WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) compares the end of Northwestern’s lacrosse season to the end of a TV series. Last week, NBC aired the series finale of “The Office.” A beloved comedy show came to a sweet end which tied up all the character arcs and delivered the bittersweet moments fans expected for the final episode. Series finales are
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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 to three goals while picking
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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.
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WNUR’s Lynden Ostrander recaps the regular season for the Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse team and previews this weekend’s ALC tournament in Baltimore, Maryland. The Wildcats finished off the regular season on a strong note in two regards. First, they trounced rival Penn at home 15-8 in their final regular season game. Second, five Wildcat players made the All –ALC team. Erin
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Check out our highlights from today’s Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse game. It was the final game of the regular season, and the last time Erin Fitzgerald, Beatrice Conley, Taylor Thornton, Ali Cassera, Alexa deLyra, Gabriella Flibotte, and Amanda Macaluso. The Wildcats would go on to defeat the Penn Quakers 15-8. Enjoy!
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Check out our highlights from yesterday’s Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse victory over no. 9 ranked Duke Blue Devils, their 10th straight. Erin Fitzgerald scores 5 goals, Conley, Cassera, Thornton, Craig all contribute goals for Northwestern, and Alyssa Leonard gets her 269th career draw control, the most in Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse history.
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