Northwestern’s national championship dreams live on.
The Wildcats defeated the Harvard Crimson 2-1 in overtime on Friday afternoon thanks to a game-winning, overtime goal from Bente Baekers. In its first Final Four appearance in three decades, the Wildcats showed out against the top defense in the nation to advance to their first national title game in program history.
Northwestern dominated the stat sheet, outshooting Harvard 10-3, including 8-2 on goal. It also had four penalty corners to Harvard’s two.
Northwestern got on the board first less than 10 minutes into the game on its first penalty corner of the day.