Wolverines Drop Slugfest In opposition to No. 2 Northwestern in B1G Semifinals

» Michigan twice tied the rating, however fell 5-3 to No. 2 Northwestern within the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

» Cami Wiseman and Natalie Millman scored within the second quarter, whereas Claire Taylor transformed a penalty stroke early within the third.

» Goalkeepers Hala Silverstein and Caylie McMahon mixed for eight saves.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan discipline hockey workforce got here out on the unsuitable finish of a 5-3 slugfest in opposition to No. 2 Northwestern within the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7) at Indiana’s Deborah Tobias Field.

The Wolverines rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie the sport at two late within the second quarter then once more at three early within the third earlier than Northwestern (17-1) pulled away with two unanswered objectives, scoring its ultimate go-ahead and game-winning marker on the 43:28 late within the third quarter.

Michigan (10-7) withstood a first-quarter onslaught when, regardless of largely containing play to the U-M defensive third, Northwestern solely recorded one shot earlier than breaking by way of with the sport’s first objective on the 12:00 mark on a redirection in entrance of the cage.

Northwestern struck once more seconds into the second quarter, at 15:37, when Grace Schulze, who posted her workforce’s first tally, chipped a reverse excessive throughout the objective mouth, and Ashley Sessa reached over her head to get her stick on it and deflect it in.

The Wolverines scored twice inside a four-minute stretch to even the rating. Sophomore Cami Wiseman obtained Michigan on the board at 21:15 after graduate college students Claire Taylor and Abby Tamer labored the ball by way of site visitors into the circle from the midfield. Wiseman obtained unfastened in entrance, wound up and hammered a shot to the lower-left nook board for her third objective of the season.

Michigan transformed on its first penalty nook of the sport at 25:22 for the equalizer. Taylor corralled the ball after the cease skipped out of the circle and fed it again to sophomore Eva Bernardy, who obtained a tough shot off from the highest of the arc. Junior Natalie Millman touched it in entrance of the cage to tip it in for her second objective this season.

The momentum was short-lived, as Northwestern responded simply 33 seconds later when Shulze lifted in a rebound off junior/sophomore goalkeeper Hala Silverstein‘s pads and into the netting close to the suitable submit.

After the Wolverines overturned a Northwestern nook objective on evaluation late within the second quarter, Taylor transformed on a penalty stroke — Michigan’s first of the season — at 35:06 to knot issues up once more. The Wolverines drew the stroke off a penalty nook when freshman Maxine Rogge‘s direct shot hit the suitable submit and junior Payton Maloney pushed the rebound right into a Wildcat foot on the objective line. Taylor then hit the submit on the stroke, however when the NU goalkeeper left the cage early, the Wolverine captain buried the reshot to the bottom-right nook. It was her first objective of the season after having two others overturned on evaluation earlier within the marketing campaign.

Northwestern took the lead for good off a damaged nook at 43:28. NU labored the ball again into the circle and completed on a reverse shot from the arc to the alternative lower-right nook of the cage. The Wildcats added one other lower than 5 minutes later to pad their benefit. U-M overturned one other objective on evaluation, however Northwestern scored on the following penalty nook, changing on a drag flick on the 49:01 mark.

Northwestern outshot the Wolverines 14-7 and outcornered them 8-4. Silverstein and graduate scholar goalkeeper Caylie McMahon mixed for eight saves, whereas Wildcat goalkeeper Julianna Boon, the 2025 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, posted no saves and allowed three objectives.

The Wolverines would require an at-large choice to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show is scheduled for 10 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 9) on NCAA.com.