Go U, NU: Field Hockey Edition

​O huzzah!  On Sunday, the Northwestern women's field hockey team won the National Championship, beating #1-seeded Princeton 2-1.  

This was no fluke.  Northwestern was the defending NCAA champion, and has been to the NCAA finals five straight years!!!  And has now won three of those times.

The beloved Northwestern was losing 1-0 with only 10 minutes left in the 60-minute game.  They got the tying goal, and then won the championship about a minute into the second overtime period.

This is the game-winning goal.

​​And here are the champs.

It's actually been a tremendous year for Northwestern women's athletics.  Earlier in the year, they also won the NCAA championship in golf.  And finished second in lacrosse -- another sport they've been dominating lately.  (This is not hyperbole.  In the past 20 years, they've won the National Championship eight times!  Including five years in a row at one point.  And won most recently two years ago, in 2023.)

And not to leave NU men's athletics out, the football team won on Saturday, for the sixth victory of the year, which makes them eligible for a bowl game.

But this is about the Northwestern women's field hockey.  Winning the NCAA National Championship for the second year in a row.

Here are the championship game's highlights in 4-1/2 minutes.  If you don't want to watch the whole thing (and I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't...), then those who jump to the 3:50 mark will see the winning goal.  And celebration!

​To repeat -- o huzzah!