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  1. And put it in the books!! Northwestern is your 2012 NCAA champion and has won 7 titles in 8 years!!!! Congrats @NULax! #Dynasty
  2. If NU holds on, credit its efficiency on the draw + on O in 1st half for win. Taylor Thornton has game-winner as it stands. 37 secs to go
  3. Wildcats possessing, 90 seconds left and a two-goal lead...
  4. Illegal stick nullifies SU's would-be 8-meter shot, and a jump ball toss is won by the Cats. @NU_SportsLIVE heading to field for final 3:16!
  5. Confusion abounds after an 8-meter chance for SU is interrupted by a yellow card to the Orange bench and a Syracuse illegal stick ....
  6. Syracuse draws a yellow card on the ride after a LoManto save and Alex Frank ground ball. But NU turns it over, SU ball, 3:30 to go.
  7. With the Cuse starting to pressure out to regain possession, Erin Fitzgerald runs by her defender and scores to make it 8-6 with 5:41 left!
  8. But good news, NU has a Tewaaraton Award finalist of its own, and it's Taylor Thornton! She creates her own shot and fires home, NU up 7-6!!
  9. Syracuse Tewaaraton Award finalist Michelle Tumolo, held in check to this point, finally gets a touch and scores to tie it at 6 11:08 left
  10. Just 11:45 remaining now and NU still protecting a 6-5 lead. Syracuse ball...
  11. With Smith + Fitzgerald being faceguarded, NU patiently holding the ball w/ no pressure applied by SU. But a charge call turns it over to SU
  12. Alyssa Murray scores for Syracuse to make it 6-5. Remember, SU rallied from 12-5 deficit to beat No. 1 Florida 14-13 in semis. #NotGoingAway
  13. Second goal today by @shanimal3 and NU now leads 6-4!! Backs her defender down before coming around with a sidearm shot. 19:04 to go!
  14. Another save by Constantino, then NU dodges a bullet on an Orange 8-meter attempt. Time flying here in the second half. 5-4 NU, 22 min left.
  15. Back after halftime and SU's Alyssa Constantino makes back-to-back saves on 8-meter attempts by Smith and Thornton to keep NU's lead at 1.
  16. With 1g and 2a tonight, Shannon Smith now 2nd all-time in career points in the NCAA Tournament w/ 57. Won't catch first-place Jen Adams (69)
  17. NU takes a 5-4 lead into halftime thanks largely to a 9-1 advantage in draw controls. Steady rain begins falling here in Stony Brook.
  18. Cheeky goal by Shannon Smith, who lulls her defender to sleep before dropping down low for a goal! NU with its first lead, 5-4, 2:31 1H
  19. And we're tied at four! NU scores off an 8 meter restart that sees Smith feed Casey Bocklet for a goal. Smith now w/ 6 assists this wknd
  20. NU's Amanda Macaluso converts the 'Cats' first 8-m try of the game and it's 4-3, 8:45 1H! NU w/ 7-1 edge on draw controls! #AlyssaLeonard