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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

Coach Ron Wellman (far left) and other Northwestern assistant coaches and players look out from the Miller Park dugout. Wellman led the Wildcats to five years of success in the 1980s.

Baseball: Revisiting the unprecedented success of the Ron Wellman coaching era

May 9, 2018

The story of the Ron Wellman era of Northwestern baseball, of the five years in a century and a half of history when the program didn’t just scrape by in the Big Ten basement but rather clawed for unprecedented...

The 2018 Northwestern baseball team lines up at the start of a game. The team has struggled this season, but numerous alumni see big things in its future.

Baseball: Can Northwestern find success again? Wellman, alumni say ‘yes’

May 9, 2018

Baseball This article is a sidebar to The Daily’s feature on the Wellman era of Northwestern baseball, which brought unprecedented perennial success for the first and only time in its history during...

Ben Dickey takes off for first base. Dickey recorded three hits in game one of this weekend’s series.

Baseball: Wildcats swept by Purdue, eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention

May 6, 2018

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...

Leo Kaplan sizes up a pitcher. The sophomore outfielder had three hits in Northwestern’s two midweek games.

Baseball: Wildcats trying to keep momentum in weekend series at Purdue

May 3, 2018

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...

Jack Dunn loads and prepares to take a swing. The junior shortstop is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak.

Baseball: Cats prepare for two midweek games against Chicago State, Western Michigan

April 30, 2018

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...

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