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#20 Pitt Drops Regular Season Finale at No. 5 Notre Dame Friday Night

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SOUTH BEND, IN – The Pitt men’s soccer team (6-5-4, 2-3-3 ACC) fell on the road Friday night to the ACC regular season champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 6-0.

With the loss, Pitt secured the No. 8 seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament and will play host to No. 9 Louisville Wednesday, Nov. 1 at Ambrose Urbanic Field.

ESSENTIAL GAME INFO

Pitt starting XI: Cabral Carter, Jackson Gilman, Albert Thorsen Fabian Grau, Felipe Mercado, Guilherme Feitosa, Joao Souza, Mateo Maillefaud, Luis Sahmkow, Filip Mirkovic, Eben McIntyre

Notre Dame starting XI: Matthew Roou, Eno Nto, Bryce Boneau, Nolan Spicer, Kyle Genenbacher, Ethan O’Brien, Matthew Radivojsa, Maurice Williams, Paddy Burns, KK Baffour, Josh Ramsey, Wyatt Lewis, Sebastian Green

Records: #20 Pitt (6-5-4, 2-3-3 ACC) | #5 Notre Dame (11-1-4, 6-0-2 ACC)

Location: Alumni Stadium | South Bend, IN

Attendance: 2,224

SCORING INFO

Notre Dame Goals: Eno Nto 4 (10), Matthew Roou (10), Wyatt Borso (1)

Notre Dame Assists: Bryce Boneau 3 (5), Nolan Spicer 2 (4), Kyle Genenbacher (4), Wyatt Lewis 2 (2), KK Balfour (6)

HOW IT HAPPENED – FIRST HALF

  • Just over 30 seconds in Joao Souza got behind the Notre Dame backline and ripped a shot from the top of the box that just missed the right corner
  • The Irish broke through with the first goal of the match in the 10th minute as Eno Nto converted on a Pitt turnover. He buried the ball into the right corner beating a sprawling Cabral Carter
  • Pitt had a…

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