Non-Rev Recap: May 21-23

Eli Finkelstein recaps NCAA Tournament play, including a quarterfinal win for lacrosse and a hard-fought run for softball, plus baseball’s series win over Iowa.
Read moreEli Finkelstein recaps NCAA Tournament play, including a quarterfinal win for lacrosse and a hard-fought run for softball, plus baseball’s series win over Iowa.
Read moreThe past week was filled with ups and downs for the Wildcats, highlighted by lacrosse’s dominant win over Denver in the second round of the NCAA tournament and softball’s own tournament berth with a series win over Nebraska. Avrami Hacker shares the latest non-rev happenings.
Read moreBaseball waits, softball strains and the quest for a championship is officially on. Jack Lido gives you a wrap-up of the past weekend’s action.
Read moreRyan Choe recaps all Northwestern non-rev sports in our weekly series.
Read moreAndrew Neville takes over the second non-rev recap of the spring season. Read all about how Northwestern’s non-revenue sports performed this past weekend.
Read moreBy John Volk Under ordinary conditions, it would be unwise to draw big-picture conclusions 23 games into the collegiate softball season. In a sport so focused on the daily grind of four months of competition, a team’s strengths and weaknesses can’t truly be shown in the Kajikawa Classic and the Louisville Invitational.However, 2020 doesn’t count as an ordinary condition. Coming
Read morePitchside is back, baby. This week, I’m going with the academic theme since we have reached the October crossroads of the halfway point in Big Ten play and also Northwestern midterm season. I have two midterms next week, and the ‘Cats soccer teams are facing some evaluations of their own in the form of pivotal Big Ten contests. This week,
Read moreBy Ari Levin Northwestern softball faces its toughest test of the year and perhaps in more than a decade this weekend as they take on No. 1 Oklahoma (52-3) in the super regionals. The Wildcats need to take two of three games to advance. Here’s what you need to know about Oklahoma before this weekend’s series. They’re really, really good
Read moreBy Ari Levin February 16, 2018: Kaley Winegarner was one out away from extra innings and giving Northwestern softball a chance at an upset win over Louisville in the season’s second weekend. It was 58 degrees in Raleigh, N.C., site of the 2018 ACC-Big Ten Challenge, a drop from 80 degrees at the beginning of the Friday doubleheader. The junior
Read moreThe Wildcats needed to beat the Louisville Cardinals twice on Sunday to win the Evanston regional. The ‘Cats took Game 1 by a final score of 7-0 before winning Game 2 4-3. The Wildcats move on to the Super Regionals for the first time since 2008 and will face the No. 1 Overall seed Oklahoma Sooners. Matt McHugh and Ben
Read moreBy Ari Levin When Nikki Cuchran came to the plate with the bases loaded in a tie game in the fifth inning, all she was thinking was “pass the bat.” Pitcher Danielle Watson was feeling the effects of a blister. So, when she left a pitch a little over the plate with not quite enough spin, Cuchran took advantage. A
Read moreBy Ari Levin After 11 hours of softball, the Wildcats stay alive for another day. Northwestern (45-11) rebounded from an early 2-1 loss against Louisville (35-21) to stave off elimination with an 8-1 win over Southern Illinois (34-15). Now, in order to advance to the Super Regionals, they must defeat Louisville twice on Sunday. “We just wanted to fight hard, get another chance to
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