Sitting at No. 3 in the nation with a nine-game winning streak, Northwestern field hockey is rounding into shape. It beat No. 11 Ohio State 4-3 on the road last Friday, and soundly crushed Princeton 4-0 two days later. Here are three takeaways from those games, particularly from Northwestern’s road Big Ten opener:
Northwestern can win in different ways, and that’s a great sign
Heading into its clash with then-No. 12 Ohio State, Northwestern had been tested; Duke, Boston College and UMass are all ranked, and two of those games were tight. But, OSU was the team’s first quality Big Ten opponent, as well as its first true conference road game.