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Championship games and four NCAA Tournament contests), including a pair by forward Crystal Thomas. PHOTO BY JOSEPH WEISER
Freshmen accounted for five of Notre Dame's eight goals during the postseason (two Big East
Underclassmen Lead Late Surge For Irish
BY DAN MURPHY F
a pass from the midfield and tucked a shot in the side netting to seal an open-
reshman Crystal Thomas darted be- hind a pair of defenders, ran on to
visiting Milwaukee-Wisconsin Nov. 9 and Thomas her first career postsea- son score. She added another to spark
ing-round win for Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament. The goal gave the Irish a 3-1 win over
