Northwestern Wildcats

Against No. 20 Minnesota on Thursday, Northwestern posted a negative hitting percentage, recording more attack errors than kills for the first time this season. The Golden Gophers (7-4, 1-2 Big...

Penn State has rarely suffered such a humiliating defeat as it did in the first game at Northwestern's new Ryan Field

Penn State has rarely suffered such a humiliating defeat as it did in the first game at Northwestern's new Ryan Field

Wow. There are no words that can describe the atmosphere. You had to be there. Northwestern just made a statement to the college football world that Evanston is home to a football school. That...

The Wildcats faced Rutgers (5-4-1, 3-1) in New Jersey on Friday night and lost 4-0, bringing the conference record down to .500, although the ‘Cats will stay in the top half of the Big Ten...

The preseason No. 16-ranked Northwestern men’s swim and dive team is poised for its best season in decades. There are 10 seniors on the 28-man roster. With Northwestern director of swim & dive...

Northwestern fans, who eagerly awaited Ryan Field's opening, were rewarded with not only an easy win over a preseason Top 25 team, but a light show in the stands and waves of fireworks and flames...

Some may call it the perfect night; some may think of an adjective even better. No matter what description words you like, there’s no denying what just happened: Northwestern played its most...

Electric. That is the only word that can describe the atmosphere at the New Ryan Field, and the ‘Cats came to play. Penn State (3-2, 0-2 B1G) traveled to Evanston to take on Northwestern (3-1, 1-1...

Northwestern opened up its $875 million new home with a 34-13 statement win Friday over Penn State. Ryan Field was rocking from the opening kickoff, and the Wildcats (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten) matched...

Hours before Ryan Field’s reopening, Ryan Sports Development announced the eleven restaurants that will be participating in the debut of the “Evanston & North Shore Favorites” program.  Evanston...

Northwestern Women’s Swim & Dive kicks off its 2026-27 campaign Saturday at Norris Aquatics Center against Miami (Ohio). Northwestern Director of Swim & Dive Rachel Stratton-Mills has a desire to...

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Oct. 2 at 2:14 p.m.  A Northwestern spokesperson wrote in a Friday statement to The Daily that...

100 years in the making. We’ve heard it for months on end. All the noise has quieted now, and its time to play football at Ryan Field for the first time in 1,049 days. Except this time, its the...

The Northwestern Wildcats fell in straight sets to 20th ranked Minnesota (7-4, 1-2 B1G) on Thursday night. The ‘Cats drop to 7-7 overall while losing their third of three games in conference play....

Northwestern's new Ryan Field isn't the biggest, but it's the newest and the best.

The Wildcats spared every expense in this project.

Northwestern (10-0, 1-0 B1G) has outscored its last three opponents 15-0. A jarring statistic that explains why its a rare breed: one of three undefeated squads that remain in NCAA Division I...

1. Ohio State (AP No. 5, Coaches No. 6) 3-1 | 1-0 B1G Last Week’s Ranking: 2 Movement: +1 While yes, Indiana is undefeated, Ohio State jumps back up to No. 1 in our rankings after its dominant...

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Oct. 1 at 12:00 p.m. The Northwestern University Marching Band will not perform on the field...

Imagine this. The bright lights of the New Ryan Field turn on for the first time. Music plays with a deep bass, echoing and vibrating throughout the stadium. Yet, that isn’t the loudest sound that...

Northwestern men’s golf recorded its best performance of the season in the Windon Memorial Classic at its home, Onwentsia Club, on Monday and Tuesday. The Wildcats were one of 16 teams in the...

Northwestern finished fourth at its annual home event, the Windon Memorial Classic, on Tuesday. The Wildcats finished with a team score of 5-over par and a stroke total of 845. Freshman Kuan Zhou...

Work is still ongoing all around Northwestern’s new privately funded $875 million Ryan Field ahead of its opening Friday against Penn State.   Much of the construction is putting the final touches...

Through the first 11 games of the season, I’ve stayed somewhat positive about this Northwestern team. Despite plenty of lackluster play, this column has focused on flashes of Wildcat brilliance...

Conference play is underway in the Big Ten as college football enters its midseason. How did Northwestern’s upcoming opponents fare this past weekend? Here are the latest stories in the Big Ten...

Pat Ryan Jr. (Kellogg ’97, Pritzker ’97) sat just outside the student section of Northwestern’s new Ryan Field, ready to field yet another batch of reporter questions about his family’s $875...

Redshirt sophomore Ezomo Oratokhai, one of Northwestern’s two returning starters on the offensive line, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a lower-body injury in the team’s 41-7 win...

I was at this game. The biggest takeaway is that Indiana has a lot to clean up, but still is a very good team. It also means that Northwestern is better than I expected. To go into Bloomington on...

“One of our main pillars is unity, and there’s nothing that exemplifies that more than what we just did.” – Andrew Millar postgame. Not all wins are cut from the same cloth. Some wins inspire...

Pitch Perfect is a day late this week due to my writing a recap for the Indiana game and becoming so invested in it that I neglected this column. If you didn’t read the recap, one person to keep...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Northwestern took down Indiana with a two-goal shutout Sunday at Martin Stadium.   The win extended streaks for both teams. The Wildcats (5-4-3, 3-1-1 Big Ten) remain undefeated by conference...

In somewhat of an alternate timeline, Northwestern defeated Indiana in a game of the other football on Sunday.  The Wildcats implicated, of course, were on the Northwestern Women’s Soccer team,...

Northwestern kicked off conference play with a win against Michigan State at home Friday afternoon.  Following a 3-0 weekend in which they secured wins over Stanford, UC Berkeley and UC Davis, the...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Senior quarterback Aidan Chiles appeared to dislocate a finger early in the second half against then-No. 5, now No. 6 Indiana. Northwestern needed its signal caller to work magic while trailing...

For Northwestern coach David Braun, there are no moral victories after a 29-23 loss at then-No. 5 and now No. 6 Indiana on Friday. “We should have won this football game,” Braun said postgame. ...

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Northwestern trailed by a set and clung to a 3-2 lead in the second when UCLA middle blocker Marianna Singletary tipped a ball into the gap between three Wildcats (7-6, 0-2 Big Ten). NU freshman...

No. 11 Northwestern came in third overall at the Sean Earle Loyola Lakefront Invitational on Friday. Loyola’s cross country program hosted the 47th edition of the annual event at the Sydney R....

Northwestern delivered a decisive 1-0 win against Michigan beneath the floodlights of Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium on Friday.  This marked the 41st matchup between the two teams,...

It was a sunny September night in Evanston as Northwestern took down Oregon 1-0 on the back of a strong performance up and down the field Thursday. The match marked the Wildcats’ (4-4-3, 2-1-1 Big...

Two nights, two identical scorelines, two wins. Northwestern’s men’s and women’s soccer both won with strong defense at Martin Stadium on consecutive nights, taking two wins by the same score. The...

Northwestern put up little resistance against No. 23 USC’s smothering offense as it dropped its conference opener 3-0 in Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday night. The Trojans’ (7-4, 1-0 Big Ten)...

Northwestern pushed No. 5 Indiana on the ropes Friday in the second half, but critical miscues prevented it from delivering the final blow in a 29-23 loss.  The Wildcats (2-1, 0-1 Big Ten)...