Football game Saturday will start at 11 a.m. instead of noon
The game time for the Northwestern football team’s Saturday game against Indiana at Ryan Field has been changed to 11 a.m. so it may be televised. It had previously been scheduled for noon. The game will be shown on ESPN Plus, although the local coverage has not yet been determined.
NU’s ticket office will stay open later to sell tickets for Saturday’s game. The office will stay open until 7 p.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday. For more ticket information, call (847) 491-CATS. In addition, the Wildcats’ Homecoming game against Purdue on Oct. 14 will be televised nationally on ESPN, beginning at 11 a.m.
Women’s golf finishes in tie for 5th at Lady Northern
Led by Christie Hermes and Lauren Grzebien, the Northwestern women’s golf team finished in a tie for fifth place at the Lady Northern Invitational in Minneapolis over the weekend.
The Wildcats finished with a 46-over par 910 in the three-round tournament. Ohio State won with a 32-over 896 and Purdue took second place with a 41-over 905 on the par 72 Les Bolstead Golf Course.
Four NU golfers finished in the top 15. Hermes ended up in ninth place with an 11-over 227. Grzebien posted a final-round 73 and wound up in a 10th-place tie at 12-over 228. Elizabeth Burden and Hana Kim each finished at 14-over 230. Ohio State’s Mollie Fankhauser won the tournament with a 2-over 218.
NU next plays on Oct. 13 when it begins play at the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate in Knoxville, Tenn.
Field hockey drops pair of 2-1 games; Yates sets saves record
Goalkeeper Jess Yates became Northwestern’s all-time career saves leader, but the NU field hockey team fell to 4-7 after losing 2-1 in overtime to both Ohio State and Ohio University on the road over the weekend.
On Friday, the Wildcats took an early 1-0 lead on Ohio State (8-4) as Colleen Hotz scored in the first half. But NU failed to register a shot on goal in the second half and in overtime — getting outshot by the Buckeyes 20-3. Ohio State’s Buckey Marlje van Nouhuys scored in overtime for the win. In the game, Yates made nine saves to break the seven-year-old team record.
Ohio University’s Amanda Voros scored twice on Sunday in leading the Bobcats (4-6) to the win. Wendy Roberts scored for NU in the first half, tying the score 1-1. Both games were held in Columbus, Ohio.
NU will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., this weekend to play Michigan on Friday and Kent State on Sunday. The Cats are now 1-1 in the Big Ten.
