WNUR Sports staffer Lynden Ostrander takes a look at Northwestern Wildcats softball players Amy Letourneau and the success she has found in the circle and at the plate during her sophomore season. Wildcat Sophomore Amy Letourneau has raised her talents to new heights on the softball diamond. During the past two weeks, Letourneau has tossed two no-nos, and became the
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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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The No. 4 Northwestern University Wildcats women’s lacrosse team defeated the No. 15 Stanford University Cardinal 12-8 at Lakeside Field in Evanston. The Cardinal kept the game close at halftime as they trailed 8-7, but the ‘Cats held Stanford to only one goal in the second half to take the victory. Northwestern is now 13-1 on the season and will
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WNUR’s Ryan Connelly Holmes sat down with Northwestern Wildcats softball head coach Kate Drohan to talk about the team’s big weekend against Illinois and preview their upcoming match-up with the Iowa Hawkeyes. You can catch Saturday’s game here on WNUR’s U-Stream account by clicking here. The pre-game will begin at 12:40 with opening pitch around 1:00.
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WNUR’s Nick Scoliard sat down with Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller this week to preview this weekend’s games against Duke and Standford. You can hear both of those games right here on WNUR Sports, with Friday’s pre-game beginning at 6:40 and Monday’s at 12:40.
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz sat down with Northwestern baseball head coach Paul Stevens to discuss the team’s series against Purdue last week and give a preview of this week’s series against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. You can catch the first game of that series right here on WNUR Sports on Friday. The pre-game will begin at 2:40 with opening pitch at
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) turns back time to see what would happen if Northwestern hadn’t torn down the old Patten Gym to build the Technological Institute. In this version of What If, we’re turning back the clock. Way back. 1909. In that year, the old Patten Gym opened on Sheridan Road, where Northwestern’s Technological Institute now
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) constructs the ideal head coach for Northwestern Wildcats athletics. During the process that led to the hiring of Chris Collins, there was a lot of talk about “the basketball Fitz.” Everyone was looking to hire a charismatic leader that would inspire the fan-base and be a great face for the program. Judging purely on
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After Northwestern’s open football practice, WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas sat down with Wildcats running back Venric Mark. Click below to hear Mark’s thoughts about spring practice and the upcoming football season.
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After today’s Open Spring Practice, Northwestern Wildcats head football coach Pat Fitzgerald met with the media to discuss the state of the team. Below is the full audio from the press conference following the practice.
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WNUR SportsVoice Producer Nick Scoliard sat down with Northwestern Wildcats women’s lacrosse head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller to preview tonight’s match-up with the No. 8 Penn State Nittany Lions at Lakeside Field. You can hear that broadcast right here on WNUR at 6:40 with the pre-game and 7:00 with the opening draw as Jim Sannes and Joe Misulonas take you
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WNUR Public Relations and Finance Director Greg Mroz (@GregDMroz) sat down with Northwestern Wildcats softball head coach Kate Drohan to talk about the team’s difficult non-conference schedule, Emily Allard’s injury and the contributions of the team’s freshmen. WNUR Sports will be broadcasting Saturday and Sunday’s games this weekend as the ‘Cats take on the Illinois Fighting Illini at Sharon J.
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