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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The good, the bad and the best: ‘Cats take their second conference series in a high-scoring weekend

After extending their conference losing streak to ten games on Friday, if you had told me Northwestern wouldn’t win another Big Ten series in 2026, I would’ve wholeheartedly believed you. College...

Baseball: Northwestern beats Illinois State 7-1 in final non-conference tilt of the season

Northwestern defeated Illinois State 7-1 at Miller Park on Tuesday afternoon. The win is the Wildcats’ (20-25-1, 7-17) third in a row, their first such streak since April 4 to 8. NU went...

Women’s lacrosse top 10 talk: Week 13

At last, the NCAA Tournament has arrived, and with it comes the penultimate 2026 IWLCA coaches poll. No further shifts in the poll will occur until after the NCAA Tournament’s conclusion, but top...

Baseball: Northwestern’s early offense spurs victory over Illinois State

A sizzling hot start by Northwestern’s offense fueled its 7-1 win over Illinois State at Rocky and Bernice Miller Park on Tuesday.  ​The Wildcats (20-25-1, 7-17 B1G) built off the momentum of a...

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Lacrosse: Northwestern prepares for NCAA Tournament after statistically dominant season

No. 1-seeded Northwestern has been in this situation before: For the seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats are hosting an NCAA regional. However, for the first time in program history,...

Cats Corner: Football’s new offensive hires and transfers offer promise

The Daily Northwestern · Cats Corner: Football’s new offensive hires and transfers offer promise   CHARLIE PERLMAN: New Northwestern quarterbacks coach Jerry Neuheisel burst into the college...

The Scorecard: Tying up Loose Ends

The pieces are there for Northwestern. The question is whether they’ll come together before it’s too late.  With the Big Ten Tournament looming, the outlook feels uncertain. There are flashes of...

A lackluster ‘Cats Classic was the rude awakening needed for a Northwestern baseball turnaround

The fourth edition of the ‘Cats Classic was one that built hope for Northwestern baseball but left it distraught, demoralized and doubtful of its Big Ten Tournament hopes. A change of scenery...

Men’s Golf: Northwestern finishes tied for ninth at the Big Ten Championships

Northwestern opened postseason play with a tie for ninth place at the Big Ten Championships. The 18-team field was strong with six top-50 teams competing. In the first round, Jeremy Chen led the...

Softball: Northwestern ends regular season with series victory over Minnesota

Northwestern concluded its regular season with a 6-0 shutout against Minnesota Sunday night. After the Wildcats (29-20, 16-8 Big Ten) won 5-1 on Friday but dropped Saturday’s game 2-3, their...

No. 48 Northwestern finishes 9th, Svärd places 14th at Big Ten Championships

No. 48 Northwestern began postseason play tied for a ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships this weekend. No. 65 senior Daniel Svärd led the Wildcats, tying for 14th individually. The...

Monday, May 4, 2026
Stick Season: Start of the Vengeance Arc

According to the NCAA Tournament committee, Northwestern is the top team in the land. Prime positioning for a team in search of redemption. In the past two iterations of the NCAA Tournament, NU...

Softball: Northwestern closes regular season by topping Minnesota, earns No. 6 seed in BTT

Northwestern (29-20, 16-8 B1G) closed out its regular season with its fourth straight series win, besting Minnesota (16-35, 7-17 B1G) in two games out of three at The Ballpark at Rosemont. After a...

Baseball: Northwestern takes series against Indiana after Wrigley loss

On Friday, the ‘Cats and Hoosiers faced off in the annual ‘Cats Classic, where Northwestern baseball is played at the iconic Wrigley Field. Indiana won handedly, 9-2 amidst some May snow, handing...

Baseball: Northwestern wins home series over Indiana for first time since 2006

When junior shortstop Ryan Kucherak stepped up to the plate under the Saturday afternoon clouds, Northwestern was in an offensive drought. Over the past 11 innings spanning two games against...

Baseball: Northwestern flips switch after Friday’s struggle against Indiana

Northwestern’s offense had a slow start to its weekend series against Indiana, losing big at Wrigley Field on Friday before flipping a switch at Miller Park and stealing the series with...

Sunday, May 3, 2026
Outdoor Track: Cary Drake sets Big Ten’s 2nd-fastest steeplechase time as Northwestern blitzes Badger Challenge

Redshirt freshman Cary Drake had never competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase before this year. She didn’t need to; before this season, Northwestern’s women’s outdoor track team was a group of...

Lacrosse: Northwestern awarded No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament, will face winner of James Madison and Notre Dame

Northwestern is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, the NCAA announced Sunday.  The Wildcats have earned a top-4 seed in each tournament since 2019 and...

BREAKING: Northwestern lacrosse earns No. 1 overall seed in 2026 NCAA Tournament

They say home is where the heart is, and Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium certainly fits that billing. On Sunday night, the official bracket for the 2026 NCAA Division I women’s...

Men’s basketball player reviews: Nick Martinelli

As we move forward with more men’s basketball player reviews, it’s now time to analyze the season of Nick Martinelli, the 6-foot-7 senior forward from Glenview, Ill. The Good Some pundits of Big...

Saturday, May 2, 2026
Baseball: Northwestern’s bats sputter in 9-2 loss to Indiana at Wrigley Field

For the second time in Northwestern’s five games at Wrigley Field, the Wildcats (17-25-1, 5-17 Big Ten) did not leave the Friendly Confines flying the W. Indiana defeated NU 9-2 on Friday, pushing...

Northwestern women’s basketball player reviews: Caroline Lau

Three and a half years ago, head coach Joe McKeown welcomed a four-star recruit from Connecticut into Welsh-Ryan Arena for the first time. That recruit took college life in stride, fully...

Grading the Big Ten MBB teams in the transfer portal (so far)

The transfer portal continues to play a pivotal role in collegiate sports, especially for college basketball. The most recent national champions, Michigan, started an entire lineup of players who...

Friday, May 1, 2026
Rapid Reaction: Indiana stomps Northwestern 9-2 at Wrigley Field 

Northwestern baseball’s cherished tradition of playing at Wrigley Field filled the dugout and the stands with joy and humility. But it did not deliver a win this year, as Indiana (21-25, 7-15 B1G)...

Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern vs. Indiana at Wrigley Field

On Friday night, Northwestern baseball takes the Purple Line Express to Wrigleyville for the fourth annual ‘Cats Classic in a marquee against Indiana. Both struggling Big Ten squads begin the...

Unpacking Northwestern baseball’s struggles in the Big Ten

Last weekend, the Minnesota Golden Gophers swept the ‘Cats, handing them their ninth straight Big Ten loss, the latest falter in a long line of disappointments for Northwestern baseball. Before...

Thursday, April 30, 2026
Men’s basketball player reviews: Jayden Reid

As we move forward with more men’s basketball player reviews, it’s now time to analyze the season of Jayden Reid, the 5-foot-10 junior guard from Westbury, New York. The Good ‘Cats fans were...

Predicting Northwestern Football’s 2026 Depth Chart

With spring football now wrapped up, it’s time to project the potential Week 1 starters for Northwestern when they face FCS South Dakota State on Sept. 5, 2026, at Northwestern Medicine Field at...

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Jack Counsell draws inspiration from a childhood around professional baseball

Junior shortstop Jack Counsell grew up a die-hard Milwaukee Brewers fan. After all, his father, Craig Counsell, was hired as the Brewers’ manager when Jack was 10 years old.  As children, Jack and...

Women’s lacrosse top 10 talk: Week 12

The NCAA Tournament is just nine days away, and there have been plenty of thrilling matchups as of late in the midst of conference tournament season. Meanwhile, five teams shifted from last week...

The good, the bad and the rest from a demoralizing sweep in Minneapolis

After a rough sweep at the hands of a capable Michigan squad a few weeks ago, I was hoping Northwestern had hit their rock bottom for 2026. I was wrong. The Wildcats played their least competitive...

Going Portaling: Luke McEldon

As of this writing, Northwestern has landed four incoming transfers in the portal. The first, Jack Karasinski, I wrote about here. The other three and future adds (Northwestern has just nine...

Baseball: Six-run sixth inning carries Northwestern past Milwaukee in midweek tune-up

Coming off yet another conference sweep at Minnesota that extended the Big Ten losing streak to nine, Northwestern needed something — anything — to go its way. And despite it coming against the...

Baseball: McElfatrick climbs all-time home run ranks in 10-8 win over Milwaukee

Senior third baseman Owen McElfatrick etched his name further into Northwestern’s history books on Tuesday during the Wildcats’ (17-24-1, 5-16 Big Ten) 10-8 win over Milwaukee. McElfatrick opened...

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Lacrosse: Taylor, Amonte Hiller named Big Ten’s Attacker, Coach of the Year

Senior attacker Madison Taylor and coach Kelly Amonte Hiller took home two of the Big Ten’s individual awards, the conference announced Tuesday. Taylor won Big Ten Attacker of the Year for the...

Drawing on high-level experience, Aleksej Kostić seeks a big role for new-look Northwestern men’s basketball

Aleksej Kostić is no stranger to high-level competition. Kostić, the sixth transfer addition for Northwestern men’s basketball this offseason, began his professional career at 17 years old with...

The Scorecard: Sweeping the Dust

A late-season surge is developing into something spectacular for a team that has always been capable. Last week, I positioned the series win against Purdue as a do-or-die moment for Northwestern’s...

Fencing: Northwestern earns bronze medal in women’s team sabre at April North American Cup

Northwestern placed third in women’s team sabre at the 2026 Division I & Parafencing National Championship / April North American Cup on Sunday. Hosted by USA Fencing, the event was held at the...

Monday, April 27, 2026
Baseball: Northwestern swept by Minnesota in weekend series

Northwestern dropped all three games at Minnesota over the weekend. Unable to maintain momentum from their midweek wins over Bradley and St. Thomas, the Wildcats (16-24-1, 5-16 Big Ten) lost 13-1,...

On their paths to the NFL, Hubbard, Story and Wallace rep NU in Uplifting Athletes partnership

When former Northwestern defensive lineman Aidan Hubbard traveled to Indianapolis for the 2026 NFL Combine, he — like a growing constituent of his peers — opted not to participate in many of the...

Baseball: Big Ten struggles continue for Northwestern as it’s swept by Minnesota

The season is starting to go off the rails for Northwestern (16-24-1, 5-16 B1G) as it failed to secure a single win in a weekend series at Minnesota (26-17, 8-13 B1G). The Wildcats lost all three...

Women’s Golf: Northwestern finishes 10th at the Big Ten Championships

Northwestern opened postseason play with a 10th place finish at the Big Ten Championships, competing in an 18-team field that included nine top-50 programs and two ranked in the top-six. The event...

Softball: Mason delivers two complete games as Northwestern sweeps Purdue, extends win streak to 10

Northwestern’s (27-19, 14-7 B1G) win streak has now reached double digits as the Wildcats left Bittinger Stadium in West Lafayette with a three-game series sweep of Purdue (32-18, 9-12 B1G) this...

Three takeaways from Northwestern lacrosse’s Big Ten championship winning thriller

For 64 minutes and 59 seconds, the Big Ten Championship game already had it all. Then Annabel Child took matters into her own hands to cap it off in storybook fashion. With less than three seconds...

Cuocco and Child lift the Wildcats to a Big Ten Championship

With the clock ticking under ten seconds, Northwestern had noice choice but to rush. The first overtime period was about to end, and the ‘Cats had possession while crowding around a goal that was...

Lacrosse: Northwestern clinches 4th straight Big Ten Championship with Child’s overtime winner

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When graduate student midfielder Annabel Child secured the ground ball, five seconds remained in overtime of the Big Ten Championship. She ran toward the top of the 8-meter fan...

Women’s Basketball: Associate Coach Lauren Dillon talks relationship with Carla Berube, new team vision

The season has been over for a month, but Northwestern women’s basketball is still making moves, adding new coaches and players. New associate coach Lauren Dillon has known coach Carla Berube for...

Women’s Golf: No. 30 Northwestern finishes 10th at Big Ten Championships

No. 30 Northwestern upended a 30-year program precedent over the weekend. The Wildcats, reigning national champions, finished 10th at the Big Ten Championships — their worst result at the...

Sunday, April 26, 2026
Softball: Northwestern sweeps Purdue in weekend series

Northwestern swept Purdue in a three-game weekend series on the road in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Wildcats (27-19, 14-7 Big Ten) took on the Boilermakers (32-18, 9-12 Big Ten) at Bittinger...

Football: Four Wildcats find NFL homes

Northwestern football had a weekend worth celebrating, with two players hearing their names called in Pittsburgh at the NFL Draft and two more signing as undrafted free agents. Former offensive...

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