Notre Dame Soccer

We don't often discuss ND for any other reason than football, but our hoops team's recent success inspired me to review ND sports this year. I realized we are really kicking butt this year across the board! Aside from a Sugar Bowl appearance for football, and a likely NCAA bid for basketball, our HOCKEY team is ranked #1 in the nation - seriously! When have we ever even been decent in hockey??? Our track teams dominated the Big East meets. Women's hoops is typically good. The list goes on and on.


But I really wanted to single out soccer. We had #1 rankings in men's and women's soccer this year. Both went deep into the tourney but fell short. However, we had the 2 most dominating players in the nation on our teams. The women's side includes Kerri Hanks, who led the nation in goals, assists and scoring! The men's side had Joe Lapira, who led the nation in goals and scoring. Both won the Hermann trophy, equivalent to the Heisman. And finally, Joe Lapira sports one of the best mullet/mustache combinations I have seen in YEARS! That deserves an award on its own!!!