It was a pleasant and simple first-round recreation for the Notre Dame Combating Irish within the inaugural 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff.
That they had a house recreation in South Bend because the No. 7 seed, taking part in host to No. 10 Indiana. It was a 27-17 win on paper for the Combating Irish, however the recreation wasn’t as shut as the ultimate rating made it appear. In reality, Notre Dame had a 27-3 lead with nearly 4 minutes to go within the recreation.
It was a pleasant win for Notre Dame however it might not really feel that good proper now for followers of the Combating Irish as they stay up for a second-round matchup with No. 2 Georgia within the Sugar Bowl realizing that one in every of their finest gamers will not be obtainable.
Senior defensive lineman Rylie Mills exited the sport early within the second half after hurting himself whereas sacking Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke. He took some pleasant fireplace as a part of a two-man takedown of the Indiana quarterback, hobbled off the sector and did not return.
Now it is being reported that he’ll be misplaced for the remainder of this Notre Dame playoff run on account of a knee damage suffered on that play.
