WNUR’s Michael Stern (@michaeljstern23) looks at the field of seven for the final ALC Tournament, which begins this afternoon at Lakeside Field. Northwestern’s women’s lacrosse team is looking to keep an incredible streak going. The Wildcats, winners of seven NCAA titles between 2005 and 2012, have reached every Final Four since 2005 and every NCAA tournament since 2004. NU appears
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) explains why Northwestern fans have reason to be happy and hopeful. Normally, this is a basketball column. However, the Northwestern men’s team has lost five in a row and the women have lost six in a row. The last time either team won was February 1st, when the men’s team beat Minnesota.
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, WNUR Sports co-Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) takes a look back at the state of Northwestern sports ten years ago in honor of Kanye West’s debut album. This week marked the tenth anniversary of Kanye West’s debut album, “The College Dropout.” The album immediately made an impression with it’s blend of soul, old school R&B,
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WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) explains how the story of the 2014 Northwestern lacrosse team won’t be defined by the players it lost in recent years. It’s hard to believe that a season that ends with a Final Four appearance for a Northwestern athletic program would be considered a disappointment. But for Northwestern women’s lacrosse last year, that was
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Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look back at the season that was in Northwestern Wildcat athletics and hands out his awards for Male and Female Athlete of the Year and more. First of all, thanks to all of the service members and veterans, including my father Mark, for doing what they do. You all make this
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WNUR’s Lynden Ostrander previews today’s match-up between the Northwestern University Wildcats women’s lacrosse team and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels as the two teams fight to claim a spot in this year’s national championship game. Coverage of today’s contest begins at 3:30 at 89.3 FM in the Evanston/Chicago area and WNURSports.com worldwide. It’s official: Northwestern has punched their
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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 the Cats’ seven seniors as
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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 Sports’s Lynden Ostrander (@Lynden_O) previews today’s match-up in the second round of the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the Stanford University Cardinal. Is it any surprise that the Cats’ are a number 2 seed in the NCAA tourney? I mean they’ve only won seven of the last eight championships… yeah, no big deal. Even
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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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Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) gives four reasons that the Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse team should be favored yet again to win this year’s national championship. I realize I’m not making a ground-breaking statement by saying that the team that has won seven of the last eight national championships is a favorite to win it again this year.
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