Iowa-Louisville Leads a Sunday Built Around the Top of the Field Hockey Rankings

Sunday’s NCAA field hockey slate puts nearly the entire Top 10 back on the field, but the clearest measuring stick comes in Evanston, where #2 Iowa meets #14 Louisville. Iowa enters 5-0 after surviving its latest ranked test against #16 Miami (OH), while Louisville turns around from a 3-1 loss to top-ranked Northwestern with another matchup against one of the best teams in the country.

Iowa has already shown it can win in several different ways. The Hawkeyes opened the season by beating Wake Forest and North Carolina, then overwhelmed Lehigh and Ball State before Friday’s game forced them into a completely different kind of test. Miami led into the fourth quarter, but Iowa scored twice from penalty corners in the final period to escape 2-1. It was already the Hawkeyes’ third comeback victory of the season.