Hershey grad Maddie Zimmer starred as No. 2 Northwestern scored a NCAA record for goals in the first half and won the NCAA title in its fourth-straight championship appearance

Northwestern field hockey won its second national championship in four years, defeating St. Joseph’s 5-0 in the NCAA title game.

St. Joseph’s pulled off a major upset Friday afternoon, when it topped No. 1-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA field hockey semifinals. It’s the first time in program history that the Hawks will play in a national title game,

Northwestern beat Saint Joseph's 5-0 in the championship match of the NCAA Division I women's field hockey tournament at Phyllis Ocker Field on Sunday.

The secondary assist on that goal went to Ashley Sessa, the Episcopal Academy All-Delco and American Olympian who triggered the corner. Sessa added a secondary assist on Zimmer’s second goal. Tromp tucked away another corner goal with seven minutes left in a thoroughly dominant first half. Lauren Hunter tallied three assists.

It's a quick turnaround for Hannah Prince's Hawks, but they're eager to keep making school history. On the other side is a foe laden with locals.

Maddie Zimmer and Ilse Tromp both had two goals and an assist in the first half and Northwestern beat Saint Joseph’s 5-0 in the championship match of the NCAA Division-I women’s field hockey tournament at Phyllis Ocker Field.

The Hawks fell to Northwestern, 5-0, in the NCAA Division I championship on Sunday at Phyllis Ocker Field, giving the Wildcats their second national championship in program history. Their first was in 2021.