They don’t call them the Cardiac ‘Cats for nothing.
After eking out just one hit in six innings, the Wildcats lived up to their nickname and saved their best for last. A walk-off hit by Maeve Nelson propelled Northwestern (38-11, 20-3 B1G) to a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Indiana (42-16, 18-5 B1G) to secure the program’s third Big Ten Tournament title.
NU had just four hits on the day, with three coming in the bottom of the seventh. The team was able to rally, in large part, because of another dominant day from Danielle Williams, who pitched seven innings, permitting only four hits and one run.