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Northwestern let a little bit of suspense creep in during the second half of its NCAA Tournament semifinal Friday evening at Martin Stadium.
The top-seeded Wildcats built a seven-goal, first-half lead against fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins but went nearly 13 minutes in the third quarter without a goal as the Blue Jays pulled within three.
Northwestern didn’t let Johns Hopkins’ comeback attack get any closer though. The Wildcats scored four of the next five goals on their way to a 16-11 victory and a berth in their fourth straight national championship game.
Northwestern (18-3) advances to play defending champion North Carolina (19-1) for the national title at 11 a.m. Sunday at Martin Stadium. The second-seeded Tar Heels beat third-seeded Maryland 16-6 behind five goals apiece from Chloe Humphrey and Addison Pattillo.
This NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse Final Four marked the first played outside of the Eastern time zone, and a good crowd of fans in purple filled the east and west bleachers at the Wildcats’ lakefront stadium. NU students and the band sat in the North stands, the students holding signs and “Lake Show” flags.
Northwestern didn’t disappoint, led by Madison Taylor, who had four goals and four assists. Maddie Epke had four goals and two assists, and Aditi Foster added three goals.
Northwestern outshot Johns Hopkins 40-22. NU goalie Jenika Cuocco had six saves, including a huge stop against Blue Jays star Ava Angello with 3:34 to play.
The Wildcats enter Sunday’s game in search of their ninth national championship and first since 2023. They lost the last two title games, including 12-8 to North Carolina last year.
NU won the teams’ only previous meeting this season, 17-16 in overtime in Chapel Hill, N.C.
This one will be on NU’s turf. Northwestern is the first team with home-field advantage in a national final since Princeton in 2004. Maryland was the last team to win the title at home in 1986.
After falling behind 10-3 at halftime, Johns Hopkins (17-5) came out strong in the third quarter, scoring four straight goals — two from Angello and one each from Samantha DiCarlo and Lacey Downey.
Epke stopped the surge, scoring the Wildcats’ first goal of the third quarter with 2:19 to play to put NU on top 11-7. Taylor Lapointe scored less than a minute later to push the lead to five goals and added another early in the fourth.
Epke’s fourth goal with 2:07 to play helped ease the pressure Johns Hopkins was putting on the Wildcats.
Angello led Johns Hopkins with three goals and an assist.
Northwestern used an 8-1 run in the first half to take its halftime lead, capitalizing on Johns Hopkins’ 12 turnovers in the half.
The Blue Jays had two freshmen score in the first 8:20 of the game. Paige Willard scored just 42 seconds in. After Northwestern took a 2-1 lead, Blue Jays freshman McKenzey Craig scored a free-position goal with 6:40 to play in the first quarter.
NU quickly responded. Epke scored 20 seconds later, and 13 seconds after that, Taylor took a pass from Epke and charged through traffic for her second goal of the game and a 4-2 lead.
Craig brought Johns Hopkins back within one late in the first quarter on a power-play goal.
But the Wildcats came out fast in the second quarter, with Kate Ratanaproeksa and Foster scoring in the first five minutes, and they didn’t slow down. Taylor and Foster each had three first-half goals.
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The top-seeded Wildcats built a seven-goal, first-half lead against fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins but went nearly 13 minutes in the third quarter without a goal as the Blue Jays pulled within three.
Northwestern didn’t let Johns Hopkins’ comeback attack get any closer though. The Wildcats scored four of the next five goals on their way to a 16-11 victory and a berth in their fourth straight national championship game.
Northwestern (18-3) advances to play defending champion North Carolina (19-1) for the national title at 11 a.m. Sunday at Martin Stadium. The second-seeded Tar Heels beat third-seeded Maryland 16-6 behind five goals apiece from Chloe Humphrey and Addison Pattillo.
This NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse Final Four marked the first played outside of the Eastern time zone, and a good crowd of fans in purple filled the east and west bleachers at the Wildcats’ lakefront stadium. NU students and the band sat in the North stands, the students holding signs and “Lake Show” flags.
Northwestern didn’t disappoint, led by Madison Taylor, who had four goals and four assists. Maddie Epke had four goals and two assists, and Aditi Foster added three goals.
Northwestern outshot Johns Hopkins 40-22. NU goalie Jenika Cuocco had six saves, including a huge stop against Blue Jays star Ava Angello with 3:34 to play.
The Wildcats enter Sunday’s game in search of their ninth national championship and first since 2023. They lost the last two title games, including 12-8 to North Carolina last year.
NU won the teams’ only previous meeting this season, 17-16 in overtime in Chapel Hill, N.C.
This one will be on NU’s turf. Northwestern is the first team with home-field advantage in a national final since Princeton in 2004. Maryland was the last team to win the title at home in 1986.
After falling behind 10-3 at halftime, Johns Hopkins (17-5) came out strong in the third quarter, scoring four straight goals — two from Angello and one each from Samantha DiCarlo and Lacey Downey.
Epke stopped the surge, scoring the Wildcats’ first goal of the third quarter with 2:19 to play to put NU on top 11-7. Taylor Lapointe scored less than a minute later to push the lead to five goals and added another early in the fourth.
Epke’s fourth goal with 2:07 to play helped ease the pressure Johns Hopkins was putting on the Wildcats.
Angello led Johns Hopkins with three goals and an assist.
Northwestern used an 8-1 run in the first half to take its halftime lead, capitalizing on Johns Hopkins’ 12 turnovers in the half.
The Blue Jays had two freshmen score in the first 8:20 of the game. Paige Willard scored just 42 seconds in. After Northwestern took a 2-1 lead, Blue Jays freshman McKenzey Craig scored a free-position goal with 6:40 to play in the first quarter.
NU quickly responded. Epke scored 20 seconds later, and 13 seconds after that, Taylor took a pass from Epke and charged through traffic for her second goal of the game and a 4-2 lead.
Craig brought Johns Hopkins back within one late in the first quarter on a power-play goal.
But the Wildcats came out fast in the second quarter, with Kate Ratanaproeksa and Foster scoring in the first five minutes, and they didn’t slow down. Taylor and Foster each had three first-half goals.
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