Dec. 6 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Portland 2 Notre Dame 3. Goals: Holan (Baumgardt) 1:40, Holan (Koleski) 29:42; Boxx (Manthei) 46:12, Van Laecke 54:44, Gerardo (Grubb) 60:33.
Portland — Loveless, Stiles, Charles, Ribaudo, Eaton, French, Baumgardt, Pierce, Pfeifer, Koleski, Holan. Subs: McIntosh, Dutra, Engesser.
Notre Dame — Renola, Grubb, Sobrero, Fisher, Boxx, Daws, Streiffer, Manthei, Brown, Van Laecke, Gerardo. Sub: Heft.
Yellow cards: Portland — Eaton 60
Referee: Angelo Bratsis
Att.: 8,000 (sell out)
Notre Dame scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the second half to rally and defeat Portland. All three goals came off of set plays — Shannon Boxx headed in a corner kick from Holly Manthei just 1:10 into the second half, Amy Van Laecke then scored on a rebound off another corner kick in the 55th minute, and Monica Gerardo scored the winner in the 61st minute after a Portland foul had resulted in a free kick for Notre Dame.
The Irish will advance to the championship match Sunday, Dec. 8. to face the winner of the North Carolina – Santa Clara match which will begin at approximately 10:45 p.m. (ET).