A rain delay of over two hours and a resurgent Syracuse second half couldn’t slow the Wildcats, as they fought off the Orange 18-14 at Martin Stadium to advance to the national semifinals for the first time since 2014. Zach Koons and Tim Hackett were there for all the action.
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Evanston is playing host to the NCAA Softball Tournament for the first time since 2008, and the host Wildcats began their postseason run in a big way, churning out a season-high 15 runs and smacking Detroit Mercy 15-1. Ari Levin and Tim Hackett were there for all the action.
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Postseason lacrosse is back in Evanston as Northwestern hosts Notre Dame in a consensus Top-10 clash in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. How would the Cats begin their quest for national title number eight? Tim Hackett and Zach Koons were at Martin Stadium for all the action.
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By Tim Hackett Northwestern University revived its lacrosse program after ten dormant years in 2002. Two years later, the reincarnated Wildcats were back in the NCAA Tournament, and one year after that, they won their first of seven national championships over eight years. Northwestern has made the NCAA Tournament field every year since 2004. Just like the old quip about
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By Tim Hackett Northwestern and Maryland, perhaps the two greatest programs in women’s collegiate lacrosse since the turn of the millennium, played nine times between 2013 and 2019. Some of the games were close. Many of them were not. All of them were won by Maryland. Not this time. Maryland beat Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament finals in 2016
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Big Ten baseball returns to Evanston for the first time since last May! The Wildcats welcomed the Purdue Boilermakers to Rocky and Berenice Miller Park for a three-game set, with both teams looking to start conference play on the right track. Chris Cadeau had the call for game one, and Tim Hackett was there for the other two.
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Northwestern will play Toledo in the second round Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
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Ten games was more than enough. Jack Lido and Tim Hackett were live at Welsh-Ryan as Northwestern Men’s Basketball finally secured its first win since late January with a convincing performance against an Ohio State team trying to get back to the NCAA Tournament. Relive all the action right here.
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In search of their first series win of the season, Northwestern Baseball headed south to Columbia, Missouri for a three-game set against the Tigers. One game had the pitching, one game had the offense, and one had the errors, but all three games went to Mizzou. Our Tim Hackett was there for all the action.
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One game had the pitching, one game had the offense, and one game had the errors.
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On 90s Night at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Northwestern Men’s Basketball played Wisconsin in a game that turned out to be a classic. Could the Cats snap a seven-game losing streak that began the last time they played the Badgers? Jack Lido and Tim Hackett had the call.
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Amidst all the change of the last 15 years, there’s been at least one constant: Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse in the NCAA Tournament. Fresh off their first appearance in the Elite Eight in years, the Wildcats entered the 2019 season ranked #7 in the nation and seeking their eighth-ever national title. Could the Cats get off on the right foot, or
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