Northwestern Wildcats
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
No. 58 Northwestern ended its season with a first-round loss to No. 43 Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament. It was the Wildcats’ (14-12, 6-7) second loss to the Terrapins (18-7, 8-5 Big Ten) in two...
Northwestern picked up its third and fourth transfer portal additions, as former Syracuse forward Jasmyn Cooper and former Boston College guard Lily Carmody announced their commitments on...
It took until the final second of overtime, but Northwestern captured its fourth straight Big Ten Tournament Title after defeating Maryland 8-7 in Ann Arbor. Annabel Child’s game-winning goal in...
For the second straight year, No. 2 Northwestern lacrosse (14-3, 7-1 B1G) square off against No. 4 Maryland (16-2, 6-2 B1G) in the Big Ten Tournament title game. The ‘Cats are looking for their...
When sophomore guard Xamiya Walton first arrived on campus, she had already put together a well-decorated high school career. At Butler College Prep in Chicago, she became the state’s top-ranked...
Former Boston College guard Lily Carmody is transferring to Northwestern, she confirmed on Instagram early Saturday evening. A 5-foot-11 sophomore from Australia, Carmody joins the ‘Cats after a...
With the 253rd overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens selected Northwestern guard Evan Beerntsen, the second NU player to hear their name called. He joins a class that includes...
After two drama-filled semifinals in Ann Arbor, we’ve got ourselves a Big Ten Championship matchup between the top two seeds in the conference tournament: Northwestern and Maryland. Though...
With the 97th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected former Northwestern tackle Caleb Tiernan, continuing the program’s reputation for producing premium pro-level...
Northwestern continues to rebuild its roster following an underwhelming season, signing former BYU guard Aleksej Kostić on Friday, he announced on Instagram. Kostić comes to Evanston with three...
No. 1-seed Northwestern was in the midst of a back-and-forth brawl with No. 4-seed Michigan at U-M Lacrosse Stadium, tied 6-6 in the third quarter of their Big Ten Tournament semifinal matchup...
BYU freshman Aleksej Kostić has committed to Northwestern, Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) on X announced. The 6-foot-4 guard from Pfaffstätten, Austria averaged 4.4 points in 12.0 minutes per...
Northwestern lacrosse is Big Ten Championship bound once again. The No. 1 Wildcats (13-3, 7-1 B1G) used resilient defense and a big second and third quarter to defeat No. 4 Michigan (12-5, 5-3...
As we move forward with more men’s basketball player reviews, it’s now time to analyze the season of Jake West, the 6-foot-3 freshman guard from Philadelphia. The Good After a dormant first half...
Tayla Thomas ascended to new heights in her second season with Northwestern, becoming a staple of the starting lineup and a necessary sidekick to Grace Sullivan. While Thomas only played less than...
The semifinal field is set. As the top seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament, Northwestern arrives in Ann Arbor not just as the defending regular season champions, but as the standard by which...
Northwestern and Michigan are back at it again. Less than one week after they last faced off against each other in the regular season finale, the ‘Cats and the Wolverines are playing each other...
Former Syracuse forward Jasmine Cooper has announced her commitment to Northwestern, per her X and Instagram. The 6-foot-1 Massachusetts native becomes the third player and first forward in this...
For sixteen members of Northwestern’s 2025 squad, the moment many of them have been waiting for since they first put on a pair of shoulder pads is finally here. The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off...
It’s the best day of the year: draft day. The 2026 NFL Draft begins tonight (Thursday, April 23) with the first round, followed by the second and third rounds on Day 2 (Friday, April 24) and...
What you read above wasn’t a typo. Northwestern has claimed six of the past seven (no pun intended) Big Ten Tournament championships. The run NU is on right now cannot be simply characterized as a...
Northwestern’s game against St. Thomas ended in a way that coach Ben Greenspan said one of his teams has never accomplished before — a walk-off hit by pitch. It was a fitting end to the Wildcats’...