When Kelly Amonte Hiller was hired by Northwestern in 2002, the Wildcats–who started Division 1 womens’ lacrosse play in 1982–had never won a national championship. Hiller, a two-time NCAA Player of the Year at Maryland, immediately turned the NU program around, making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2004. The next season, she led the Wildcats to their
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Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse saw its streak of 10 straight Final Four appearances come to an end.
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Northwestern was trounced by Maryland the last time the two squared off, but having a pair of draw control specialists could change the Wildcats’ results in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
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After battling through an extremely long delay Friday to beat Louisville, Northwestern looks to advance past Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament.
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Our Tara Wendell breaks down a disappointing loss for Northwestern Lacrosse Going into this game, the ‘Cats were ranked #5. Stony Brook was #9. But those rankings are probably about to change, and Stony Brook might even overtake the ‘Cats. With a big 11-9 win over NU, Stony Brook looks poised to make a pretty strong run in the NCAA
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It took overtime, but sixth-ranked Northwestern won its third straight game Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field, taking down Penn 9-8 after Kaleigh Craig scored with 13 seconds left in the extra session. Craig went between the legs of Quaker keeper Lucy Ferguson for the game-winner, her second goal of the day and 18th of the season. Sheila Nesselbush added three
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WNUR’s Michael Stern (@michaeljstern23) previews the first-ever Big Ten women’s lacrosse game: a Final Four rematch between number-one Maryland and number-four Northwestern. Northwestern got a tough draw for their first Big Ten game of the season, and the first Big Ten lacrosse game ever. The number four Wildcats host defending champion and top-ranked Maryland tonight at Lakeside Field in a
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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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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 takes a look at Saturday’s match-up between the No. 4 Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse team and the No. 3 Florida Gators that swept the ‘Cats in their season series last year. Welcome to the second week of my column. Is there even a need for an intro when you’re talking about the seven-time Division 1 women’s lacrosse
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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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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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