| NORTHWESTERN FIELD HOCKEY: GAMEDAY INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | TELEVISION | STATS |
| Sunday, November 20 | No. 1 North Carolina | 12:30 p.m. CT | Storrs, Conn. | ESPNU | Live Stats |
| Social: Twitter: @NUFHCats Instagram: @NUFHCats | |||||
STORRS, Conn. – No. 2-seed Northwestern meets No. 1-seed North Carolina in the national championship game Sunday, looking to become the sixth Division I program to ever win back-to-back championships. First pass back from Storrs, Conn. is set for 12:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU and ESPN+.
» Sunday marks Northwestern’s second straight trip to the NCAA title game, coming on the heels of its first-ever appearance last year. The Wildcats beat Liberty 2-0 last year to lift the national championship trophy for the first time in program history. Northwestern is now the eighth Division I program in NCAA history to qualify for two consecutive title games. Only five Division I programs have won back-to-back national titles.
» Fifth-year forward Bente Baekers scored the go-ahead goal and assisted the insurance goal in Friday’s 2-1 win over Maryland in the semifinals. Baekers has now scored 24 goals and 56 points this year to rank second in the nation and move herself into second in Northwestern history in career goals and points. With North Carolina’s win in the other semifinal matchup, the championship game features the two premier scorers of the era in Baekers and North Carolina’s Erin Matson, who rank second and first respectively in career goals among all active players.
BAEKERS. SHOT. YES!!!
Northwestern grabs the 1-0 lead in the fourth!!! pic.twitter.com/ve4sWsfH4i
— Northwestern Field Hockey (@NUFHCats) November 18, 2022
» Goalkeeper Annabel Skubisz recorded five saves in the semifinals, enough to break triple digits with 104 on the season. It’s the most saves by a Wildcat since 2008, and Skubisz is the first Northwestern keeper to reach 100 saves in a season since 2016. At her best in the postseason, Skubisz has gone 8-2 in cage in Big Ten and NCAA Tournament games over the last two seasons and has posted three shutouts in those games.
» The Cardiac ‘Cats put on another show in the Final Four, scoring both their goals in the fourth quarter with Baekers’ in the 48th and Relford’s in the…
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