Northwestern Wildcats field hockey
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| Full name | Northwestern Wildcats field hockey |
| Nickname(s) | Wildcats |
| Founded | 1975 (varsity since 1980) |
| Head Coach | Tracey Fuchs (6th season) |
| Home ground | Lakeside Field (Capacity 300) |
| Evanston, Illinois | |
| University | Northwestern University |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| NCAA Tournament Final Fours | |
| 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 | |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2014 | |
| Conference Tournament Champions | |
| 2014 | |
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |
| 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2013 | |
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 12 times, advancing to the Final Four on four separate occasions. 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. As a Big Ten member, the Wildcats have won six regular-season conference titles as well as one conference tournament championship. 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 separate occasions. The Wildcats are currently coached by Tracey Fuchs. 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).
Season-by-season results through the end of the 2014 season
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