SOUTH BEND, Ind. –Notre Dame will end the regular season on the road, as it has two ACC tests remaining on the schedule. The Irish travel out west for their first ever conference clash with Cal at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 27. The match will be streamed on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME vs. CAL
Location: Berkeley, Calif. | Edwards Stadium
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Game Notes: vs. Cal
THE CAL SERIES
• The Irish and Bears will meet on the pitch for the fourth time on Sunday.
• Notre Dame is unbeaten in the all-time series against Cal, going 2-0-1.
• The Irish have outscored Cal by a combined score of 7-1 in the series, recording two clean sheets in the process.
• The Irish defeated the Bears in the most recent matchup, winning by a score of 5-0 in Bloomington during the 2016 campaign on Sept. 4.
• Sunday’s match will be the first that is played outside the state of Indiana in the series between the two sides.
LAST TIME OUT
• The Irish attack erupted for five goals in the second half in a 5-0 win over UIC in the regular-season home finale.
• Both Sebastian Green and Wyatt Lewis registered the first brace of their career, each scoring two goals.
• Jack Flanagan scored the opener for the Irish and now has four on the season, ranking second on the team in goals.
• Collin Travasos made two saves and the backline limited the UIC scoring opportunites resulting in a clean sheet.
MATTHEW ROOU: THE GOAL SCORING MACHINE
• Senior forward Matthew Roou enters Sunday’s match tied for third in the country in goals with 12 on the season.
• Roou is in the best form of his career, scoring 11 goals over his last nine outings, including back-to-back hat tricks during the stretch.
• The forward became the first Notre Dame men’s soccer player since Kevin Lovejoy in 1979 to record multiple hat tricks in a season.
• Roou came through in the clutch in Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Clemson, scoring the winner in the 86th minute to give the Irish the win.
• The senior is one of two players at the men’s DI level to register two hat tricks during the 2024 season, joining Massachusetts’ Alec Hughes.
• Roou scored a goal from the spot in the season opener against Akron.
• The talisman now has 78 career points off 33 goals and 12 assists.
• Roou is currently 12th on the ND all-time goal scoring list and is one goal away from tying Pat Szanto for 11th (34).
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