More than two years ago, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s squad traveled to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to face the nation’s No. 1 ranked opponent in the 2022 season opener. Recovering from a torn ACL, then-senior attacker Izzy Scane could only watch her teammates fall into a 6-1 first-quarter hole and stumble to an 18-9 defeat. Apart.
As a pregame drizzle compounded into a steady stream of rain and snow atop Kittredge Field Thursday, No. 4 Northwestern’s high-octane attack blasted beyond Boulder’s battalion, toppling No. 20 Colorado from their undefeated ranks. With the snow-capped Rocky Mountains overlooking the turf, the sport’s most established stars soared more than a mile above sea level..