Notre Dame Fighting Irish softball

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish softball team represents the University of Notre Dame in the sport of softball. The Irish compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Irish play their home games at Melissa Cook Stadium on the university's Notre Dame, Indiana campus, and are currently led by head coach Kris Ganeff.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Founded	1996 (1996)
University	University of Notre Dame
Athletic director	Pete Bevacqua
Head coach	Kris Ganeff (1st season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Notre Dame, IN
Home stadium	Melissa Cook Stadium (Capacity: 1,250)
Nickname	Fighting Irish
Colors	Blue and gold
NCAA Tournament appearances
1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009
Regular Season Conference championships
1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013

Season by Season Results

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1989–1995)
1989	Notre Dame	31–23	8–5	1st
1990	Notre Dame	32–15–1	9–3	1st
1991	Notre Dame	38–22	15–3	2nd
1992	Notre Dame	34–30–1	7–3	1st
1993	Notre Dame	36–13	8–2	1st
1994	Notre Dame	41–20	9–1	1st	NCAA Regional
1995	Notre Dame	40–19	16–2	1st	NCAA Regional
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Big East Conference) (1996–2013)
1996	Notre Dame	48–16	19–1	1st	NCAA Regional
1997	Notre Dame	35–25	16–4	1st
1998	Notre Dame	34–22	13–3	1st
1999	Notre Dame	42–20	16–0	1st	NCAA Regional
2000	Notre Dame	47–14	12–2	1st	NCAA Regional
2001	Notre Dame	54–7	20–0	1st	NCAA Regional
2002	Notre Dame	44–17	18–2	1st	NCAA Regional
2003	Notre Dame	38–17	14–3	1st	NCAA Regional
2004	Notre Dame	49–20	18–2	1st	NCAA Regional
2005	Notre Dame	46–15	16–2	1st	NCAA Regional
2006	Notre Dame	42–21	17–5	3rd	NCAA Regional
2007	Notre Dame	32–24	13–7	4th	NCAA Regional
2008	Notre Dame	38–22–1	14–8	4th	NCAA Regional
2009	Notre Dame	43–17	19–4	2nd	NCAA Regional
2010	Notre Dame	47–12	18–3	T-1st	NCAA Regional
2011	Notre Dame	46–11	19–1	1st	NCAA Regional
2012	Notre Dame	40–16	16–3	2nd	NCAA Regional
2013	Notre Dame	43–15	19–3	1st	NCAA Regional
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–Present)
2014	Notre Dame	41–13	16–5	2nd	NCAA Regional
2015	Notre Dame	42–15	17–6	3rd	NCAA Regional
2016	Notre Dame	43–13	13–7	3rd	NCAA Regional
2017	Notre Dame	34–23	13–11	5th	NCAA Regional
2018	Notre Dame	34–23	13–10	3rd (Atlantic)	NCAA Regional
2019	Notre Dame	37–18	18–6	2nd (Atlantic)	NCAA Regional
2020	Notre Dame	13–9	2–4	T-7th	Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Notre Dame	33–15	20–10		NCAA Regional
Notre Dame:		785–336–1 (.700)	305–96 (.761)
Total:		785–336–1 (.700)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Official website