Cuocco and Child lift the Wildcats to a Big Ten Championship
The Wildcats pulled it off with resilience and elevated play when the stakes were highest.
With the clock ticking under ten seconds, Northwestern had noice choice but to rush. The first overtime period was about to end, and the ‘Cats had possession while crowding around a goal that was their ticket to a championship title. Madison Taylor wanted to write the storybook finish, but the ball slipped out of her cradle during her shot.
Annabel Child scooped it up with under five seconds left on the far right side of the goal. She calmly curved left around the defenders, found a lane and flicked her stick. The ball found the net and with it, the Wildcats’ fourth-straight Big Ten title.
Child wasn’t fully aware how many milliseconds were left on the clock. She just knew to shoot. “Honestly, I just heard Aditi yelling, ‘go, go’” Child said.
“I wasn’t sure how much time was left, so just put it on cage as hard as I possibly could, and prayed that it went in. So I was happy when I saw it hit the back of it. ” Moments like these show how battle-tested this team is.
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