2000-’01: Midwest Champions and 6th at Club Nationals. Our highest ranking during the season was the poll that came out right before nationals that had us ranked 3rd in the country. This year marked our first Spring Break trip. Lauren Kuzinar, Liz Parolin, Brigette Alge and Lisa Thomas were all named first team all conference . Margo Klosterman and Allie Geinko were 2nd team. Lauren was named the conference MVP and was also 2nd team at Nationals. Coughlin was Midwest Coach of the Year. Team Captains were Lisa Thomas, Lauren Kuzinar, and Liz Parolin.
2000-‘01 things really got rolling. We played 45 games and finished the season with a 31-13 record.
Fall season:
Saturday November 18th at Rolf’s Aquatic Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- ND 9 Bowling Green 4 (W 1-0)
- ND 10 Purdue 4 (W 2-0)
- ND 17 Northwestern 4 (W 3-0)
Regular Season:
January 26-28 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- ND 4 Michigan St. 11 (L 3-1)
- ND 6 Purdue 3 (W 4-1)
- ND 8 Ohio St. 7 (W 5-1)
- ND 6 Miami 8 (L 5-2)
- ND 7 Northwestern 1 (W 6-2)
February 2-4 CWPA Divisional at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
- ND 15 Bowling Green 7 (W 7-2)
- ND 11 West. Mich. 6 (W 8-2)
- ND 15 Miami “B” 2 (W9-2)
- ND 11 Miami 12 (L 9-3)
February 17,18 JPW Tourney at Rolf’s Aquatic Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- ND 9 Purdue 8OT (W 10-3)
- ND 6 Northwestern 3 (W 11-3)
- ND 8 Illinois 5 (W 12-3)
- ND 12 GVSU 1 (W 13-3)
February 24-25 Boilermaker Invitational, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- ND 7 Purdue 11 (L 13-4)
- ND 8 Northwestern 5 (W 14-4)
- ND 6 Illinois 8 (L 14-5)
- ND 5 Miami 7 (L 14-6)
- ND 8 Ohio St. 7 (W 15-6)
March 10-18th Spring Break Trip to Northern CA
- ND 11 Cal. St. Hayward 5 (W 16-6) Var.
- ND 3 UC Davis “B” 10 (L 16-7) Var.
- ND 5 UC Davis Club 1 (W 17-7)
- ND 3 San Jose St. 15 (L 17-8) Var. (Finished 5th)
- ND 4 Cal Poly 13 (L 17-9)
- ND 12 St. Mary’s 4 (W 18-9)
- ND 9 Fresno St. 5 (W 19-9)
March 31/April 1 University of Wisconsin Invite, Madison, WI
- ND 12 GVSU 2 (W 20-9)
- ND 17 Wisconsin 5 (W 21-9)
- ND 6 Illinois 8 (L 21-10)
- ND 9 Purdue 5 (W 22-10)
April 7,8 CWPA Midwest Championships at BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
- ND 12 Miami “B” 3 (W 23-10)
- ND 13 Bowling Green 6 (W 24-10)
- ND 14 GVSU 1 (W 25-10)
- ND 8 Miami 5 (W 26-10)
April 20,21 Grove City College Invite, Grove City, PA
- ND 15 Penn St. Berhend 2 (W 27-10) Var.
- ND 9 Grove City 5 (W 28-10) Var.
- ND 8 Gannon 6 (W 29-10) Var.
- ND 12 Slippery Rock 13OT (L 29-11) Var.
May 3-5 CWPA National Collegiate Club Championships, Miami University, Oxford, OH
- ND 7 UCLA 9 (L 29-12)
- ND 14 Penn. St. 10 (W 30-12)
- ND 11 Texas A&M 2 (W 31-12)
- ND 4 Miami 5 (L 31-13)