Michigan junior Katie Anderson scored in the sixth round of a shootout to send the Wolverines to the national championship.
The Wolverines defeated Louisville, 2-1, on Friday night and will now face top-ranked North Carolina, the two-time defending national champion, on Sunday at 7 p.m. at UNC’s Karen Shelton Stadium.
North Carolina advanced to the title game after beating Iowa, 3-0, on Friday in the first semifinal. The Tar Heels are 18-1 and have lost one game in the past three seasons. North Carolina have won eight national titles in program history.
It has been 20 years since the second-ranked Michigan field hockey program has won a national championship, and the Wolverines looked to be heading to the national title game in regulation with a 1-0 lead on a third-quarter goal by Anouk Veen.