After an 11-year hiatus, Northwestern is back atop the throne in women’s lacrosse.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s Wildcats throttled Boston College 18-6 in Sunday’s NCAA championship game in Cary, N.C., for the program’s eighth national title — and first since 2012.

That 2012 championship capped a run of seven titles in eight years. While the Wildcats remained a national power in the decade that followed, an eighth title had eluded them — until Sunday’s victory capped a 21-1 season.

With her eighth national title, Amonte Hiller tied the Division I record held by Maryland’s Cindy Timchal.

Izzy Scane scored her first two goals of the game in the final 3:33 of the first half to give Northwestern a 6-2 lead, and the Wildcats broke the game open with five third-quarter goals to lead 11-4 entering the final 15 minutes.

Scane finished with four goals — and 99 for the season — and Madison Taylor also scored four for Northwestern. Erin Coykendall and Hailey Rhatigan scored three apiece, and Molly Laliberty made three saves as the Wildcats dominated possession in the second half.

Boston College (19-4) was playing in its sixth consecutive NCAA final but is now 1-5 in those games.