Northwestern Wildcats
2025 was the third consecutive winning season in the first five years at the helm for men’s soccer head coach Russell Payne, and he had the Wildcats playing their best soccer in his tenure. A...
With just six weeks remaining until Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium is once again packed with purple, Inside NU will continue to preview the 2026 team through our weekly position...
College athletics have long been finished; the New York Knicks and Carolina Hurricanes are already champions; the only NFL news is Travis Kelce’s wedding and the dreaded dog days of baseball are...
For Northwestern’s second road game of the season, the Wildcats will be up against a very familiar face as they take on Pat Fitzgerald’s Michigan State Spartans. Yup, Pat Fitzgerald. On Oct. 17,...
After finishing 15-19 (5-15 Big Ten), Northwestern has begun to finalize its schedule for the upcoming year. Northwestern’s conference schedule has already been announced, with home-and-home...
Graduate student goalkeeper Jenika Cuocco stood tall between the pipes. It was the fourth quarter of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship at Martin Stadium in May, and Northwestern...
We are now seven weeks from Northwestern football’s season opener against South Dakota State, and Inside NU is counting the days with a position preview series. Each week, we’ll break down a...
Two Northwestern baseball players are officially on the path to their sport’s highest level following this year’s MLB Draft. Rising senior Ryan Kucherak was selected by the San Diego Padres in...
After finishing last season with a 17-15 overall record and 7-13 Big Ten record, Northwestern looks poised to take yet another major step forward. Several key pieces of last year’s roster...
In the current NIL era, with complete freedom of player movement and consistent waiver applications for extra eligibility based on injuries or playing time, the college sports world has been in...
EA Sports recently dropped its third edition of its college football video game, College Football 27, just 51 days before the start of the season. That means its time to take a peek at how it...
For the fifth game on Northwestern’s schedule, Ball State is coming to Evanston on Oct. 10 to try and pull off a shocking upset. As the third and final non-conference game on the Wildcats’...
Northwestern’s academic year might start in late September, but Northwestern women’s soccer is gearing up to kick off a nice and early August start to its season. Having finished eighth out of 18...
The college football landscape is wild. What used to be a simple eligibility rule morphed into redshirts, redshirts and more redshirts. The NCAA would like college sports to sit at an amateur...
Northwestern volleyball is entering year three of the Tim Nollan era, and the team will be looking for reinforcements in all directions as it hopes to take another step toward becoming a...
67.7%. That’s how much of Northwestern baseball’s offensive production, by RBI, is departing Evanston. Ben Greenspan had done well in his first three years with the ‘Cats, building back toward...
As Jack Lausch (SESP ‘25) signed to become a quarterback for Northwestern football, he kept another sport in the back of his mind. “I always felt like if baseball is meant for me, it would come...
The Northwestern Wildcats were bowl-bound this past season. But whether they can do it again is a bigger question.
We are officially eight weeks from Northwestern football’s season opener against South Dakota State, and InsideNU is commemorating the occasion with the first edition of our position preview...
For what is supposed to be the first ever game played at the new Ryan Field, it’s a Friday showdown between Northwestern and the new-look Penn State team with a new head coach and an influx of...
When people talk about the greatest college basketball teams of all time, they mention Duke, Kentucky, UCLA and several other historically great programs. The term “blue blood” refers to the elite...
The ‘Cats have scored with their brand new pick-up. Gigi Ganje, the rising junior transfer from the University of Pennsylvania, will join the purple and white following two seasons as the backbone...
Northwestern has signed 13 recruits in the past month, adding to the now group of 20 players committed for its class of 2027. Head Coach David Braun’s fourth recruiting cycle is shaping up to be...
After going over Northwestern field hockey’s non-conference opponents, it’s time to preview what the Big Ten looks like this year for the ‘Cats. It’s a conference with much more parity than what...
In 2026, NUFB has its work cut out for itself. According to Sports Illustrated, the ‘Cats have the sixth-toughest strength of schedule in the nation, on the same wavelength as Michigan and a spot...
Two years ago, I never thought this sentence would be uttered: Indiana football is the reigning national champion. With a retooled roster after winning it all, Curt Cignetti is looking for another...
Nick Martinelli was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the 55th pick in the NBA Draft’s second round on Wednesday. After four years at Northwestern, Martinelli is headed out West to continue...
Nick Martinelli was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the 55th pick in the NBA Draft’s second round on Wednesday. After four years at Northwestern, Martinelli is headed out West to continue...
Nick Martinelli was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the 55th pick in the NBA Draft’s second round on Wednesday. After four years at Northwestern, Martinelli is headed out West to continue...
With the 55th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Northwestern forward Nick Martinelli, further validating Chris Collins’ ability to develop and nurture pro-level talent...
The floaters, the left-hand bias, the unorthodox release, the unique basketball IQ, the genuine will to win all were at the cornerstone of Nick Martinelli’s game in his career as a Wildcat....
On Monday, Northwestern graduate student Jackson Carsello’s motion for a preliminary injunction was granted by Cook County Circuit Judge Neil Cohen, clearing the way for Carsello to return as the...
As Ryan Field nears its reopening date, more details are being released about Northwestern’s new stadium on Central Street. Ryan Field will feature the Wildcat Wall, the first European-style...
Northwestern center Jackson Carsello is eligible to play college football in 2026 after receiving an injunction Monday in Cook County court in Illinoi
Northwestern center Jackson Carsello has gotten an injunction to play another year after his waiver request was denied.
Nick Martinelli may look like an NBA prospect, but he doesn’t play like one. Standing at 6-foot-7 and 223 pounds with a 6-foot-10 wingspan, the physical profile of the 22-year-old supersedes what...
Even after a national championship, it’s never too early to look toward the future. Northwestern women’s lacrosse is set up for success in 2027 and beyond, but the program’s future looks somewhat...
Northwestern lacrosse’s ninth NCAA title came from a battle-tested roster filled with experience and leadership. However, one downside to winning with a squad that contains numerous veterans is...
Yup. Mr. Prime Time himself, Deion Sanders, will be coaching in Evanston. Colorado will play Northwestern in the Wildcats’ presumably final game on the lakefill on Sept. 19. The Buffaloes had a...
After a 50-year coaching career at the high school, collegiate and NBA level, Northwestern men’s basketball’s Special Assistant to the Head Coach Brian James has announced his retirement. Coach...
The schedule is set for the reigning national champions. Northwestern field hockey begins its title defense at the end of August with a schedule that features a variety of programs in different...
When Northwestern took down North Carolina 14-11 at Martin Stadium to secure the national championship, head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller asserted herself as the greatest women’s lacrosse coach of...
Transition periods are always hard. It takes time to settle into a new job. It takes time to move into a new house. It takes time to grow and adapt. So, it should come as no surprise that it will...
With the 2026 season approaching fast, now is a good time to look at which new additions to Northwestern football could make the biggest impacts. Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly I know this isn’t...
Finals week wrapped up yesterday on campus, marking the official end of an eventful 2025-26 year in sports for the Wildcats. But while the dust settles in Evanston, Northwestern’s athletic...
Ahhhhh. It feels good to be back. For the 2025 season, I wrote all 12 regular season “Know Your Opponent” articles, plus one for Northwestern’s bowl game. Now, after a short hiatus, we’re back...
Northwestern basketball’s newest preferred walk-on for 2026-27, small forward Elijah Eschmeyer, has always wanted to be a Wildcat. “Ever since I started watching basketball, I’ve always been a...
The 2025-2026 Northwestern sports year is officially over. 19 Wildcat teams competed across three seasons, culminating in two national championships, more than 230 wins and several new school...
After a turbulent start to the offseason, caused by nine former Wildcats entering the transfer portal, Northwestern’s 2026-27 roster is finally complete, composed of three returners, eight...
As another season of Northwestern athletics draws to a close, Inside NU’s writers ranked their favorite moments from this past year. Two national championships, plenty of clutch plays, a multitude...