On February 12, Northwestern’s lacrosse team will begin what NU fans hope will be a quest to the team’s eighth national title. After falling short in the Final Four against Syracuse in May, the ‘Cats have been preparing hard in the offseason to face their first regular season non-conference opponents since their pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign.
The unanimous preseason Big Ten women’s lacrosse favorites will start their season with a bang against the defending NCAA champion Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill on Saturday. Ranked No. 4 nationally in the preseason Nike/USA Lacrosse poll, the Wildcats will face a wholly more challenging set of regular season opponents in 2022 after only facing Big Ten teams in the 2021 season due to conference COVID adaptations.