Notre Dame's Will Lynch celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Robbinsville during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame's Tyler Javick, left, tries to move away from Robbinsville's Will Berdan, center, and Justin Schreyer, right, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Robbinsville's Marco Parisi, right, heads the ball as he's challenged from behind by Notre Dame's Landon Hoenisch, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame's Nick Angiolino, right, and Robbinsville's Justin Schreyer, left, go after the ball during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame's Luca Ercolano, right, tries to move away from Robbinsville's Leo Daniels, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame's Will Lynch, right, moves away from Robbinsville's Marco Parisi, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Robbinsville's Ethan Pagani, right, leaps to avoid the tackle of Notre Dame's Riley Miracola, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Robbinsville coach Jeff Fisher looks on from the sideline against Notre Dame during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame coach Bryan Fisher stands on the sideline against Robbinsville during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)The Fisher brothers Jeff, back, and Bryan, front, hug before the start of a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game between Robbinsville and Notre Dame on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Notre Dame's Will Lynch, center, celebrates his goal with teammates Landon Hoenisch, right, and Tyler Javick, left, against Robbinsville during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Show Caption1 of 11Notre Dame's Will Lynch celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Robbinsville during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Expand HOPEWELL TWP. – The Notre Dame High coaching staff had just one request for the Irish prior to Thursday’s Colonial Valley Conference Tournament boys soccer semifinal. “We asked them to be great tonight,” head coach Bryan Fisher said. They were. The 4th-seeded Irish were dominant at Hopewell Valley High, taking a 2-0 victory over top-seeded Robbinsville and propelling themselves into Saturday’s 2 p.m. championship game with 2nd-seeded Princeton. It was the first loss for the Ravens (15-1-1) and avenged a 3-2 overtime setback suffered by Notre Dame in the season’s first Fish Bowl Sep. 24. “I said it the last time we played, we just need to come out more hungry, raise the intensity,” said Will Lynch, who scored the first of ND’s two second-half goals and was clearly the best player on the field. “Every single player, the starting 11 and the bench, everybody brought it, and that’s all we really needed.” The Irish swarmed the Ravens, having seemingly three players on any guy who touched the ball, and sending shots on goal from every angle. “They were good, and we knew they were gonna be good on this big field,” said Ravens coach Jeff Fisher, Bryan’s brother. “We knew they were gonna stretch it out, knock the ball. They played with an energy we just weren’t able to match tonight, unfortunately.” From the opening kickoff Notre Dame attacked the Ravens offensive zone, sending shots at or around Brody Kaplan. The senior made six first-half saves and kept it scoreless with a diving stop on Lynch’s header with 10 minutes left. “I used to play club ball with Brody,” Lynch said. “He’s an amazing keeper, he likes to talk, he keeps it competitive.” It was scoreless at halftime, and the Irish were starting to worry it could be a game Robbinsville might steal. In their first meeting, the Ravens tied it on a free kick with two minutes left and won it in OT. “It’s been happening all season,” Lynch said. “We just kept a positive mind, our coach hyped us up, we knew we were gonna win this game.” Robbinsville was also hoping to capitalize on Kaplan’s first-half heroics. “We have the ability with our goalie to make some saves and with our defense to defend when we have to; and we have some explosive players that hit in transition,” Fisher said. “We were trying to do that but we just weren’t sharp enough. We weren’t finding the right spaces to get in and be dangerous. In the final third our decision-making was a little bit off and they made it really hard for us. Credit to them.” Notre Dame kept coming after intermission and Lynch finally broke through four minutes into the half when he blasted a shot so hard from in the box that if it were a ball off a bat the exit velocity would have been broken the measuring machine. It was his area-leading 30th goal and seventh in the last four games. “The ball was kind of dropped back by Landon Hoenisch,” Lynch said. “I saw a defender step in, I did a fake shot, touched it to the side and had a rip at post.” He left his coach smiling in admiration. “Big players make big plays in the biggest moments,” Fisher said. “What a shot. “That’s a senior that wants to end his career at the highest note possible. A senior who decided it’s time to get this team back to a championship game and – ironically –  he Willed us.” Lynch admitted he took things to another level, saying “It’s my senior season. It’s our last chance. I want it all.” The game was still in doubt before Tyler Javick sent one in from the right side as Hoenisch picked up his second assist and 15th this season. “Tyler’s goal was huge,” Lynch said. “Everybody was really tired and Tyler just put that second one away to secure the game.” “We said if we get one, we gotta get another one,” Fisher said. “The last game was back and forth with them and we lost in overtime. Tyler Javick has had some massive goals this year and he got another one tonight.” In the end, ND outshot the Ravens 19-5 and played about as well as a team could. “They were great in every facet of the game,” Bryan Fisher said. “They were focused and locked in and they wanted this. They want a chance at a championship and now they get it in 48 hours.” And the opponent will be Princeton, the last CVC to win a Mercer County Tournament before the format changed this year. The Little Tigers blanked Steinert 2-0 and, like the Ravens, beat ND 3-2 in overtime in the regular-season. “Very excited,” Lynch said. “We’re ready. We just gotta play the same way we did today. If we do, I believe we’re gonna win the game.” If Lynch puts on a repeat performance, he might be right. “He’s unbelievable,” Jeff Fisher said. “I’m really happy for that kid. He’s worked really hard to have a season like he’s having this year and he deserves it. He’s a great kid, a great player and now everybody gets to see it.” Notre Dame (16-5) 0 2 – 2 Robbinsville (15-1-2) 0 0 – 0 G: Lynch, Javick. A: Hoenisch, 2. Shots: N-19, R-5. Saves: N-Merluse, 3, R-Kaplan, 10.