BALTIMORE — After a 90 minute delay from their initially announced start time, Northwestern just never seemed to get off the starting blocks. In the most important game of their season, the Wildcats fell 25-13 to Maryland.
#4 seed Northwestern (16-5), in their first NCAA semifinal appearance in five years, never led the Terrapins (21-1), who got going early and poured it on in the second half. Izzy Scane buoyed the Wildcat offense with five scores, but the defense allowed Maryland to run up the most goals in a single game in the entire tenure of longtime head coach Cathy Reese.