The ambition to dream: Alia Marshall helped create a field hockey powerhouse and then joined a lacrosse dynasty

After five seasons, Alia Marshall leaves Northwestern field hockey a championship-winning program that’s among the best in the nation. She now has the chance to win a second title in a different sport. In the 2020 field hockey season, Alia Marshall, then a sophomore, walked into a meeting with her coaches ready to share a list from her notebook. “Goals: win a Big Ten and win a national championship,” Marshall wrote. “I would sell my soul to do this,” she said. It was an ambitious goal to set. The ‘Cats did make it to the first round of the NCAA...