Irish fall to Broncos, defeat Huskies, 'Canes
Observer Staff Report
The Notre Dame women's soccer team bounced back from a 4-2 loss to No. 1 Santa Clara to defeat No. 8 Connecticut 2-1 in double overtime and Miami 7-1.
The Bronco's used four goals in 9 minutes, 19 seconds to jump out to a 4-0 lead in the first half.
The Irish responded in the second half with two goals but could not mount a comeback against the talented Broncos. Anne Makinen and Jen Grubb scored for the Irish.
Against Big East Rival Connecticut, Notre Dame senior Jenny Heft scored in the 15th minute to give the Irish a 1-0 lead.
The Irish would hold that lead until the 89th minute when Huskie freshman Sarah Popper scored her first career game to send the game into overtime.
Makinen scored in the 112th to give the Big East Mid-Atlantic Division champion Irish a 2-1 win over the Big East Northeastern Division Champion Huskies.
On Sunday, the Irish defeated the Miami Hurricanes in the final regular season home game of the year.
Heft scored the game-winner in the 18th minute to give her 74 career goals and break Monica
Senior midfielder Jenny Streiffer also reached a career milestone against Miami. Streiffer opened the scoring in the 12th minute to give her 60 career goals to go with her 65 career assists.
Streiffer joins Notre Dame's Cindy Dawes, North Carolina's Mia Hamm and UC Santa Barbara's Carin Jennings as the only four players in history to reach the 60-60 mark for a career.
Streiffer added two more goals to increase her career points total to 189 — second behind Gerardo's 190 on the Irish all-time points list.
All Sports Stories for Tuesday, October 26, 1999
