Northwestern University Athletics
Sessa Tabbed NFHCA Offensive Player of the Week
10/29/2025 1:46:00 PM | Field Hockey
EVANSTON, Ill. - After posting an eight-point weekend, Northwestern field hockey's Ashley Sessa has earned national recognition as Offensive Player of the Week. Selected for the honor by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA), the junior forward logged three goals and two assists across the two Big Ten games at home, as the No. 2 Wildcats defeated No. 13 Michigan, 3-1, and No. 18 Ohio State, 7-0.
Sessa is the third 'Cat this season to earn NFHCA Player of the Week (Juliana Boon, Sept. 10, 2025, Ilse Tromp, Oct. 8, 2025), and the first to win the Offensive award.
Tabbed for the accolade for the third time in her career, Sessa also earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week with back-to-back selections. Sessa leads NU (15-1, 7-0 Big Ten) in points (43), second-most in the Big Ten.
The junior's two-goal performance against No. 18 Ohio State was her fifth multi-goal game of the season. It also put Sessa on Northwestern's career scoring leaderboard, as she reached 110 points across her sophomore and junior seasons so far, already good for No. 10 in program history.
Against No. 13 Michigan, she tallied one goal and one assist as the Wildcats made their way to their third-straight outright Big Ten regular-season championship.
Sessa is second in the conference in points (43), first in assists (15), and third in goals (14). Nationally, the forward is third in points per game (2.87) and fifth in assists per game (1.00).
Northwestern has now won 27 regular-season Big Ten games in a row, and looks to cap off the 2025 season with a perfect conference record in East Lansing, Mich. Sessa and the 'Cats visit Michigan State on Friday, Oct. 31, for their final regular-season competition. The conference clash is slated for a 2 p.m. CT pass-back, to be streamed on B1G+.
Sessa is the third 'Cat this season to earn NFHCA Player of the Week (Juliana Boon, Sept. 10, 2025, Ilse Tromp, Oct. 8, 2025), and the first to win the Offensive award.
Tabbed for the accolade for the third time in her career, Sessa also earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week with back-to-back selections. Sessa leads NU (15-1, 7-0 Big Ten) in points (43), second-most in the Big Ten.
The junior's two-goal performance against No. 18 Ohio State was her fifth multi-goal game of the season. It also put Sessa on Northwestern's career scoring leaderboard, as she reached 110 points across her sophomore and junior seasons so far, already good for No. 10 in program history.
Against No. 13 Michigan, she tallied one goal and one assist as the Wildcats made their way to their third-straight outright Big Ten regular-season championship.
Sessa is second in the conference in points (43), first in assists (15), and third in goals (14). Nationally, the forward is third in points per game (2.87) and fifth in assists per game (1.00).
Northwestern has now won 27 regular-season Big Ten games in a row, and looks to cap off the 2025 season with a perfect conference record in East Lansing, Mich. Sessa and the 'Cats visit Michigan State on Friday, Oct. 31, for their final regular-season competition. The conference clash is slated for a 2 p.m. CT pass-back, to be streamed on B1G+.
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