Both Northwestern soccer teams saw their seasons end this past week as they fell short of any post-season hardware in their respective conference tournaments in 2021.
The women’s team began their tournament run on a high, closing out Purdue 1-0 thanks to a penalty kick scored by senior Regan Steigleder and an impressive shutout from the NU defense and goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood. The win improved the ‘Cats overall record to .500 at 6-6 and spurred them onto regional weekend, where they would face the No. 1 seed Wisconsin.
The battle against the Badgers was hard-fought. Sophomore Lily Gilbertson opened up scoring for the ‘Cats in the 37th minute only to be met with a goal by Wisconsin’s Cameron Murtha 20 minutes later.