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No. 4 Iowa at No. 1 Northwestern

PreviewFri, Oct 9, 2026

Fri, Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET

Lakeside Field — Evanston, IL

Unbeaten records on the line: Iowa 4-0 and Northwestern 4-0.

The matchup

4-0 · Big Ten

7 since last week

4-0 · Big Ten

No change in the poll

By the numbers

IowaNorthwestern
4-0Record4-0
6.0
Goals / gm
2.3
1.3
Allowed / gm(low)
0.8
19.0
Shots / gm
15.5
66%
Shot acc.
58%
69%
Save %
79%

Season averages through 4 games each. Lower is better where marked (low). Penalty corners aren't published in our data source.

Players to watch

Iowa logoIowa

68.8% saves · 2.50 GA/gm

Northwestern logoNorthwestern

78.6% saves · 1.00 GA/gm

From Iowa and Northwestern