While No. 5 Northwestern fell to No. 4 Syracuse 16-15, this should not be a disappointing opener at all. From the return of Izzy Scane to the breakout of first-year Madison Taylor, this season’s squad has an extremely high ceiling to reach.
Despite being down four at the half, the ‘Cats battled back the entire time, something they just weren’t quite able to do last season when they got down. Northwestern edged out the Orange in just about every other category, including 23 draw controls to Syracuse’s 11. Samantha Smith and Samantha White commanded most of the time in the circle, with Smith tallying nine and White four.