The Road Through Ann Arbor: No. 2 Northwestern lacrosse’s path to a Big Ten Tournament four-peat

The semifinal field is set. As the top seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament, Northwestern arrives in Ann Arbor not just as the defending regular season champions, but as the standard by which everyone else in the conference is measured. The path to a fourth straight tournament title is a treacherous one.

With the other three remaining teams (Michigan, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins) all ranked inside the top eight nationally, the bracket is a minefield. For No. 2 and B1G No.

1 Northwestern (13-3, 7-1), the quest begins with a familiar, dangerous foe. Here is the breakdown of the road to the trophy. *the seedings referenced from now on will be Big Ten tournament rankings rather than national ones* The Semifinal: No.

1 Northwestern vs. No. 4 Michigan The Wildcats enter Friday’s contest against the Wolverines with a specific luxury: they just did this.