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 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,

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.

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.