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Click on the player below to listen to highlights from Northwestern’s 15-7 win over Penn State in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Divison I Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Michael Anders and Ryan Holmes had the call for WNUR Sports. With the win, the Wildcats advance to their ninth consecutive final four. This year’s final four will […]

WNUR’s Lynden Ostrander previews tonight’s NCAA lacrosse quarterfinals matchup between Northwestern and Penn State. Northwestern will meet the Penn State Nittany Lions in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Friday for the right to play in the NCAA semifinals. So, you could say this is kind of a big game. Even more so this holds true for […]

WNUR’s Greg Mroz sat down with Northwestern Wildcats baseball head coach Paul Stevens to discuss the team’s season as they head into their final weekend of play for 2013.

WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) asks how Northwestern football would have fared in the past two years if Dan Persa never tore his Achilles. In light of the recent buzz surrounding Northwestern football’s recruiting class, it might seem appropriate to do a “What If” that involves Northwestern signing a famous, top-5 recruit […]

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) looks at Northwestern football’s recruiting class of 2014 and how the Wildcats have drastically improved their recruiting success. In my column from February 8th, I expressed my disappointment with the Northwestern Recruiting Class of 2013. The Wildcats recruiting class ranked 51st in the nation this year, even though the […]

Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) profiles the career of Northwestern women’s lacrosse’s Taylor Thornton and shows where she ranks among Northwestern’s all-time greats. Sunday, in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse tournament, Taylor Thornton lost her mind. The senior for the Wildcats dodged, ducked, dipped, dove and dodged her way […]

Click on the player below to listen to the highlights of Northwestern’s 15-8 win over Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Ali Cassera, Taylor Thornton and Alyssa Leonard each scored three goals for the Wildcats. With the win, Northwestern advances to the quarterfinals to face Penn State.

WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) asks what the state of women’s college lacrosse and Northwestern athletics would be if Kelly Amonte Hiller wasn’t the head coach at Northwestern. The NCAA Women’s lacrosse tournament starts this weekend with the Northwestern Wildcats holding the #2 overall seed. The Wildcats have won the last two […]

Click below to hear WNUR’s Ryan Holmes talk to Northwestern softball head coach about the end of the regular season and the upcoming Big Ten softball tournament. WNUR Sports is your home for Northwestern Wildcats softball.

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) compares Northwestern lacrosse to another athlete who has dominated his sport: Floyd Mayweather. Last weekend, two champions put their reputations on the line and won significant victories. Saturday night, Floyd “Money” Mayweather demolished Robert Guerrero in a 12-round bout which never felt close. He improved his career record to […]

On the court, former Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball star Kendall Hackney could do it all: hit a three, knock down a jump shot, post up on defense and grab a rebound. Now, she finds herself starring in a new role – Northwestern’s Waa-Mu Show. Hackney found a way to finally realize her love for theater […]

This past June, Cody Stevens of the Northwestern Wildcats baseball team was hit in the head during a summer-league game in West Virginia. The result of the blow was a blood clot in his brain that nearly took his life. While red-shirting this season, Stevens, a junior, is using his injury to try to help […]

In this week’s “What If,” WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) compares the streak of Northwestern women’s tennis team to others in college sports. This week’s “What If” doesn’t really have a “What If.” Sorry. My brain is fried from a combination of midterms and the fact that the Northwestern women’s tennis team […]