Jonathan McDonald isn’t your typical Stark County athlete; he is much more than that. He was a dual-sport star, participating in both soccer and rugby. He earned All-Stark County and Second Team All-District honors in soccer at Lake HS, breaking the school’s single season shutout record as a dominant goalkeeper. He also was a captain and MVP with the Canton Maddogs HS rugby team. The unique experience led McDonald to playing college rugby with Notre Dame College, a program that went from
Notre Dame College stepped up defensively in their 1-0 victory over Concord University as the Mountain Lions were unable to record a single shot in the contest, on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons (4-2, 2-1 MEC), who earned votes this week in the United Soccer Coaches Division II poll, have now shutout three teams already this season. All three of their conference games in 2017 have been decided by one goal. The loss for the Mountain Lions (0-5-1, 0-2) represents the third
After being held scoreless for nearly an hour, the Notre Dame College women’s soccer team went from zero to 100. Real quick. The Falcons (4-0) earned their fourth win of the season, in the same amount of games, against Fairmont State (2-2-1) on Thursday evening with a 3-0 victory. NDC scored each of their goals within 28 minutes of each other starting with a shot from Janelle Bernal in the 60th minute. Bernal took a pass from Alexis Manoa and outpaced a defender to put her
In a road contest, Notre Dame College lost to West Virginia Wesleyan College by a final score of 1-0 on Thursday evening as Juwon Akintunde scored the only goal of the game. The Falcons (3-2, 1-1 MEC) lost their first conference game of the season and were shutout for the first time this year. The Bobcats (4-0-1, 3-0) have shutout every opponent that they have beaten in 2017 and advance to 2-6-2 all-time against Notre Dame. NDC tried to come out of
Notre Dame College women’s rugby could not hold off Davenport University in the second half and lost 31-19 on Sunday morning. Following a 71-5 win over Mount St. Mary’s University to start their season, the Falcons (1-1) looked good early on and led the game going into the halftime break. In the first half, NDC dominated DU in territory and possession. In the second half, Davenport made some tactical changes and turned the tables. The Panthers took the ball out of Notre
The Notre Dame College women’s soccer team (3-0) earned their third win in six days after traveling to the University of Charleston (1-2-1) on Sunday. The Falcons led the shot attempts seven to five (six on goal, compared to five), while the teams had equal corner (two) and the goalkeepers each had four saves. It was the extra shot on goal that proved to be the difference as NDC won the game 2-1. The game started off well for the Golden Eagles
After a tightly contested first half, Notre Dame College opened the game up in the second half by scoring four times to win 6-1 over California University of Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons (3-1) have now won two games in a row and their six goals are the most that the program has scored since October 12, 2016 when they beat Shepherd University, 6-0. The Vulcans (0-3) have been outscored 12-2 in their first three games, all against opponents from
Notre Dame College men’s rugby started their season with a big win over Davenport University, 27-14, on Sunday afternoon after getting contributions from many different players. Both teams were ranked in the top-25 in the first week of FloRugby’s DI Men College Rankings. Davenport was picked 21st while NDC was in the rankings as No. 10. The Falcons were able to get two quick scores by Marcus Tupuola and Andrew Guerra which gave them a 12-0 lead. NDC would give up 14 straight points to Davenport
The Notre Dame College women’s soccer team won its home opening game against Wheeling Jesuit University by a score of 3-1 with aggressive play on both ends of the field. The Falcons allowed just seven shots to be taken by the Cardinals and WJU had an even harder time getting off a clean shot. Of the three shots on goal attempted by the visiting team, two were taken from 20 or more yards out. Solid defensive play and disruptive ball hawking by
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