Almost a year ago, coach Hannah Nielsen took an underdog Michigan squad into Evanston for an NCAA Tournament bout, drawing up a near-perfect scheme that fell just short of stunning the eventual national champions. While the Wolverines lost 8-7, the mid-May matchup marked a telltale sign that Nielsen’s program had arrived on the national scene... The post Lacrosse: No. 1 Northwestern takes down No. 4 Michigan, secures outright Big Ten regular season title appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller never shied away from forging her own path. After earning soccer and lacrosse All-American honors at Maryland in the 1990s, she took a chance on a dormant program at Northwestern, which she moved halfway across the country to build from the ground up. “You see it in football, you see it... The post Lacrosse: Kelly Amonte Hiller guides Northwestern into new era through recruiting appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Before No. 1 Northwestern marched into Martin Stadium for its final regular season home game against Ohio State Saturday, a special guest greeted the team in the locker room: Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who donned Lake Show garb on the home sideline. “The cool part of having him here is for our... The post Lacrosse: No. 1 Northwestern bludgeons Ohio State 19-10 in penultimate regular season test appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — As an array of amber-coated clouds descended over No. 2 Maryland’s Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex Saturday evening, No. 1 Northwestern relentlessly blitzed its rival’s cage to secure a 17-9 road victory. “We’ve had some ups and downs, and some of our losses have been the best learning opportunities,” graduate student... The post Lacrosse: No. 1 Northwestern decimates No. 2 Maryland in commanding 17-9 road win appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Upon nightfall in College Park Saturday, two bitter rivals will charge at one another full-speed ahead, eyeing a monumental Big Ten result. Befitting the Old Line State’s official sport of jousting, conference and national championship contenders No. 1 Northwestern and No. 2 Maryland are set for their 20th all-time face-off. One of the nation’s top... The post Lacrosse: No. 1 Northwestern set for heavyweight bout at No. 2 Maryland appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Entering Saturday’s contest, No. 3 Northwestern had won 25 straight games inside Ryan Fieldhouse, the facility it calls home in the wintry months when it is too frigid to play outdoors, amid a 39-game home winning streak.  After the final buzzer punctuated a resounding 22-11 Wildcats (10-2, 2-1 Big Ten) win over Rutgers (5-6, 0-4... The post Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern downs Rutgers 22-11 in Senior Night spectacle appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Junior defender Sammy White entered the 2024 campaign with lofty expectations, eyeing a potential Tewaaraton finalist honor. She was a program centerpiece during Northwestern’s 2023 ascent to the collegiate landscape’s peak, and all signs pointed toward individual dominance during her squad’s title defense. “I have really high goals and expectations for myself,” White told The... The post Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern’s Sammy White makes long-awaited return in 22-11 victory over Rutgers appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Midway through the fourth quarter in No. 3 Northwestern’s Monday evening Chapel Hill crusade, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s team appeared primed to put the past week’s Penn State woes on the backburner with a 14-5 lead over No. 13 North Carolina. The hosts launched a last-ditch salvage mission, but the comeback push proved too little,... The post Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern secures 16-10 bounce-back victory at No. 13 North Carolina appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

After defeating then-No. 12 Johns Hopkins in its Big Ten opener last Sunday, Northwestern traveled east for the first of a two-game road trip at Penn State Friday. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s team entered University Park, Pennsylvania fresh off seven consecutive victories and looked to knock off an opponent it has bested in five straight... The post Rapid Recap: Penn State 14, No. 1 Northwestern 13 (OT) appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more

Graduate student attacker Izzy Scane needed just 70 seconds to break the deadlock in No. 1 Northwestern’s conference-opening clash with No. 12 Hopkins Saturday. The sixth-year sensation received a feed from behind the cage, slipped by a sliding defender and fired upon the cage. “We’ve been working a lot on getting close to the cage... The post Lacrosse: Izzy Scane’s season-high seven goals leads No. 1 Northwestern to conference-opening victory over No. 12 Johns Hopkins appeared first on The Daily Northwestern ..read more