Notre Dame scored four goals in the second half to defeat No. 7/9 Louisville in BIG EAST play on Friday evening at Alumni Stadium. The Cardinals were handed their first loss of the season after tying the school mark for best start in school history.

Louisville (5-1-1, 2-1-0) pressured the Irish in the initial stages of the first half.  The Fighting Irish upped their attack in the later stages of the opening half. Notre Dame's best chance of the period came with 13:30 on a free kick into the box that was punched out by Cardinal keeper Andre Boudreaux. A follow-up shot went wide of the goal. Notre Dame out shot Louisville 7-5 in the first half which ended in a scoreless tie.

Notre Dame's Michael Thomas got the Irish on the board early in the second half off a header from a Donohue free kick in the 49th minute. The Cardinals nearly netted the equalizer with 32 minutes remaining in the match as a header from Phil Edington hit the post.

As the Irish came back down the field, Thomas played the ball ahead to Perry inside the 18-yard box and the junior forward sent it past Boudreaux, who had come off his line, and into the lower left corner in te 59th minute.   Notre Dame upped its cushion to three in the 75th minute when Jeb Brovsky flicked the ball ahead to Bright Dike and the senior forward rolled it past a charging Boudreaux from outside the 18-yard box. The final score came just over two minutes later as Dike returned the favor when he dribbled past a Cardinal defender near the end line and crossed the ball to Brovsky and the junior forward blasted it into the back of the netting.

The Irish finished the game with a 12-10 shot advantage over the Cardinals.  Louisville held a slight edge with a 5-4 corner kick advantage.  Boudreaux finished the match with one save while Philip Tuttle finished with three.
Louisville will travel to Milwaukee to face Marquette on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3:00 p.m.

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