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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

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

The Daily Northwestern


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Football: ‘It’s so much fun to watch them:’ What Northwestern football is learning from field hockey’s success and swagger

September 21, 2022

The Wildcats’ football and field hockey teams ran their practices in adjacent fields last fall, but the results were polar opposites. While the football squad tumbled to the bottom of the Big Ten West...

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Field Hockey: Northwestern aims to claim second national championship this fall following history-making 2021 season

August 12, 2022

Following a historic season and an NCAA Division I Championship, Northwestern field hockey is gearing up for a repeat in the 2022 season. Led by redshirt senior forward Bente Baekers, the squad returns...

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Northwestern’s athletic stars to watch in 2022-23

August 12, 2022

Northwestern athletics is coming off one of its most prolific years in recent history.  Softball reached the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2007. Lacrosse played in its third-consecutive...

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Field Hockey: Maddie Zimmer and Alia Marshall compete for Team USA

July 11, 2022

Junior Alia Marshall and sophomore Maddie Zimmer have had a busy year. Last summer, the Northwestern field hockey duo was named to Team USA. In November, the midfielders won the NCAA Championship playing...

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The dawn of the NIL era: Northwestern navigates new NCAA landscape with goals to ‘educate and empower’ student-athletes

November 22, 2021

Graduate student attacker Lauren Gilbert has long been one of Northwestern lacrosse’s greatest offensive assets. The Oregon native has been lethal on attack for the Wildcats, receiving All-Big Ten...

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