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Northwestern beat Stanford, arguably the greatest team ever, in Wednesday's NCAA women's final, sending Nguyen off a champion, 45 years after her parents immigrated from Vietnam.
The sprinklers built atop Northwestern’s Lakeside Field can be likened to industrial-grade water cannons. During field hockey matches in the fall, the sprinklers wet the turf to ensure the ball can travel along the pitch.