Author Archives: Sam Brief

HIGHLIGHTS: Northwestern takes down Minnesota, just one win away from tourney final

Simply incredible. For the first time since 2002, Northwestern baseball has won two games in the Big Ten Tournament. They’re now only one win away from making the tournament final after an 11-7 back-and-forth win over Minnesota. Sam Brief and Amit Mallik were on the call for WNUR. Here are the highlights. Trust us, you do not want to miss

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BIG TEN TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS: Northwestern storms back, stuns second-seeded Michigan

Trailing 4-3 heading into the 9th inning against a team boasting the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation, Northwestern was set to face Michigan closer Jackson Lamb. Coming in, Lamb had allowed zero earned runs in the year. Zero. But the Wildcats strung together three runs in the 9th to come back and win 6-4 in the first round of the

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Listen: Joe Hoscheit blasts a 3-run moonshot for Northwestern, Claeys drives in a run

In the Northwestern baseball team’s 6-5 loss to Indiana, Joe Hoscheit mashed 3-run homer to left field to bring the score to 4-3 in the first inning. Later in the ninth, a Jack Claeys RBI single brought the score to 6-5 before the Wildcats’ rally fell short. Listen to WNUR Sports’ own Sam Brief and Ryan Wangman on the call

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Northwestern blows eight-point lead, falls to Indiana, 63-62

by Sam Brief Bryant McIntosh caught the inbounds in front of the scorers table, spun, took two dribbles and let it fly from halfcourt. The ball took a painful ride around the rim and bounced out. Gavin Skelly put his hands in his head, stunned. McIntosh’s last-second miss came on the heels of an 8-0 Indiana run to close out Saturday’s

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