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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


Northwestern midfielder Alyssa Leonard is looking to capture the school record for draw controls in a season. The junior’s 283 career draw controls are the most in program history, but she is 8 shy of the single season record of 110 set by Danielle Spencer in 2010.

Lacrosse: No. 2 seed Northwestern kicks off ALC Tournament with No. 3 seed Penn State

May 2, 2013

In a campaign that included more than one loss in the regular season for the second time since 2004, Northwestern appears to have caught a break heading into the ALC Tournament. The tournament began...

Northwestern midfielder Alyssa Leonard is four draw controls shy of the school record for draw controls in her career. The junior has 83 draw controls this season and also is second on the team with 22 goals this

Lacrosse: For Northwestern, draw controls could mean weekend wins against Top-20 teams

April 11, 2013

Northwestern is used to ending up No. 1. What it needs to do as it heads into a weekend double-header against Duke and Stanford is start there. The Wildcats have trailed at halftime in three of their...

Northwestern attacker Erin Fitzgerald leads the Wildcats with 32 goals this year. The senior has taken 70 shots this season with 54 of them going on goal.

Lacrosse: After close victories, Wildcats take on streaking Nittany Lions, Cavaliers

April 4, 2013

To kick off the last month of regular season play, No. 4 Northwestern (9-1, 3-0 ALC) plays under the lights at Lakeside Field on Friday against No. 8 Penn State (7-3, 2-0), the team that toppled No. 2...

Taylor Thornton picks up a ground ball. Thornton, the reigning national player of the year, and the Wildcats are going for their eighth national title in nine years.

Lacrosse: All eyes on Northwestern as Wildcats search for 8th national title

February 25, 2013

Earlier this year, Northwestern started playing music over the loudspeaker in the indoor facility during its 9 a.m. practices. The music is meant to get the team's energy going early in the morning,...

Northwestern running back Venric Mark became the 15th player in NU history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. However, it was his two punt return touchdowns which earned him a spot on the Football Writers' Association of America All-American team this season.

Football: Making our cases for Northwestern’s MVP

December 27, 2012

Dan Ryan: The Case for Venric Mark With the lull in college football action as we all eagerly anticipate the bowl season, I've had to get my pigskin fix exclusively from the NFL for the past few weeks....

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