COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 1 seed Northwestern and No. 2 seed Maryland won semifinal matches Friday to advance to the championship game of the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament Presented by Allstate. Sunday's final between the top-two ranked teams in the country will be carried live by the Big Ten Network (12 p.m. ET).

Northwestern 3, Indiana 0
No. 2-ranked Northwestern earned its fifth-straight trip to the finals with a 3-0 victory 17th-ranked Indiana at Buckeye Varsity Field.

First-year Raquel Hofmeister opened scoring off a penalty corner before Big Ten Player of the Year Ashley Sessa slithered through the Indiana backline to score her 13th goal of the season. Olivia Bent-Cole added a fourth-quarter goal and goalkeeper Juliana Boon finished with eight saves to lead NU (17-2) to a season sweep of Indiana (10-8).

Maryland 4, Iowa 1
Babs Van Hest recorded a brace to propel No. 1-ranked Maryland past 10th-ranked Iowa, 4-1. The victory was the eighth-straight in the series for the Terrapins, who return to the final for the first time since 2023.

Maryland (18-1) took a 2-0 lead into halftime and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Ella Beach made it 3-0 in the third. Iowa (13-5) quickly responded on Fréderique van Cleef's 19th tally of the season only to see Van Hest answer with her second goal eight minutes later. The Terrapins finished with a 10-1 advantage in penalty corners as goalkeeper Alyssa Klebasko notched her sixth shutout of the year.