Women's Soccer Travels to Notre Dame for BIG EAST Quarterfinals
Nov. 1, 1999
Coral Gables, FL – The University of Miami women’s soccer team (12-7) travel to No. 6 Notre Dame (15-3) to face the Irish in a BIG EAST Championship quarterfinal match on Tuesday at Alumni Field on the ND campus.
The Hurricanes qualified for the eight-team post season format after recording a 2-3 record and fourth place in the BIG EAST Northeast Division. Miami, playing its first season as a member of the BIG EAST, defeated Providence (2-0) on the road on Sept. 24 and St. John’s (1-0) at Cobb Stadium on Oct. 8.
The Hurricanes are led in scoring by freshman Allison McWhinney, who has 26 points off a team-high 10 goals and six assists. The Miami offense goes even further as a total of six players have recorded double-figure point totals: Nina Wathne (19 points, 7 goals, 5 assists), Deidre Bass (18 pts., 7 gls., 4 ast.), Lisa Gomez (18 pts., 4 gls., 10 ast.), Alexis MacKenzie (12 pts., 4 gls., 4 ast.), Jennifer Sanchez (11 pts., 5 gls., 1 ast.).
Most recently, the Hurricanes defeated Boise State, 7-0, on Oct. 31 at Cobb Stadium. The win, UM’s largest shut out in its two seasons of play, brought the team’s overall record to 12 wins. The win total surpasses last season’s inaugural season record of 11-7-1. In addition, of UM’s 12 wins in 1999 a BIG EAST leading 10 have come by shut out.
No. 6 Notre Dame, who should move up in the rankings released late Monday, most recently defeated Wisconsin (9-2) and Indiana (4-1) to close out its regular season. ND defeated Miami, 7-1, in both teams’ first-ever meeting on Oct. 24. The Irish were NCAA National Champions in 1995 and finished the 1999 season atop the BIG EAST Mid-Atlantic Division with a 6-0 league record.
The Final Four will be played at Rutgers University, Nov. 5-7. Other quarterfinal match-ups are: #1 Connecticut (Northeast) vs. #4 Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic), #2 Syracuse (NE) vs. #3 Seton Hall (MA), #3 Boston College (NE) vs. #2 Villanova (MA). Quarterfinal matches will takes place at the higher seeds home site.
