won the starting job Irish Roundup vember. The Fighting Scots forced 18 turnovers against the Fighting Irish, but couldn't hang with Notre Dame's high-powered offense. Freshman Jewell Loyd, a McDonald's All-American, led the team with 20 points in her collegiate debut. Senior Skylar Diggins, a two-time All-American on the college level, added 13 points in her abbreviated 17 minutes on the court. Diggins was picked as the preseason Big East Player of the Year. She and the Irish will start regular- season play Nov. 9 when they play Ohio State on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier in Charleston, S.C. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL The No. 6 Irish opened their season with an 88-28 exhibition win over Edinboro on the first day of No- award because of the strong start. "Watching so many guys score goals gets me in a rhythm," Summerhays said. "It takes pressure off of all of us." Escaping pressure in front of a hos- tile Boston crowd against the top team in the country will be a tough task for Summerhays and the Irish. But as they showed last year, with all hands on deck they have a chance to upset the Eagles again. ✦ to-back games during the last week of October. Seniors Kyle Richard and Ryan Finley combined for three fast goals early in the second half of their final home game to beat the Golden Eagles 3-1. Two days later, Finley scored again to force a 1-1 draw at Marquette. Finley was named the National Player of the Week by College Soccer News as well as the Big East MEN'S SOCCER (13-3-1 OVERALL, 5-2-1 BIG EAST) The No. 7 Irish ended their regular season on a high note by beating and tying No. 3 Marquette in back- Player of the Week. His performance helped the Irish lock up a third-place finish in the Blue Division of the conference. keeper Elyse Height made two saves to keep the Orange off the scoreboard. Her classmate Cari Roccaro scored the game's only goal in the 77th minute to end Syracuse's season. The Irish went on to fall 1-0 to Marquette in the semifinals Nov. 2. Ally Miller broke the stalemate in the 71st minute for the Golden Eagles, who were set to take on either Georgetown or South Florida in the final Nov. 4. Roccaro was named the Big East Rookie of the Year later in the week at the conference awards banquet. WOMEN'S SOCCER (13-4-2 OVERALL, 8-1-1 BIG EAST) Notre Dame shut out Syracuse at home Oct. 28 to advance to the Big East semifinals. Freshman goal-