19 and, along with the final, will be played on Michigan's campus in Ann Arbor. It's a double whammy for the Wolverines, which could have been playing in the semifinals and potential final at home. Then, after hours of weather delays and 80 minutes of scoreless action, Harvard beat Michigan in a shootout to end the night. To start the day, Liberty shocked Rutgers by scoring the tying goal with just a little more than three minutes left in the game and eventually prevailed in the shootout. The upsets were bookended by matches that went all the way to shootouts. 3 Michigan all lost this afternoon, breaking the tournament wide open. The three top-seeded teams in the 2021 DI field hockey championship entered play on Sunday, Nov. ET.Ĭlick or tap here to view the complete 2021 DI field hockey tournament bracket. Liberty will face the winner of Harvard and Northwestern in the final. The teams went 18 more minutes without a goal in overtime before Vaanhold's sudden-death winner. Hope Rose's penalty stroke goal with less than five minutes left in regulation tied the match and eventually sent it to overtime. Jill Bolton scored less than four minutes into the third quarter, then Vaanhold bookended the quarter with another goal in the 45th minute.īut Maryland got on the board just 40 seconds later through Bibi Donraadt's goal, setting up a tense fourth quarter. Neither team scored in the first half, but it didn't take long in the second for Liberty to get on the board. Liberty's Charlotte Vaanhold netted the winning goal, and check out the scenes from the pitch after she won the game: The Flames beat Maryland 3-2, scoring the winning goal in the second overtime period, mere minutes before the match would have headed to a shootout. ET.Ĭlick or tap here to view the complete 2021 DI field hockey bracket.Īfter a dramatic, back-and-forth, double-overtime match, Liberty has advanced to the final of the 2021 DI field hockey championship. Neither program has ever won this national championship, meaning history will be made regardless of the outcome. Northwestern will face Liberty in the final. Check out her winning goal:īENTE BAEKERS FOR THE WIN! #GoCats | #nufh | #NCAAFH /KHwnRyekKr Bente Baekers was the Wildcats hero, scoring to send them to the title match, final score 2-1. Then the teams were deadlocked for the remainder of regulation, nearly 50 minutes of play.īut once the match went into overtime, Northwestern only needed two minutes to score the winner. Northwestern opened the scoring in the first quarter, only for Harvard to tie it up 52 seconds later. After Liberty shocked Maryland in overtime to win the first semifinal of the day, Northwestern and Harvard needed the extra period too, with the Wildcats coming out on top.
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View the full completed bracket for the 2021 DI field hockey championship here.Ī thrilling semifinal day in the DI field hockey tournament has come to a close, and the finalists are set. 8 Maddie Zimmer - Most Outstanding Player Then the celebration was on for Northwestern. The Wildcats appeared to have just a little more gas in the tank, and the two-goal deficit became too much for Liberty to overcome. And into the third quarter it looked like this match may have been heading that way too before Marshall and Zimmer scored.
Liberty managed just 3 shots on goal against the Wildcats defense, including none in the second half, while Northwestern put 9 shots on target.īoth teams played overtime matches in the semifinals on Saturday, with Liberty needing a second overtime period to upset Maryland. 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦.🏆 #GoCats | #nufh | #NCAAFH /H0Zpe4jT9LĪfter no goals in the first 35 minutes of the match, Northwestern struck twice in the final 10 minutes of the third quarter to take a strong lead into the fourth.Īlia Marshall scored her 4th goal of the season to break the tie, then Maddie Zimmer recorded her ninth with just six seconds left in the quarter. Northwestern took down Liberty 2-0 in the title match, riding a pair of goals in the third quarter and a fortified defense to shut out the Flames and earn the trophy.
The Northwestern Wildcats wrote their names into the history books on Sunday afternoon, winning their first field hockey championship in school history.
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