Wildcats Bow Out in Sweet Sixteen with 2-0 Defeat at UCLA

LOS ANGELES –– Northwestern fell 2-0 on the road against UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.

Northwestern’s season comes to a close at 16-5-2. 

How it Happened

UCLA scored first in the 6th minute and again in the 65th minute. The Wildcats totaled six shots in the loss, two of them on goal. Northwestern faced 12 UCLA shots, six of them on goal.

Season Notes

• Northwestern won 16 games this season, tying a program record set in 1998 and 2016.
• The Wildcats advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, tying the farthest the program has ever advanced (1998, 2016).
• Northwestern earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the highest seed the school has ever received.
• NU reached as high as No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the high water mark for the program.
• Eight Wildcats received All-Big Ten honors, the most in program history and the most of any Big Ten team.
• Northwestern’s 13-game unbeaten streak smashed the previous program record of 10 that stood since 1998.
• The 7-game unbeaten streak to start Big Ten play is the longest unbeaten stretch in conference play in school history.
• NU scored 29 Big Ten goals, the most in school history. 
• Northwestern’s 44 goals are the most in the Moynihan era, shattering the previous high of 29.

The Wildcats were picked to finish 11th in the Big Ten Preseason Poll.

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