Kentucky will have the advantage of playing on their home turf as they host James Madison, Baylor, and Wofford inside Rupp Arena at the Central Bank Center. The first and second round matches will begin on Thursday night. The action-packed schedule kicks off with regional two seed James Madison facing off against regional three seed Baylor at 4:30 p.m. ET. Following that, top-seeded Kentucky will take on the Wofford Terriers, the fourth regional seed.
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No. 10 Louisville Crushed by No. 2 Northwestern in NCAA Quarterfinals, Losing a Heartbreaker 3-2
The game came down to the wire, with Lauren Wadas’ penalty corner goal with 1:07 remaining in the game securing the win for the Wildcats (20-1). Northwestern managed to score two penalty corner goals in the fourth quarter after Louisville had taken a 2-1 lead in the closing seconds of the third quarter. Despite both teams delivering seven shots on goal, Northwestern dominated in overall shots with an 11-0 advantage. Northwestern also held a 7-5 edge in corners, including four in the final quarter. Merlijn van der Vegt made four saves for Louisville, while Annabel Skubisz had five stops for the Wildcats.