Vanderbilt is coming off their best test of the young season, and they clawed to a 3-3 draw where the most frustrating part of the game may have been trying to waste time in the last 5 minutes. Northwestern, ranked 20th in the country, would score just before the 7-minute mark. Vanderbilt answered 7 minutes later when a ~50-yard Kate Devine free kick found the head of Rachel Deresky then the thigh and foot of Addie Porter on its way to the back of the net.
The visitors would strike twice midway through the first half.