SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 5 Irish wrap up the regular season with another ranked ACC matchup at Alumni Stadium at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 27 as they take on No. 20 Pitt. The game will air on ACCNX.
No. 5 NOTRE DAME vs. No. 20 PITT
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
TV: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Pitt
THE PITT SERIES
• The Irish and Panthers will meet on the pitch for the 33rd time on Friday.
• Notre Dame holds a decisive lead in the all-time series with a record of 20-7-5.
• The Irish are 11-3-2 when playing Pitt in South Bend.
• The two sides played once last season, with the match ending in a 1-1 draw at Pitt.
• Daniel Russo scored the equalizer for Notre Dame in the 58th minute.
LAST TIME OUT
• Notre Dame wrapped up the ACC Coastal division title in a 1-1 draw at No. 3 Wake Forest last Friday.
• The Irish leveled the match in the 85th minute off a perfectly executed set piece as Ethan O’Brien’s delivery connected with Daniel Russo, who scored with a diving header.
DOWD DELIVERS
•Bryan Dowd has been masterful in goal this season for the Irish, making a claim as one of the top goalies in the country despite playing some of the best attacking units in the nation.
• The senior ranks fourth in the country in shutouts (7), fifth in save percentage (.860) and fifth in goals against average (.571).
• The shot stopper has 55 career starts while appearing in 56 matches over his previous three seasons in South Bend.
• Dowd has amassed 149 career saves and has recorded 20 clean sheets over his time in South Bend.
•The senior produced his best performance of his career in the 0-0 draw at Akron, making a career-high 12 saves to keep the clean sheet intact.
• The 12 saves are the most by an ACC goalkeeper this season and the third most of any goalie at the DI level.
TOP OF THE TABLE
• The Irish captured their second ACC Coastal Division title in program history after the draw against No. 3 Wake Forest. The program now has three ACC regular season titles, also winning in 2014 and 2013.
• Notre Dame is off to its best start in ACC play in program history through seven games, totaling 17 points with a record of 5-0-2 to lead the league.
• A win or draw against Pitt would give the Irish their first unbeaten season in ACC play in program history and its first undefeated regular-season conference record since going 7-0-4 in the Big East in 2011.
• Notre Dame has…