Northwestern field hockey won its second national championship in four years, defeating No. 4 seed St. Joseph’s 5-0 in the NCAA title game Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The second-seeded Wildcats scored all five goals in the first half,

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

Coach Tracey Fuchs choked up in the press room as she addressed reporters following Northwestern’s national championship victory Sunday. Two of her three captains –– senior midfielder Maddie Zimmer and graduate student goalkeeper Annabel Skubisz –– sat next to her,

It was the second championship for the second-seeded Wildcats (23-1-0), who have played for the title in four straight seasons.

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.

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.

Their historic field hockey season didn’t end the way the St. Joseph’s Hawks had hoped. 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.

Northwestern put up a dominant performance on Sunday in the national title game, defeating Saint Joseph’s 5-0 to win its second championship in program history. Here were some of the biggest takeaways that we got from the matchup.