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The Hokies will round out their Spring Break trip at No. 17 Notre Dame on Saturday. The game will air on ESPN3. Tech looks to pick up another road win after knocking off Michigan in overtime Wednesday night. In the victory senior Meg Bartley won the opening draw of the second session of overtime to surpass Allie Emala as the all-time draw controls leader at Tech.

The Irish enter the weekend game at 3-4 on the year and are coming off of a midweek loss at No. 18 Stony Brook, 9-5. Notre Dame is led by Courtney Fortunato, who has scored 15 goals and assisted seven more.

THE SERIES
The Hokies are 0-5 all-time against Notre Dame as the two teams have only matched up as conference opponenets. The series began during Tech’s brief stint in the BIG EAST, and picked back up last year when the Fighting Irish joined the ACC. Then-No. 12 Notre Dame took last year’s contest in Blacksburg, 18-9. Megan Will had three goals and two assists in the game. The Irish have been ranked in five of the six all-time meetings, as they enter the week at the No. 17.

LAST TIME OUT

The Hokies started Spring Break with an exciting overtime win at Michigan, knocking off the Wolverines, 13-12. Tech battled from beginning end and never gave up, despite going down 6-1 to start things off. Megan Will scored Tech’s first two goals of the game and helped spark a 6-0 run that allowed the Hokies to take a 7-6 lead into the break.

Back-and-forth play dominated the second half, but Michigan was able to regain the lead late. Will created a look acorss the middle for herself with 26 seconds remaining to force overtime.

It seemed Michigan would take the early edge in the first session of overtime, but the goal was called back due to a crease violation.

The second session was Meg Bartley’s time to shine. She won the opening draw to claim sole possession of Tech’s all-time career record, and was in the right spot to fire home the game-winner. Tech lost the ball but got it back and Cawley Bromley found Bartley in front of the goal for the score with .2 seconds on the clock.

HOKIES IN OVERTIME

Tech is 5-1 all-time in overtime games following Wednesday’s victory at Michigan. The Hokies are 2-0 in overtime under Head Coach Megan Burker, with the other win coming in 2012 when Tech knocked off then-No. 7 Virginia at home.

IT’S HERS TO SET

Meg Bartley became Tech’s all-time career draw controls leader after winning the opening draw of the second session of overtime in Tech’s win at Michigan. Bartley finished the game with six draws, and currently has 246 in her career. The Lewes, Delaware, native also holds the single-season record after propelling herself to 90 with a career-high 10 in the final game of the 2014 season.

RECORD WATCH

Megan Will is quickly climbing the all-time charts at Tech, chasing her cousin, Dawn Will, who sits atop the career goals and points lists. Megan currently ranks second with 151 career goals and 194 career points. She is also seventh all-time at Tech with 43 career assists.

Will is one of just three players to rank among the all-time top 10 in all three offensive categories (Allie Emala 08-11, Catherine Augustyn 96-99).

Meghan Macera recently joined Meg Bartley on the all-time draws list, as she has won 110 so far, good for seventh.

SCORING AT WILL

Senior Megan Will is currently in the midst of a 13-game scoring streak that dates back to last season. The Bel Air, Maryland, native enters the weeked as the nation’s leading scorer (31) and is second in points (38).

Will has scored at least three goals in 12 of the last 13 games, as she climbs all three all-time offensive stat lists at Tech.

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