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| Northwestern Wildcats | |
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| Founded | 1982; relaunched in 2002 |
| University | Northwestern University |
| Head coach | Kelly Amonte Hiller (since 2001 season) |
| Stadium | Lanny & Sharon Martin Stadium [outdoor] and Ryan Fieldhouse [indoor] (capacity: 2,000) |
| Location | Evanston, Illinois |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference (previously ALC) |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Colors | Purple and white[1] |
| NCAA Tournament championships | |
| (8) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023 | |
| NCAA Tournament Runner-Up | |
| (2) - 2010, 2024 | |
| NCAA Tournament Final Fours | |
| (15) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |
| (19) - 1984, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| (25) - 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| Conference Tournament championships | |
| (10) - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
| Conference regular season championships | |
| (11) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
The Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Northwestern University as part of the Big Ten Conference. It was a member of the American Lacrosse Conference until the 2013-14 season, when the conference was dissolved as the Big Ten was sponsoring women's lacrosse from the 2014-15 season. The team began competition at the varsity level in 1982, operated as a club sport from 1993 to 2001, and resumed play at the varsity level in 2002. They play their home games at Lanny & Sharon Martin Stadium and Ryan Fieldhouse in Evanston, IL. From 2005 to 2009, the team won the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship five consecutive times and recorded two undefeated seasons.[2] After losing in the finals in 2010, the Wildcats added their sixth and seventh championships in 2011 and 2012. The Wildcats won their eighth championship in 2023. The Midwestern team's success is a rarity in a sport that enjoys most of its popularity on the East Coast - the Wildcats are the only team from outside the Eastern Time Zone to win the national title.[3]
- ^ "Northwestern University's Guide to Using Marks, Colors, Trademarks, and Logos" (PDF). September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Phillip Hersh. "Northwestern wins 5th straight women's lacrosse NCAA title". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ [1] Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine