No. 15 Field Hockey Falls to No. 1 Northwestern Friday

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 15 Rutgers subject hockey confronted the defending nationwide champions and present No. 1 ranked Northwestern Wildcats in a house contest on Friday afternoon to kick off R NIL Homecoming Weekend. The Wildcats prevailed in a 5-0 victory over the house squad in entrance of 678 followers on the Bauer Track and Field Hockey Complex.

With the win, Northwestern improves to 12-1 on the season and stays unbeaten in convention video games and atop the league standings at 4-0. The Wildcats have gained 56 over their previous sixty video games throughout the previous three seasons. Rutgers now stands at 8-6 general and 3-2 in convention play.

Northwestern’s main scorer and All-American Ashley Sessa led the best way for NU with a hat trick, now pacing the Wildcats with 11 tallies on the 12 months. Maja Zivojnovic and Grace Shulze additionally scored for NU.

Rutgers goalkeeper Emily Nicholls had six saves on the day, including to her conference-leading complete with 83 stops on the season. Northwestern outshot RU 17-12, with an 11-4 margin in pictures on aim, and had a 6-5 benefit in corners.

The Wildcats scored their first aim late within the first quarter, and their second aim late within the second quarter to take a 2-0 lead into halftime. The guests added scores within the third quarter plus two within the fourth.

Rutgers returns dwelling for a giant recreation on Sunday, internet hosting No. 11 Iowa. Sunday’s recreation shall be Letterwinners Day and Senior Day. With over 30 letterwinners projected to be in attendance, the workforce will host pregame festivities, together with a tailgate and gameday reception, with letterwinners becoming a member of the workforce for a pregame walkout excessive 5 tunnel, anthem buddies and halftime recognition. The Senior Day ceremony shall be postgame, with seven seniors honored: Natalie Arnold, Dani Gindville, Puck Winter, Ashley Arnold, Erica Babitts, Paulina Niklaus and Vicky Jure.

The two video games this weekend are a part of Rutgers’ Homecoming Weekend. Rutgers Athletics will show its dedication to empowering student-athletes to maximise their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) alternatives throughout R NIL Homecoming Weekend. Rutgers Athletics will elevate the R NIL model by means of activations in any respect occasions over Homecoming Weekend.

 

Gallery: (10-17-2025) Field Hockey Versus No. 1 Northwestern