2021: Started 22 games as a graduate transfer... Recorded a start and a shot in Northwestern debut, a win over No. 6 UConn (Aug. 27) ... Fired a season-high two shots against No. 7 Boston College (Sept. 5) ... Logged her first Northwestern assist and point in a 6-1 win over No. 23 Kent State (Sept. 10) ... Recorded a shot in the win over No. 7 Maryland (9/30) ... Played every minute of the 'Cats NCAA Tournament run.
2020 (Princeton): Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019 (Princeton): Missed the season with an injury.
2018 (Princeton): Started every game … Scored five times, added three helpers … Had a goal and an assist vs. No. 4 Duke (Sept. 7) … Helped on a goal vs. Monmouth (Sept. 14) … Season-best six shots vs. No. 13 Delaware (Sept. 16) … Recorded four shots at Yale (Sept. 28) … Contributed a tally at No. 3 UConn (Oct. 7) … Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8) … Longstreth/NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10) … Assist vs. Brown (Oct. 13) … Scored vs. Penn (Nov. 3) … Had the game-winning goal vs. No. 13 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 9) that was featured on Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays ... Registered the game-winner vs. No. 6 Harvard in the NCAA Quarterfinals (Nov. 11).
2017 (Princeton): Started every game, scoring four goals, three of which were game-winners… Helped hold Dartmouth without a shot in the second half (Sept. 23) … Scored the only goal at No. 24 Boston University (Sept. 24) … Was part of a unit that did not allow a shot on goal vs. Columbia (Oct. 6) … Snagged the game-winning goal at No. 15 Harvard (Oct. 21) … Pushed Princeton to a comeback victory at Penn (Nov. 4) to clinch the outright Ivy title … Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 6) ... Picked up a goal vs. No. 4 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 12).
2016 (Princeton): Played and started every game … Scored twice and had three assists … Took 33 shots, 15 landing on goal … Made two defensive saves … Season-best four shots vs. Bucknell (Sept. 4) and vs. Albany (Sept. 9) … Registered first career goal at Yale (Oct. 1) … First career defensive save at Penn State (Oct. 2) … Had an assist at Columbia (Oct. 7) … Posted an assist at vs. then-No. 20 Harvard (Oct. 22) … Snagged a tally vs. Penn (Nov. 5) … Recorded a defensive save vs then-No. 5 Penn State (Nov. 12) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
High School:
Lettered all four years for an Episcopal Academy field hockey team that went 88-4-2 in her career … Senior captain that was first team All-League, All-Delco and Pennsylvania All-Region … Also was first team All-League in 2014 … School’s Bicentennial Class Field Hockey Award winner … Squad won back-to-back (2014-15) PAISSA and Inter-AC Championships … Team also won both titles in 2012 … Played varsity golf and was a member of the Bishop’s Bunker Spirit Club … Played for USA U-21 National Team (2016) ... Helped U-21 squad to Junior Pan American Games Silver Medal and fifth place in the Junior World Cup (2016).
Fuchs on Bacskai: “Maddie brings incredible skill, knowledge, and leadership to our program. Her experience as a captain at Princeton, as well as her play for the US Women’s National Team, has solidified her as one the best defenders in the country.”
2020 (Princeton): Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019 (Princeton): Missed the season with an injury.
2018 (Princeton): Started every game … Scored five times, added three helpers … Had a goal and an assist vs. No. 4 Duke (Sept. 7) … Helped on a goal vs. Monmouth (Sept. 14) … Season-best six shots vs. No. 13 Delaware (Sept. 16) … Recorded four shots at Yale (Sept. 28) … Contributed a tally at No. 3 UConn (Oct. 7) … Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8) … Longstreth/NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10) … Assist vs. Brown (Oct. 13) … Scored vs. Penn (Nov. 3) … Had the game-winning goal vs. No. 13 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 9) that was featured on Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays ... Registered the game-winner vs. No. 6 Harvard in the NCAA Quarterfinals (Nov. 11).
2017 (Princeton): Started every game, scoring four goals, three of which were game-winners… Helped hold Dartmouth without a shot in the second half (Sept. 23) … Scored the only goal at No. 24 Boston University (Sept. 24) … Was part of a unit that did not allow a shot on goal vs. Columbia (Oct. 6) … Snagged the game-winning goal at No. 15 Harvard (Oct. 21) … Pushed Princeton to a comeback victory at Penn (Nov. 4) to clinch the outright Ivy title … Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 6) ... Picked up a goal vs. No. 4 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 12).
2016 (Princeton): Played and started every game … Scored twice and had three assists … Took 33 shots, 15 landing on goal … Made two defensive saves … Season-best four shots vs. Bucknell (Sept. 4) and vs. Albany (Sept. 9) … Registered first career goal at Yale (Oct. 1) … First career defensive save at Penn State (Oct. 2) … Had an assist at Columbia (Oct. 7) … Posted an assist at vs. then-No. 20 Harvard (Oct. 22) … Snagged a tally vs. Penn (Nov. 5) … Recorded a defensive save vs then-No. 5 Penn State (Nov. 12) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
High School:
Lettered all four years for an Episcopal Academy field hockey team that went 88-4-2 in her career … Senior captain that was first team All-League, All-Delco and Pennsylvania All-Region … Also was first team All-League in 2014 … School’s Bicentennial Class Field Hockey Award winner … Squad won back-to-back (2014-15) PAISSA and Inter-AC Championships … Team also won both titles in 2012 … Played varsity golf and was a member of the Bishop’s Bunker Spirit Club … Played for USA U-21 National Team (2016) ... Helped U-21 squad to Junior Pan American Games Silver Medal and fifth place in the Junior World Cup (2016).
Fuchs on Bacskai: “Maddie brings incredible skill, knowledge, and leadership to our program. Her experience as a captain at Princeton, as well as her play for the US Women’s National Team, has solidified her as one the best defenders in the country.”