WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Interstat) — Megan Norkett scored the game’s only goal to lift the Northwestern Wildcats over the Southern California Women of Troy 1-0 on Thursday, securing the 2025 WSO Big Ten Championship.

The match, organized by the NCAA, saw the Wildcats improve to 7-1-2 in the competition while the Women of Troy fell to 6-5-1. Northwestern’s victory defied a pregame projection from Interstat, which gave the Wildcats a 62.3% chance to win but had forecast a 2-0 final score. The contest was played before an announced attendance of 132.