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Notre Dame Women’s Latest Updates, Gear and ND Day

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Hi Water Polo Alums, Family, and Friends! We hope you have all had FJ filled 2016s so far!
The Latest:
This year we added 15 freshmen to the roster, outnumbering our 10 upper classmen and officially giving us the youngest team ND Women’s Water Polo has ever seen. This has given us new energy plus a new edge that helped us crush a successful weekend at Lindenwood Invitational this past weekend going 3-0. We plan to keep the ball rolling as we gear up for Midwest Qualifiers next weekend. For live updates follow @NDWmnsH2OPolo and if you don’t have an account check out the feed by copying and pasting the link here: ND Women’s Water Polo Twitter
You can also check our website here http://blogs.nd.edu/irishwwpolo/ for our updated schedule.
Here are some pics of us this last weekend 🙂
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Gear:
This year we will be using student shop to sell gear to friends, family and wopo alums. This is a trial for us, but if all goes well then in the future you can have access to Notre Dame Women’s Water Polo gear all year round and can pay online instead of sending us a check or cash in the mail! Hurray!!
IMPORTANT: If you are interested in any of the gear as seen below and in the attached images, please fill out there google doc below so we know how much interest there is/ how much inventory we should order of each item by Midnight Monday February 15th as we will be submitting the order request form on the 16th. The gear takes about 3-6weeks to arrive so we should have it up on the site sometime in March! Yay!
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ND Day on April 24 & 25:
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Get ready for Notre Dame’s second annual global celebration of the University’s mission which will be broadcast live online! Its purpose is to engage, inform, and inspire people to take action and give back to the university.

University of Notre Dame Takes 2nd Place in 2015 Nationals

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2nd in the Nation!

The University of Notre Dame Women’s Water Polo Team took second place in the 2015 Women’s National Collegiate Club Water Polo Championship.

The Irish first faced off against No. 17 Dartmouth College with a score of 12-1 in the opening round of the 2015 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship at Middlebury College. Notre Dame Goals: Ellen Dowling (6); Colleen Fricke (3); Megan McAveeney; Maddie Renezeder; Samantha Henze Notre Dame Goalie Saves: Caley Martinez (10) Player of the Game: Ellen Dowling

Alex Whelan holds her ground against NYU opponent
Alex Whelan holds her ground against Dartmouth opponent

In the next round, Notre Dame defeated New York University with a score of 12-5 in the quarterfinals. Notre Dame Goals: Ellen Dowling (6); Colleen Fricke (2); Maddie Renezeder (2); Megan McAveeney; Samantha Henze Notre Dame Goalie Saves: Caley Martinez (8) Player of the Game: Ellen Dowling

Whole set Maddie Renezeder gets into position to shoot against NYU
Whole set Maddie Renezeder gets into position to shoot against NYU

In the semifinal game, the Irish beat out defending National Champion/No. 4/Southwest Division Champion San Diego State University with a score of 13-6. Notre Dame Goals: Ellen Dowling (6); Maddie Renezeder (3); Colleen Fricke (2); Megan McAveeney; Kathleen Schiavenza Notre Dame Goalie Saves: Caley Martinez (9) Player of the Game: Ellen Dowling

Colleen Fricke scores goal against SDSU goalie
Colleen Fricke scores goal against SDSU goalie

In the University of Notre Dame’s second title game, the Irish lost to No 1.-ranked Sierra Pacific Division Champion, University of California, with a final score of 11-5. Notre Dame Goals: Samantha Henze; Kathleen Schiavenza; Ellen Dowling; Colleen Fricke; Megan McAveeney Notre Dame Goalie Saves: Caley Martinez (9)

Goalie Caley Martinez
University of Notre Dame’s Goalie Caley Martinez

At the end of the Tournament, Notre Dame’s Ellen Dowling made All Tournament First Team, Goalie Caley Martinez made All Tournament Second Team, and Coach Brian Coughlin was named All Tournament Outstanding Coach

Notre Dame's Outstanding Coach, Brian Coughlin
Notre Dame’s Outstanding Coach, Brian Coughlin

Thank you to all the parents, friends, and fans of the University of Notre Dame Women’s Water Polo Team for the continued support throughout the season.

Team selfie with 2nd Place plaque
Team selfie with 2nd Place plaque