Northwestern Wildcats field hockey

Northwestern Wildcats field hockey
Founded1975 (1975)
(varsity since 1980)
UniversityNorthwestern University
Head coachTracey Fuchs (16th season season)
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
LocationEvanston, Illinois
StadiumLakeside Field
(Capacity: 300)
NicknameWildcats
ColorsPurple and white
   
NCAA Tournament championships
2021, 2024
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
2014, 2023
Conference Regular Season championships
1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2013, 2023, 2024

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 eight regular-season conference titles, two conference tournament championships, and have appeared in the NCAA tournament 18 times, advancing to the Final Four on eight occasions. In 2021, the Wildcats won their first NCAA tournament. After a pair of losses in the national championship in 2022 and 2023, the Wildcats won their second NCAA tournament in 2024. The team is currently coached by Tracey Fuchs.