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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Walter Athletics Center in the snow.

Northwestern Athletics announces 2022 Hall of Fame class

July 19, 2022

Seven former student-athletes and one former coach will join the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame, the department announced Monday.  “This year's class represents the absolute best of Northwestern,”...

Kristen Wood releases the pitch. The junior has been an ace in her last two starts, keeping no-hitters into the fifth inning each time.

Softball: Reloaded Wildcats primed for another successful season

February 17, 2015

Spring Sports Guide After a successful 2014 campaign that saw Northwestern finish with a 35-18 record overall and a 14-9 mark in conference play, the Wildcats are back and hungry for more. NU...

Walfish: Thanks for the memories

Walfish: Thanks for the memories

May 28, 2014

It all began Oct. 3, 2010 at Lakeside Field. It sadly ends today. My first word was “the” and my last is a surprise for the end of this column. My first interview was Stacy Uchida, then a senior...

Softball: After five years, Emily Allard sprints off to the pros

Softball: After five years, Emily Allard sprints off to the pros

May 27, 2014

Few things can slow down Emily Allard. Not a catcher’s futile throw to second base. Not a pitcher’s hardest fastball. Not even a centerfielder playing on the dirt to cover second base, as Wisconsin...

Run prevention was a problem for Northwestern in the two defeats that ended the Wildcats’ NCAA Tournament run. Sophomore Kristen Wood, the team’s primary pitcher all season, took losses to Brigham Young and Washington, allowing 8 earned runs in 8 1/3 innings pitched over the two games.

Softball: Northwestern’s season ends in NCAA Regional Championship

May 18, 2014

In what proved to be an up-and-down weekend in Seattle, Northwestern battled back from an opening-game defeat to earn a spot in the NCAA regional championship but fell Saturday in five innings to host...

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