No. 9 Women's Soccer Heads to Lincoln to take on Nebraska

Thursday, September 22

Lincoln, Neb.

7 p.m. CT

Northwestern

Nebraska

Photo by: Maren Kranking/Northwestern Athletics

No. 9 Women's Soccer Heads to Lincoln to take on Nebraska

9/21/2022 12:19:00 PM | Women's Soccer

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER: GAME INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	WATCH	LIVE STATS
Thursday, September 22	Nebraska	7 p.m. CT	Hibner Stadium Lincoln, Neb.	B1G+	Live Stats
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LINCOLN, Neb. –– No. 9 Northwestern puts its 7-1-1 (1-0-0 B1G) record on the line Thursday night when it takes on Nebraska. The Wildcats are off to their best start since 2016, when they started 9-0-0.

Northwestern comes into Thursday's contest unbeaten in its last seven and having won five straight. Last time out, the Wildcats opened Big Ten play with a 3-0 win over Purdue. Ella Hase, Meg Boade, and Josie Aulicino tallied goals for the 'Cats and the Northwestern defense held the Boilermakers without a shot.

'Cat Facts

The No. 9 ranking is tied for the highest in program history with the 1998 team's No. 9 ranking.
Northwestern comes into the game on a 446-minute and 17-second shutout streak, the sixth-longest in program history
The shutout streak dates all the way back to September 1^st in the 4^th minute against DePaul
Northwestern ranks fourth nationally in Goals Against Average
Mia Raben's .917 save percentage is the second-best in the Big Ten behind only Indiana's Jamie Gerstenberg (1.000)
Josie Aulicino is the only player in the Big Ten with five goals and five assists
Aulicino ranks tied for first in the Big Ten in points (15), tied for second in assists (5), tied for second in shots on goal (16), and tied for seventh in goals (5)
For the second week in a row Danika Austin has been named to a National Team of the Week, first by College Soccer News (Sept. 13), now by Top Drawer Soccer (Sept. 20)

Nebraska (3-3-3, 1-0-0 Big Ten) will be hosting its ninth home game of the season when the Wildcats come to town. The Huskers have a 3-2-3 record at Hibner Stadium, and are fresh off a 1-0 win in their Big Ten opener over Minnesota. Sarah Weber scored the game's lone goal in the 88th minute off assists from Gwen Lane and Haley Peterson. Weber leads Nebraska in goals (4), assists (2), points (10), shots (38), and shots on goal (13).

Northwestern holds a 5-6-3 record all-time against Nebraska. The Wildcats have won the last four against the Cornhuskers and are unbeaten in the last six matches in the series.

The Wildcats continue their road trip when they take on Minnesota at 1 p.m. CT Sunday on B1G+.