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.

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

The 2011 Northwestern field hockey team in action at Penn State during the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament

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Year	Head Coach	Overall	Pct.	Conf.	Pct.	Conf. Place	Conf. Tourn.	Postseason
1975	Mary Ann Kelling	5–3–1	.611	–	–	–	–	–
1976	Mary DiStanislao	6–2–3	.682	–	–	–	–	–
1977		8–7–2	.529	1–4	.200	–	–	–
1978		13–5–1	.711	1–2	.333	–	–	–
1979	Sharon Drysdale	8–10–1	.447	–	–	–	–	–
1980		18–6–3	.722	–	–	–	–	–
1981	Nancy Stevens	14–5–4	.696	7–2	.778	–	3rd	–
1982		17–5	.773	4–1	.800	2nd	–	–
1983		20–5	.800	9–1	.900	T1st	–	NCAA Final Four
1984		17–2–1	.875	9–0–1	.950	1st	–	NCAA 1st Round
1985		20–2	.909	9–1	.900	T1st	–	NCAA Final Four
1986		15–4–2	.762	6–2–2	.700	2nd	–	NCAA 2nd Round
1987		14–6–3	.674	6–2–2	.700	2nd	–	NCAA 2nd Round
1988		17–2–1	.875	8–0	1.000	1st	–	NCAA 1st Round
1989		18–4–1	.804	8–1–1	.850	–	–	NCAA Final Four
1990	Marisa Didio	15–3–1	.816	7–1	.875	–	–	NCAA 1st Round
1991		12–7–1	.625	5–3	.625	–	–	NCAA 1st Round
1992		6–11	.353	3–7	.300	T4th	–	–
1993		12–6–1	.658	6–4	.600	3rd	–	NCAA 2nd Round
1994		15–4–2	.762	8–1–1	.850	1st	2nd	NCAA Final Four
1995	Debra Brickey	13–6	.684	6–4	.600	T2nd	T3rd	–
1996		9–12	.429	3–7	.300	T4th	T3rd	–
1997		7–13	.350	3–7	.300	T5th	T5th	–
1998	Diane Loosbrock	7–13	.350	2–8	.200	6th	T5th	–
1999		4–14	.222	0–10	.000	6th	T5th	–
2000	Marisa Didio	6–13	.316	2–4	.333	T5th	T5th	–
2001		2–13	.133	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2002		6–13	.316	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2003		9–9	.500	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2004	Kelly McCollum	7–13	.350	1–5	.167	T5th	T5th	–
2005		7–11	.389	0–6	.000	6th	T5th	–
2006		7–12	.368	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2007		4–14	.222	0–6	.000	7th	T5th	–
2008		7–13	.350	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2009	Tracey Fuchs	12–8	.600	1–5	.167	6th	T5th	–
2010		11–9	.550	3–3	.500	T4th	T5th	–
2011		12–9	.571	1–5	.167	T6th	T5th	–
2012		16–4	.800	4–2	.667	T2nd	T5th	–
2013		15–5	.750	5–1	.833	T1st	T5th	–
2014		16–7	.696	6–2	.750	T2nd	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2015		13–8	.619	4–4	.500	T4th	T3rd	–
2016		13–8	.619	5–3	.625	T3rd	T3rd	–
2017		15–7	.682	6–2	.750	T2nd	T3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2018		9–10	.474	3–5	.375	7th	T5th	–
2019		14–7	.667	5–3	.625	4th	T5th	NCAA 1st Round
2020		12-6	.667	5-3	.625	T3rd	T4th	NCAA 2nd Round
2021		18-5	.783	5-3	.625	5th	T5th	NCAA Champions
2022	20-5	.800	5-3	.625	3rd	2nd	NCAA Runner-Up

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

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]

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