Michigan
0-4-0, 0-0-0
Notre Dame
3-1-0, 0-0-0
Michigan Drops Contest to No. 9 Notre Dame
8/29/2024 10:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's soccer team stood tall against No. 9 Notre Dame for the first 62 minutes of the contest before giving up a pair of second-half goals to fall 2-0 to the Fighting Irish on Thursday evening (Aug. 29) in front of 1,563 fans at U-M Soccer Stadium.
Notre Dame (3-1-0) took advantage of two goals within 19 seconds with just over 27 minutes remaining in the contest to break a scoreless tie en route to the win.
Michigan (0-4-0) tallied 18 shots in the contest, putting six on goal but could not find the back of the net. Stephanie Sparkowski made pair of saves in goal on Notre Dame's four shots on frame.
Michigan controlled possession in the early going, with Jenna Lang taking a shot off the left foot saved by the keeper at the top of the goal in the 14th minute in an early chance for the Maize and Blue.
U-M survived several attempts off a corner kick in the 23rd minute to keep the Irish off the board. It was much of the same four minutes later as Notre Dame tallied another two shots off a corner kick that Michigan turned away to keep the game scoreless.
Ella Jablinskey ripped a shot on the left side in the 30th minute that the Notre Dame keeper just got a hand on to send it over the goal in Michigan's last best chance of the first half as the teams hit halftime scoreless.
The freshman duo of Adi Walick and Jablinskey nearly connected on a goal less than five minutes into the second half, with Walick leaving it for Jablinskey on the left side but her shot went just wide as the Wolverines still could not cash in offensively.
In the 57th minute, Notre Dame made a run and pressured the Wolverine backline, but Tamia Tolbert cleaned up the loose ball in front of the net. The Irish made good on their two goals a few minutes later, taking control of the contest with that 2-0 lead.
Michigan pressed until the end of the contest, with its best chance coming off a Campbell Jewell shot that hit off the crossbar in the 86th minute.
Michigan completes a two-game homestand on Sunday (Sept. 1), hosting Ball State at 1 p.m. It is Family Day and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day, presented by Rogel Cancer Center. The match will b e streamed live on B1G+.
Team Stats
Charlie Codd (1)
Assisted By: Ellie Ospeck
GOAL by ND Codd, Charlie Assist by Ospeck, Ellie.
62:22
Grace Restovich (2)
Assisted By: Izzy Engle
GOAL by ND Restovich, Grace Assist by Engle, Izzy.
62:35
