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.
The past year provided several banner moments throughout Northwestern athletics. Women’s soccer shot up the national rankings, field hockey clawed its way back to a second consecutive national championship appearance, men’s basketball stunned then-No. 1 Purdue and punched its ticket to the Big Dance, fencing trounced No. 1 Notre Dame in Ryan Fieldhouse, softball won.
After securing its first national title since 2012, Northwestern enters the preseason primed for another shot at the game’s ultimate crown. The Wildcats, who capped a 21-game winning streak with an 18-6 thrashing of Boston College in the National Championship, return many of the key pieces that propelled coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s team atop the.
The national title is headed back to Chapel Hill for a record 10th time. Northwestern(20-5, 5-3 Big Ten) fell to North Carolina (21-0,6-0 ACC) 2-1 on a chilly championship Sunday in Storrs, Connecticut. The Tar Heels attacked early in the first quarter, earning their first and only penalty stroke less than six minutes into the.