Northwestern Wildcats field hockey

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Northwestern Wildcats
Field Hockey
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Founded1975
(varsity since 1980) [1]
University Northwestern University
Head coach Tracey Fuchs [2] (15th season season)
Conference Big Ten Conference
Location Evanston, Illinois
StadiumLakeside Field [3]
(Capacity: 300)
Nickname Wildcats
ColorsPurple and white [4]
   
NCAA Tournament championships
2021
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
2014, 2023
Conference Regular Season championships
1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2013, 2023

The Northwestern Wildcats field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing Northwestern University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Northwestern field hockey team plays its home games at Lakeside Field on the university campus in Evanston, Illinois. The Wildcats have won six regular-season conference titles, one conference tournament championship, and have appeared in the NCAA tournament 18 times, advancing to the Final Four on six occasions. In 2021, the Wildcats won their first NCAA tournament. The team is currently coached by Tracey Fuchs.

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History

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at Northwestern University since 1980, although the school has fielded intercollegiate teams since 1975. From 1981 to 1988 and again since 1992, the Wildcats have played in the Big Ten Conference. Between 1989 and 1991, Northwestern was a member of the Midwestern Collegiate Field Hockey Conference (MCFHC). The university also considers its 1977 and 1978 teams to have competed in the Big Ten, although field hockey was not a varsity sport at Northwestern for either of these seasons. [1] As a Big Ten member, the Wildcats have won six regular-season conference titles as well as one conference tournament championship. [1] [5] [6] Four of these Big Ten regular-season titles were won under the guidance of head coach Nancy Stevens, who lead the team from 1981 to 1989. Northwestern qualified for the NCAA tournament every year between 1983 and 1994 except for 1992, and it has reached the Final Four on four occasions. [1] The Wildcats are currently coached by Tracey Fuchs. [2] Prior to her tenure, Northwestern has been coached by Mary Ann Kelling (1975), Mary DiStanislao (1976–78), Sharon Drysdale (1979–80), Stevens (1981–89), Marisa Didio (1990–94 and 2000–03), Debra Brickey (1995–97), Diane Loosbrock (1998–99), and Kelly McCollum (2004–08). [1]

Season-by-season results

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The 2011 Northwestern field hockey team in action at Penn State during the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament
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YearHead CoachOverallPct.Conf.Pct.Conf.
Place		Conf.
Tourn.		Postseason
1975Mary Ann Kelling5–3–1.611–––––
1976Mary DiStanislao6–2–3.682–––––
19778–7–2.5291–4.200–––
197813–5–1.7111–2.333–––
1979Sharon Drysdale8–10–1.447–––––
198018–6–3.722–––––
1981 Nancy Stevens 14–5–4.6967–2.778–3rd–
198217–5.7734–1.8002nd––
198320–5.8009–1.900T1st–NCAA Final Four
198417–2–1.8759–0–1.9501st–NCAA 1st Round
198520–2.9099–1.900T1st–NCAA Final Four
198615–4–2.7626–2–2.7002nd–NCAA 2nd Round
198714–6–3.6746–2–2.7002nd–NCAA 2nd Round
198817–2–1.8758–01.0001st–NCAA 1st Round
198918–4–1.8048–1–1.850––NCAA Final Four
1990 Marisa Didio 15–3–1.8167–1.875––NCAA 1st Round
199112–7–1.6255–3.625––NCAA 1st Round
19926–11.3533–7.300T4th––
199312–6–1.6586–4.6003rd–NCAA 2nd Round
199415–4–2.7628–1–1.8501st2ndNCAA Final Four
1995Debra Brickey13–6.6846–4.600T2ndT3rd–
19969–12.4293–7.300T4thT3rd–
19977–13.3503–7.300T5thT5th–
1998Diane Loosbrock7–13.3502–8.2006thT5th–
19994–14.2220–10.0006thT5th–
2000 Marisa Didio 6–13.3162–4.333T5thT5th–
20012–13.1331–5.1676thT5th–
20026–13.3161–5.1676thT5th–
20039–9.5001–5.1676thT5th–
2004Kelly McCollum7–13.3501–5.167T5thT5th–
20057–11.3890–6.0006thT5th–
20067–12.3681–5.1676thT5th–
20074–14.2220–6.0007thT5th–
20087–13.3501–5.1676thT5th–
2009 Tracey Fuchs 12–8.6001–5.1676thT5th–
201011–9.5503–3.500T4thT5th–
201112–9.5711–5.167T6thT5th–
201216–4.8004–2.667T2ndT5th–
201315–5.7505–1.833T1stT5th–
201416–7.6966–2.750T2nd1stNCAA 1st Round
201513–8.6194–4.500T4thT3rd–
201613–8.6195–3.625T3rdT3rd–
201715–7.6826–2.750T2ndT3rdNCAA 2nd Round
20189–10.4743–5.3757thT5th–
201914–7.6675–3.6254thT5thNCAA 1st Round
202012-6.6675-3.625T3rdT4thNCAA 2nd Round
202118-5.7835-3.6255thT5thNCAA Champions
202220-5.8005-3.6253rd2ndNCAA Runner-Up

Season-by-season results through the end of the 2022 season [1] [5] [7] [6] [8] [9]

Awards and accolades

Conference championships

Northwestern has won six conference titles, all in the Big Ten Conference. Four of their championships were won during the tenure of head coach Nancy Stevens in the 1980s. [1]

YearCoachConference RecordOverall RecordConferenceNCAA Result
1983 Nancy Stevens 9–120–5 Big Ten NCAA Final Four
19849–0–117–2–1Big TenNCAA 1st Round
19859–120–2Big TenNCAA Final Four
19888–017–2–1Big TenNCAA 1st Round
1994Marisa Didio8–1–115–4–2Big TenNCAA Final Four
2013 Tracey Fuchs 5–115–5Big Ten–
6 Conference Championships
6 Big Ten Championships

Honda-Broderick Cup winners

YearPlayer
1986Jennifer Averill
1994Gretchen Scheuermann

All-Americans

Key

  First-team selection 

  Second-team selection 

  Third-team selection 

Olympians

OlympicsPlayerCountry
1996 Antoinette LucasFlag of the United States.svg  United States

Awards and accolades through the end of the 2014 season [1] [10]

Stadium

Northwestern has played its home games at Lakeside Field since its construction in 1997. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, the field is part of the university's $3.5-million Leonard B. Thomas Athletic Complex on the north end of its main campus in Evanston. Lakeside Field features an AstroTurf playing field that was installed in 2015 and a seating capacity of 300, as well as a permanent scoreboard, a sound system, and lighting that allows for the playing of night games. The venue has hosted the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament three times, in 2002, 2004, 2018. [3] Lakeside Field is located adjacent to Lenny and Sharon Martin Stadium, previously also known as Lakeside Field, which is home to Northwestern's women's lacrosse, men's soccer, and women's soccer teams. [11]

See also

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