Sammy Scofield still thinks about how fun it could have been to play on the Geneva soccer team while in high school, but she knows that competing for club better prepared her for the next level.

Notre Dame coach Randy Waldrum couldn’t agree more.

Hours after the Notre Dame’s team bus rolled into Madison, Wis., last Thursday in preparation for Friday’s season opener against Wisconsin, Scofield took some time away from studying opponent game film – and thinking about how the Fighting Irish were going to rebound from last year’s early exit in the NCAA tournament – to look back at her days at Geneva.