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2019 Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament

Iowa Wins Field Hockey Tournament Championship
Hawkeyes claim first Big Ten Tournament title since 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Second-seeded Iowa defeated No. 5-seed Penn State, 1-0, in overtime of the 2019
Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament championship game at Penn State Field Hockey Complex on Sunday.
With the victory, Iowa (16-4, 7-1 Big Ten) secured its sixth Big Ten Tournament title and first since 2008 to earn
the conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

Iowa’s Maddy Murphy, a 2019 first-team All-Big Ten selection, scored the lone goal of the game just 26
seconds into the first overtime period after a pass from teammate Leah Zellner. The win marks Hawkeye
head coach Lisa Cellucci’s first Big Ten Tournament title and the program’s sixth title overall. Iowa’s Katie
Birch, a unanimous 2019 first-team All-Big Ten selection, earned tournament MVP honors.

2019 Big Ten Field Hockey All-Tournament Team
Lokke Stribos, Iowa Kayla Blas, Northwestern
Sophie Sunderland, Iowa Mackenzie Allessie, Ohio State
Emma DeBerdine, Maryland Madison Morano, Penn State
Bodil Keus, Maryland Abby Myers, Penn State
Halle O’Neill, Michigan Katie Larmour, Rutgers
Bente Baekers, Northwestern

Tournament MVP
Katie Birch, Iowa