BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The third-seeded University of Iowa field hockey team punched its ticket to the Big Ten Tournament championship game with a 3-1 win over seventh-seeded Ohio State on Friday night at Deborah Tobias Field.

After an early goal from Ohio State in the game’s first four minutes, it was all Hawkeyes the rest of the way.

“We played a great game of hockey tonight,” said head coach Lisa Cellucci. “Stuck to the game plan and executed well on our set pieces. I couldn’t be prouder that we’re moving onto the championship. The Hawks deserve this moment.”

Iowa responded with a goal from Frèderique van Cleef at the 12:23 mark, assisted by Lieve van Kessel on a penalty corner. Van Cleef then added what proved to be the game-winning goal in the second period at 20:43, again on a corner attempt, this time assisted by Dionne van Aalsum.

Van Kessel added an insurance goal late in the second period off a rebounded corner attempt.

The second half was scoreless for both teams. Iowa goalkeeper Mia Magnotta stopped a penalty stroke in the third period and finished with seven saves, including four in the second half.

Ohio State outshot Iowa, 12-8, and held a 6-3 advantage in penalty corners, but the Hawkeyes converted all three of their opportunities, which proved to be the difference.

Iowa will face top-seeded and second-ranked Northwestern on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT in Bloomington.