Baseball: Wildcats swept by Purdue, eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention
Peter Warren, Assistant Sports Editor
May 6, 2018
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Baseball This weekend last year, Northwestern took two-of-three games from Purdue and vaulted itself into a tie for the eighth spot in the Big Ten standings. Exactly 365 days later, the results and circumstances of a weekend series in West Lafayette, Indiana, were much different. The Bo...
Lacrosse: Starting goalkeeper unclear as Northwestern heads to Big Ten Tournament
Ben Pope, Sports Editor
May 3, 2018
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Lacrosse Early in the second half of last week’s game at Maryland, Northwestern was in a bind. The No. 7 Wildcats trailed the No. 3 Terrapins by 8 goals. Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Julie Krupnick had been tagged for 15 goals on 20 shots, resulting in her worst single-game save percentage...
Softball: Northwestern travels to Wisconsin looking for top-4 finish
Benjamin Rosenberg, Reporter
May 3, 2018
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Softball With three games remaining in the regular season, Northwestern has already achieved its highest win total since 2014. When the Wildcats travel to Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend to take on the Badgers, they will look to secure a first-round bye in next weekend’s Big Ten Tournament....
Baseball: Wildcats trying to keep momentum in weekend series at Purdue
Charlie Goldsmith, Assistant Sports Editor
May 3, 2018
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Baseball Northwestern is 4-14 in the Big Ten this year, so 14 times Leo Kaplan noticed something missing. The ease in which big hits came in the later innings last season hadn’t translated, the sophomore outfielder said. But sophomore second baseman Alex Erro said the Wildcats (14-25) are now ...
Softball: After lightning delay, Northwestern rallies past DePaul
Benjamin Rosenberg, Reporter
May 2, 2018
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Softball CHICAGO — Northwestern had not won at DePaul since 2006, so waiting another hour seemed like nothing. Wednesday’s game was delayed by lightning in the middle of the third inning. After spotting the Blue Demons 2 runs immediately after the game’s resumption, the Wildcats (33-14, 13-6 Big ...
Baseball: Northwestern splits back-to-back midweek games
Ryan Wangman, Copy Chief
May 2, 2018
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Baseball Over the past few days, the weather in Evanston and Northwestern baseball have had something in common: a string of bright performances broken up emphatically with a boom. On Wednesday, the Wildcats’ five-game winning streak was washed away in a downpour of Western Michigan scoring. ...
Men’s Basketball: Ryan Taylor discusses choosing Northwestern, play style, expected role
Ben Pope, Sports Editor
May 2, 2018
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Men's Basketball Ryan Taylor has not followed a typical path through college basketball. The graduate transfer guard — who will join Northwestern next season for his final year of NCAA eligibility — started at Ohio, then moved to Evansville, then decided to change schools again after Aces...
Pope: If Thorson misses time, expect Andrew Marty to be Wildcats’ quarterback
Ben Pope, Sports Editor
May 1, 2018
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Football Andrew Marty said he first met the man he may replace this fall over the cheesy aromas of a Lou Malnati’s pizza. Marty, now a redshirt freshman quarterback, was then a junior in high school. Clayton Thorson, now a rising senior, was coming off a shaky but victory-laden first season as Nor...
Lacrosse: Writers ruminate about successful regular season, postseason hopes
May 1, 2018
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Lacrosse Northwestern (13-4, 5-1 Big Ten) rolled to its best regular season since 2015, but it ended with yet another disappointing loss against powerhouse Maryland. With a rematch against the Terrapins likely in this coming weekend’s conference tournament and the possibility of hosting an NCAA ...
Softball: Northwestern hopes to change fortunes at DePaul
Benjamin Rosenberg, Reporter
May 1, 2018
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Softball Coming off a weekend in which Northwestern honored its seven seniors and won two of three against Iowa, the Wildcats will look to stake their claim as the dominant team in the Chicago area when they travel to DePaul on Wednesday. The last time the road team won in this matchup was 2006, when a Cats team that advanced all the way to the f...
Baseball: Cats prepare for two midweek games against Chicago State, Western Michigan
Peter Warren, Assistant Sports Editor
April 30, 2018
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Baseball For the first time all season, Northwestern is coming out of a weekend series on a winning streak. The Wildcats (13-24, 4-14 Big Ten) have won four straight — one over local rival Illinois-Chicago and three over Penn State — and have a chance to extend that winning streak to six with...
Women’s Tennis: Northwestern loses nail-biter in final of Big Ten Tournament
Calvin Alexander, Reporter
April 30, 2018
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Women's Tennis With a chance to add a tournament championship to its regular season title earned a week ago, Northwestern advanced all the way to the final match of the Big Ten Tournament. The No. 12 Wildcats (21-5, 11-0 Big Ten) had the top seed in the tournament and started the weekend by making quick ...
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