2023 Field Hockey Roster

Hugs vs. Maryland
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Alia Marshall vs. Michigan
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Clapping
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FH Hug vs. Duke
Field Hockey vs. Louisville
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Northwestern Field Hockey vs. #11 Liberty on September 9, 2022 at Lakeside Field in Evanston, IL
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Alia Marshall PSU
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National ChampionshipLiberty Flames vs. Northwestern WildcatsField HockeyPhyllis Ocker FieldAnn Arbor, MINovember 21, 2021(Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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August 9, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Field Hockey internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 17

Alia Marshall

  • Position:
    M/B
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    Cape Henlopen
  • Hometown:
    Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Awards:

  • NFHCA All-American Third Team (2023)
  • NFHCA All-West First Team (2023)
  • NFHCA Senior Team (2023)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
  • NFHCA All-West Second Team (2022)
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
  • 2x Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2020-21, 2022)
  • 4x Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 3x NFHCA National Academic Squad (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)

Career Highs:

  • Goals: 1 (8x - last vs. Duke, 9/3/23)
  • Assists: 3 (vs. Princeton, 9/24/23)
  • Points: 3 (2x, most recent: vs. Princeton, 9/24/23)
  • Shots: 4 (2x, most recent: vs. Michigan State, 9/29/23) 
  • Shots on Goal: 3 (vs. Liberty, 11/21/21)

2023:
  • Shots: 4 (2x, most recent: vs. Michigan State, 9/29/23) 
  • Shots on Goal: 3 (vs. Liberty, 11/21/21)
  • Scored one goal and recorded one shot on goal in a 3-2 win against #20 Duke (9/3)
  • Recorded one assist in a 2-0 win against Vermont (9/5)
  • Logged an assist in a 3-0 win vs. #20 UMass (9/9)
  • Recorded an assist in a 5-0 win over Indiana (9/15)
  • Recorded an assist and logged one shot on goal in a 3-1 win vs. PENN (9/17)
  • Logged three assists in a 4-0 win against Princeton (9/24)
  • Recorded an assist in a 2-0 win against #3 Iowa (10/6)
  • Logged two assists in a 5-0 win over Ohio (10/15)
  • Assisted on both goals during a victory over Penn State (10/20)
  • Scored a goal and 2 assists in a 5-1 win over #7 Maryland (10/26)

2022:
  • Big Ten All-Tournament Team
  • Started 24 games and recorded a career-high 13 assists as Northwestern's primary inserter on penalty corners in her senior season
  • Started and recorded an assist in the season opener against No. 22 Maine (8/28)
  • Recorded two shots, both on goal, against No. 18 Duke (9/2)
  • Matched a career high with two assists against No. 9 Virginia, both coming in the first half (9/11)
  • Scored the game-winning goal in overtime to complete the comeback against No. 8 Princeton (9/18)
  • Recorded an assist in the shutout win over Richmond (9/25)
  • Posted an assist in the overtime win against No. 6 Penn State (9/30)
  • Recorded an assist for the third straight game against No. 4 Maryland (10/2)
  • Assisted the 80th minute game-winning goal against No. 6 Michigan (10/21)
  • Tallied an assist against Indiana (10/28)
  • Assisted a goal for the third straight game against Miami (OH) (10/30)
  • Recorded an assist on the opening goal in the Big Ten quarterfinals against No. 18 Rutgers (11/3)
  • Scored a goal and recorded a defensive save in the Big Ten semifinals against No. 2 Maryland (11/4)
  • Assisted the fourth-quarter goal in the NCAA quarterfinals against No. 11 Iowa to force overtime (11/13)
  • Recorded an assist on the game-winner in the NCAA Final Four against No. 2 Maryland to send Northwestern to its second straight national championship game (11/18)
  • Assisted a goal for the third straight game in the national championship against No. 1 North Carolina (11/20)

2021:
  • Made 20 starts for the National Champion Wildcats 
  • One of five 'Cats with at least four goals and four assists
  • Scored in the Wildcats 2-0 win in the NCAA Championship game over Liberty (11/21)
  • Scored her first goal of the season against No. 11 Liberty (9/7)
  • Recorded an assist against No. 23 Kent State (9/10)
  • Contributed a goal and an assist against UC Davis (9/17)
  • Assisted Kayla Blas' goal against California (9/19)
  • Scored her second goal of the season off a penalty corner deflection in win over No. 1 Iowa (10/29)
  • Recorded another assist on a Maren Siedel penalty corner in the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan (11/4)

2020-21:
  • Second on the team in assists with six
  • Posted an assist in both wins over Indiana (3/12, 3/14)
  • Added another assist against Michigan (3/20)
  • Recorded an assist against Ohio State (3/28)
  • Contributed two assists in opening NCAA tournament win against Delaware (4/30)

2019:
  • Appeared in 22 games with 20 starts
  • Registered an assist in a win against California (9/2)
  • Scored her first collegiate goal in win over Kent State (10/20)
  • Recorded a defensive save against Iowa (10/26)

High School: 
  • 2018 Division I State Player of the Year
  • 2017 Regional All-American 
  • Three-year First Team All-State honors
  • Thee-time state champion
  • 2017 Team MVP
  • 2016 Offensive MVP
  • Four-year letterwinner and two-time captain at Cape Henlopen High School
  • Voted to second team all-conference and given the Rising Star Award after her freshman campaign
  • Scored 20 goals and recorded 12 assists her senior season
  • Competed in the 2018 Senior Blue-Gold All-Star Game
  • Competed for the Oranje - Gotta Love It! club team for nine years
  • Team was voted A-Pool in the 2018 National Indoor Tournament
  • Oranje took third place at the Disney Tournament (2015) fourth place at the National Club Championship (2012)
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Served as Class Treasurer (2016-19) and as the Muscle Movement Foundation Vice President and Founder
  • Coached in high school by Kate Austin
  • Club coach was Taylor West and Kathleen Fluharty, a Northwestern field hockey alumnae
  • Selected as 2019 captain for the Cape Henlopen Lacrosse Team
  • Three-time letterwinner in lacrosse and basketball
 
Personal: 
  • Born Alia Christine Marshall
  • Daughter of Doug and Mary Marshall
  • Played club with Wildcat first-year Kayla Blas and NU Field Hockey Alumni Nikki Parsley
  • Club coach Taylor West was a member of the US Women's National Team
  • Plans to major in speech pathology
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Wednesday, April 30
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