ROSEMONT, Ill. – No. 2-ranked Northwestern captured a share of the 2026 Big Ten Field Hockey Championship with a 2-1 victory over Rutgers Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.
 
The Wildcats won their 10th field hockey championship in school history and became the first Big Ten school to capture four-straight regular season titles. Northwestern has won 35-straight conference games dating to 2022.

Northwestern (16-1, 7-0 Big Ten) can secure the championship outright on Friday with a win in its conference finale at Penn State. NU has also earned the No. 1 seed for the Big Ten Tournament Presented by Allstate, slated for Nov. 4-8 at Columbus, Ohio.