Just two days after outdueling No. 10 Denver in a physically imposing battle, No. 1 Northwestern faced Albany in Ryan Fieldhouse Sunday. The two teams last crossed paths in April, when the 2023 America East champions provided an early test for the purple and white. The Wildcats (7-1, 0-0 Big Ten) comprehensively controlled Sunday’s matchup.
More than two years ago, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s squad traveled to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to face the nation’s No. 1 ranked opponent in the 2022 season opener. Recovering from a torn ACL, then-senior attacker Izzy Scane could only watch her teammates fall into a 6-1 first-quarter hole and stumble to an 18-9 defeat. Apart.
Just 106 days separate early February’s season-opening Saturday slate and the 2024 national champion’s coronation in Cary, North Carolina. During the three-month span that culminates within WakeMed Soccer Park’s gated greenery, scintillating surprise sensations will capture headlines, giants will fall and only one team will end its quest at the sport’s summit. After knocking off.
Within WakeMed Soccer Park’s manicured grounds and rolling hills, Northwestern bludgeoned Boston College in a dominant 18-6 national title victory to scale collegiate lacrosse’s summit an eighth time last May. Purple and white confetti accompanied the afternoon’s rainfall, marking the Wildcats’ first NCAA Championship in 11 seasons. Behind graduate student attacker and Tewaaraton winner Izzy.