Two second-half goals push Notre Dame past TCU

Friday, September 8

Fort Worth, TX

7:00 PM

TCU

2-3-0

Notre Dame

5-0-0

Notre Dame

TCU Horned Frogs

Two second-half goals push Notre Dame past TCU

9/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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Sept. 8, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU soccer team held its own against No. 1 Notre Dame for the first 45 minutes of the game on Friday night. Unfortunately for TCU, Notre Dame's offensive attack was able to net two second-half goals to claim a 2-0 victory as 2,053 fans looked on at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.

"I was very happy with the girls effort," head coach Dan Abdalla said. "They played the gameplan exactly how we wanted them to. I just think we ran out of legs. We didn't have the numbers that Notre Dame had. They are a class team and a class program."

With the second-largest crowd in school history looking on, the Horned Frogs (2-3-0) used a Ziploc-tight defense in the first frame and did not allow the Fighting Irish (5-0-0) to take a shot until the 31:33 mark. In all, the Fighting Irish were able to tally seven shots in the first half, but goalkeeper Katy Buchanan stoned Notre Dame four shots on goal.

However, the tide changed in the second half with Notre Dame going on the offensive early. At the 54:27 mark, Jill Krivacek headed in a cross by Michele Weissenhofer to give the Irish a 1-0 advantage.

With Notre Dame holding a 1-0 advantage, the Irish struck again with another header for a goal. This time it was Brittany Bock, who headed in a pass by Weissenhofer off a free kick for Weissenhofer's second assist of the game.

Thanks in part to eight corner kicks in the second half; the Irish were able to tally 12 of their 19 shots in the second half.

Offensively, TCU tallied four shots for the game and three corner kicks compared to 11 by Notre Dame.

Chelsea White led TCU with two shots, while Lauren Pope and Lizzie Batten each had one.

TCU returns to action on Sunday to face Houston at 1 p.m. at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.