SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame (7-2-3) closed out its seven-match homestand with its best attacking performance of the season, defeating Green Bay (4-5-1) by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday evening at Alumni Stadium.

The four Irish goals were scored by Alex Rosin, Wyatt Borso, Stevie Dunphy and KK Baffour. Nolan Spicer picked up two assists in the winning effort.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Irish attack jumped all over the Phoenix from the opening touch, putting the Green Bay backline under stress. Notre Dame had two great chances in the opening minutes, one shot flashing wide of the post and one rattling the woodwork.

It didn’t take long for the early possession to pay off, as Notre Dame scored in the eighth minute to go on top 1-0 off a corner. Spicer’s service from the corner found the foot of Rosin, who calmly placed his volley in the back of the net at the far post.

The lead was short-lived for the Irish, as the visitors struck on a counter attack in the 15th minute Chris Album’s goal to level the contest at 1-1.

Just three minutes later Notre Dame reclaimed the lead, this time off a header from Borso. It was once again Spicer who played the role of provider, as his cross from the right wing found Borso at the back post, who nodded home to put the Irish up 2-1.

The Irish created chance after chance before scoring a third goal right before the halftime break. An intricate passing sequence led to Karson Baquero slipping a pass to Dunphy, who fired a low drive past the Green Bay keeper with just one second left on the clock to put Notre Dame on top 3-1 after the first 45 minutes of play.

Notre Dame continued to control the flow of the match for much of the second half and extended its lead to three goals in the 74th minute. An errant pass was picked up by Baffour, who fired a shot from outside the box into the bottom right corner to make the score 4-1.

The Phoenix were able to pull one back in the 89th minute, scoring their second of the night off a goal from Noah Madrigal but that was as close as Green Bay got, as the Irish went on to win by a final score of 4-2.

McFARLAND FAMILY MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH CHAD RILEY’S TAKE

On the match…
“Pleased with the result. I thought the performance was good overall. We’ve watched Green Bay a lot and they have some really good attacking players. I give the guys credit for handling their attack decently well. I thought we were sharp and created a couple of good moments and put a couple away which was nice.”

On scoring a season-high four goals…
“It’s great. Anytime you score goals you are pleased but I like that combined with the fact that we created some really good chances tonight and that is a step in the right direction.”

On Nolan Spicer…
“It’s about trying to figure out where to get him the ball in good spots and then helping him continue to refine his decision making because he has such great instincts for the game and he’s in a really good stretch of form right now.”

ND STAT OF THE NIGHT

The four goals are the most Notre Dame has scored in a match this season. Furthermore, Green Bay had not allowed more than two goals by an opponent during the 2025 campaign before the Irish scored four on Tuesday.

ND NUMBERS & FIGURES

  • The Irish improve to 4-1 in the all-time series against Green Bay
  • The four goals by Notre Dame are the most scored by either side in matchup history
  • Borso’s goal gives him the team lead in both goals (5) and points (10) this season and the senior now has eight career goals
  • Rosin scored his second goal of the season in the win
  • Dunphy and Baffour each recorded their first goals of the season on Tuesday evening
  • Spicer has a team-high seven assists during the 2025 campaign, which also mark a career best for the junior
  • Spicer now has 13 career assists
  • Baquero notched the first point of his career with the assist on Dunphy’s goal
  • Sylvester registered his second assist of the season

UP NEXT

Notre Dame travels to Charlottesville for a pivotal ACC road match against Virginia at Klockner Stadium at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 10. The match will air on ACCNX.

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