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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


Jack Dunn slides in safely to second base. The junior shortstop walked off Friday’s win against Iowa.

Baseball: Walk-off heroics, dominant pitching highlight series win over Iowa

May 13, 2018

Baseball Heading into this weekend’s series at Miller Park, Iowa and Northwestern were trending in two different directions. The Hawkeyes (29-18, 10-9 Big Ten) were coming off a resume-boosting...

Alex Erro takes a swing. The sophomore is batting .285 this year, but the Wildcats are still 14-28 overall.

Baseball: Entering final homestand, Northwestern still searching for last season’s magic

May 10, 2018

Baseball With just two home runs through his first 45 games last year, then-freshman Alex Erro would have been considered one of the least likely sources for season-altering at-bats. But that...

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...

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