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Irish will face their 10th ranked opponent this weekend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Coming off a 4-3 win at Michigan State last night, the Notre Dame softball team will head to Durham, North Carolina for the last roadtrip of the season to face off against 17th-ranked Duke in a three-game series starting Thursday night at 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
The Irish got win number 20 on the season Tuesday evening in East Lansing. Addison Amaral had a two-run double in the third that gave the Irish the lead at the time. Freshman Rebecca Eckart and Kaia Cortes also drove in a run to secure the win for the Irish.
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All-time, Notre Dame is 7-8 against Duke and 4-5 in Durham. This weekend will be the 10th ranked opponent the Irish have faced this season. Notre Dame has four ranked wins so far in 2025 (#15 Missouri, #23 San Diego State, #22 Virginia twice). It’s the second consecutive weekend of facing a ranked opponent on the road and the fourth overall ranked ACC series.
Irish pitching continues to register plenty of strikeouts. After six in last night’s game at Michigan State, Notre Dame now has 274 punch outs this season, still second in the ACC. Micaela Kastor surpassed 90 on the season after registering four in the win over the Spartans last night.
Game one on Thursday and two on Friday are set for 6 p.m. starts, while Saturday’s game will begin at 1 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra. Notre Dame closes out the regular season with seven consecutive home games following this weekend.
