Northwestern University Athletics
2023 Field Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 17
Alia Marshall
- Position:
- M/B
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Cape Henlopen
- Hometown:
- Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Awards:
- NFHCA All-American Third Team (2023)
- NFHCA All-West First Team (2023)
- NFHCA Senior Team (2023)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
- NFHCA All-West Second Team (2022)
- NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
- 2x Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2020-21, 2022)
- 4x Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 3x NFHCA National Academic Squad (2020, 2021, 2022)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)
Career Highs:
- Goals: 1 (8x - last vs. Duke, 9/3/23)
- Assists: 3 (vs. Princeton, 9/24/23)
- Points: 3 (2x, most recent: vs. Princeton, 9/24/23)
- Shots: 4 (2x, most recent: vs. Michigan State, 9/29/23)
- Shots on Goal: 3 (vs. Liberty, 11/21/21)
2023:
- Shots: 4 (2x, most recent: vs. Michigan State, 9/29/23)
- Shots on Goal: 3 (vs. Liberty, 11/21/21)
- Scored one goal and recorded one shot on goal in a 3-2 win against #20 Duke (9/3)
- Recorded one assist in a 2-0 win against Vermont (9/5)
- Logged an assist in a 3-0 win vs. #20 UMass (9/9)
- Recorded an assist in a 5-0 win over Indiana (9/15)
- Recorded an assist and logged one shot on goal in a 3-1 win vs. PENN (9/17)
- Logged three assists in a 4-0 win against Princeton (9/24)
- Recorded an assist in a 2-0 win against #3 Iowa (10/6)
- Logged two assists in a 5-0 win over Ohio (10/15)
- Assisted on both goals during a victory over Penn State (10/20)
- Scored a goal and 2 assists in a 5-1 win over #7 Maryland (10/26)
2022:
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team
- Started 24 games and recorded a career-high 13 assists as Northwestern's primary inserter on penalty corners in her senior season
- Started and recorded an assist in the season opener against No. 22 Maine (8/28)
- Recorded two shots, both on goal, against No. 18 Duke (9/2)
- Matched a career high with two assists against No. 9 Virginia, both coming in the first half (9/11)
- Scored the game-winning goal in overtime to complete the comeback against No. 8 Princeton (9/18)
- Recorded an assist in the shutout win over Richmond (9/25)
- Posted an assist in the overtime win against No. 6 Penn State (9/30)
- Recorded an assist for the third straight game against No. 4 Maryland (10/2)
- Assisted the 80th minute game-winning goal against No. 6 Michigan (10/21)
- Tallied an assist against Indiana (10/28)
- Assisted a goal for the third straight game against Miami (OH) (10/30)
- Recorded an assist on the opening goal in the Big Ten quarterfinals against No. 18 Rutgers (11/3)
- Scored a goal and recorded a defensive save in the Big Ten semifinals against No. 2 Maryland (11/4)
- Assisted the fourth-quarter goal in the NCAA quarterfinals against No. 11 Iowa to force overtime (11/13)
- Recorded an assist on the game-winner in the NCAA Final Four against No. 2 Maryland to send Northwestern to its second straight national championship game (11/18)
- Assisted a goal for the third straight game in the national championship against No. 1 North Carolina (11/20)
2021:
- Made 20 starts for the National Champion Wildcats
- One of five 'Cats with at least four goals and four assists
- Scored in the Wildcats 2-0 win in the NCAA Championship game over Liberty (11/21)
- Scored her first goal of the season against No. 11 Liberty (9/7)
- Recorded an assist against No. 23 Kent State (9/10)
- Contributed a goal and an assist against UC Davis (9/17)
- Assisted Kayla Blas' goal against California (9/19)
- Scored her second goal of the season off a penalty corner deflection in win over No. 1 Iowa (10/29)
- Recorded another assist on a Maren Siedel penalty corner in the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan (11/4)
2020-21:
- Second on the team in assists with six
- Posted an assist in both wins over Indiana (3/12, 3/14)
- Added another assist against Michigan (3/20)
- Recorded an assist against Ohio State (3/28)
- Contributed two assists in opening NCAA tournament win against Delaware (4/30)
2019:
- Appeared in 22 games with 20 starts
- Registered an assist in a win against California (9/2)
- Scored her first collegiate goal in win over Kent State (10/20)
- Recorded a defensive save against Iowa (10/26)
High School:
- 2018 Division I State Player of the Year
- 2017 Regional All-American
- Three-year First Team All-State honors
- Thee-time state champion
- 2017 Team MVP
- 2016 Offensive MVP
- Four-year letterwinner and two-time captain at Cape Henlopen High School
- Voted to second team all-conference and given the Rising Star Award after her freshman campaign
- Scored 20 goals and recorded 12 assists her senior season
- Competed in the 2018 Senior Blue-Gold All-Star Game
- Competed for the Oranje - Gotta Love It! club team for nine years
- Team was voted A-Pool in the 2018 National Indoor Tournament
- Oranje took third place at the Disney Tournament (2015) fourth place at the National Club Championship (2012)
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Served as Class Treasurer (2016-19) and as the Muscle Movement Foundation Vice President and Founder
- Coached in high school by Kate Austin
- Club coach was Taylor West and Kathleen Fluharty, a Northwestern field hockey alumnae
- Selected as 2019 captain for the Cape Henlopen Lacrosse Team
- Three-time letterwinner in lacrosse and basketball
Personal:
- Born Alia Christine Marshall
- Daughter of Doug and Mary Marshall
- Played club with Wildcat first-year Kayla Blas and NU Field Hockey Alumni Nikki Parsley
- Club coach Taylor West was a member of the US Women's National Team
- Plans to major in speech pathology
Field Hockey - Sessa Notches Four Goals in NU Shutout at Michigan State (10/31/25)
Friday, October 31
Field Hockey - ‘Cats Score Season-High Seven Goals, Blank Buckeyes on Senior Day
Sunday, October 26
Field Hockey - ‘Cats Win Big Ten Regular Season Title, Defeat Michigan 3-1
Saturday, October 25
Field Hockey - ‘Cats Persist in 2-1 Victory at No. 10 Terrapins
Sunday, October 19
