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The Scorecard: Chalk It Up
Fifth-year Grace Nieto told me that win or lose, this weekend’s games in Fayetteville would make the team better as long as they learned from the opportunities they had. I hope she’s right. After dropping the series to then-ranked No. 8 Arkansas and getting no-hit in one of them, Northwestern struggled to establish a fight. […]
Fencing: No. 6 Northwestern re-claims CCFC Championship, wins second title in three years
The Wildcats are back on top of the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference. After narrowly falling to Ohio State by one point at the 2025 championships, Northwestern avenged its loss a year later on Saturday by winning its second conference title in three years and third overall at the 2026 CCFC Championships held in Granville, Ohio. […]
Three keys for Northwestern men’s basketball vs. Indiana
After snapping its five-game losing streak with a thrilling win over Maryland, Northwestern (11-16, 3-13 B1G) heads down to Bloomington to face Indiana (17-10, 8-8 B1G) on Tuesday evening. While the Hoosiers have (like most teams) outplayed NU this year, recent history favors the Wildcats. They’ve won five straight against Indiana, their largest win streak […]
Baseball: Northwestern sweeps Hub City Invitational
Northwestern baseball (5-2, 0-0 B1G) flexed its prowess and potential this weekend in a thrilling four-game sweep of Cornell and Boston College at the Hub City Invitational. Each win showcased different aspects of Ben Greenspan’s squad — offensive depth, production with runners on base, plate discipline and clutch pitching. But the biggest takeaway from this […]
Tennis: Northwestern men show resilience against Denver, while its women easily quash DePaul
Northwestern tennis experienced a weekend of high-stakes drama contrasted with steady dominance at the Combe Tennis Center. The men’s side rallied for a gritty comeback win over Denver, while the women’s squad made quick work of DePaul. For No. 54 men’s tennis (10-3), Sunday was a test of character. After a tough 4-0 road loss […]
Softball: Northwestern tromps Southeast Missouri, drops three to No. 8 Arkansas
Northwestern’s (6-9, 0-0 B1G) roller coaster season continued in Fayetteville this past weekend against Southeast Missouri (3-10, 0-0 OVC) and No. 8 Arkansas (13-1, 0-0 SEC), as they took care of the Redbirds and fell to the Razorbacks to finish the weekend 2-3. Arkansas is the fourth ranked team NU has faced in a young […]
Big Ten Bracketology, Week 16: Wacky West Coast
The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s top 16 reveal shook up a few of the projected seeding decisions from prior weeks, although most teams largely remained in the same ballpark. No team in particular stole the show in the B1G this week, but there were buzzer-beaters, big upsets, and more in seemingly every West Coast game, […]
Rapid Reaction: Illinois rolls past Northwestern in 92-65 offensive outpour
As the game had lost its meaning before halftime, Northwestern’s downward trend continued and their hope of the Big Ten Tournament spiralled. The Wildcats (8-19, 2-14 B1G) suffered a 92-65 loss to Illinois (19-7, 9-7 B1G). This marked NU’s ninth consecutive loss overall and its eight straight against the Fighting Illini. Northwestern’s offense was led […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. Illinois: TV, streaming, radio, injury report
With the season weathering to a close, Northwestern will face off against Illinois in its penultimate home match of the season. The ‘Cats are looking to snap two skids today — an eight game losing streak overall, and seven straight loses to the Fighting Illini. Here’s how to follow along in this Sunday afternoon conference […]
Women’s Swim and Dive: Northwestern finishes ninth again at Big Ten Championships
Northwestern women’s swim and dive team placed ninth overall at the Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship title this past weekend at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. The ‘Cats matched their 2025 conference finish, despite scoring 446 points, a 37 point increase from last season. Entering the meet, No. 4 Michigan, […]
Collins’ Classroom: (Michael) Jordan Clayton
Thursday, 9;14 p.m. Central Time. Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Terminal 3, Gate H14. I have been here for three hours. Or maybe three years. I am supposed to visit my parents in Tucson, Arizona this weekend and my flight has been delayed by nearly five hours. My connection in Dallas is a distant fantasy at […]
Lacrosse: No. 4 Northwestern routs Marquette 25-7, dominating in draw battle
When Northwestern started slowly in the first quarter, a sense of familiarity — stemming from the Colorado upset — arose as the Wildcats held a narrow 5-3 lead over Marquette at the start of the second quarter. But the ‘Cats had found their rhythm since that moment and outpaced the Golden Eagles for the rest […]
Women’s Tennis: Northwestern suffers tough sweep at ITA Championships, bounces back against Fordham
Northwestern women’s tennis underwent an up-and-down last two weeks. From Feb. 6-8, it competed at the 2026 ITA National Team Indoor Championships as one of the two host teams, the other being Illinois. There, it suffered tough losses to No. 13 Auburn (0-4), No. 24 Oklahoma State (1-4) and No. 15 Virginia (1-4). The Wildcats […]
An evaluation of Northwestern lacrosse, four games in
Four games into 2026, Northwestern sits at 3-1, which on the surface seems like a plausible record for the ‘Cats to have thus far. What’s great about sports is that surface-level logic is never correct. It takes some digging into the numbers and film to uncover the important stories and patterns for any given team, […]
2025 Northwestern football position reviews: Defensive backs
We conclude our Northwestern football position reviews by breaking down the defensive backs, a group that competed relatively well against tough Big Ten offenses. Overall Grade: B+ Overall, Northwestern’s DBs held their own against a tough Big Ten slate. The Wildcats tied for eighth in the Big Ten in passes defensed and interceptions, recording 38 […]
Three takeaways from Northwestern’s modest 78-74 win over Maryland
For the first time in nearly three weeks, the Northwestern Wildcats left a court victorious. Their 78-74 victory over Maryland on Wednesday night snapped a five-game losing streak and gave a desperate team something to build on. Nobody is going to frame this box score, but a win is a win for a team that […]
What Northwestern women’s basketball needs to clinch a Big Ten Tournament berth
Despite what has been a season chock-full full of losses, Northwestern women’s basketball still has hopes of qualifying for the Big Ten tournament and thus making March Madness via the automatic bid. Standing at 2-13 in Big Ten play after its recent blowout loss to Michigan State, NU’s path is not obvious; yet, there is […]
Men’s Golf: Northwestern turns in solid performance at shortened Prestige
Northwestern men’s golf tied for sixth place out of 24 teams at the Prestige at PGA West, where play took place Monday and Tuesday before Wednesday’s final round was canceled due to high winds. Unsurprisingly, Daniel Svärd led the Wildcat charge by finishing in the top-10 at the Par 71, 7,094-yard course in La Quinta, […]
The Jordan Clayton Game
Chants of “JORDAN CLAYTON,” clap, clap, clap-clap-clap, echoed throughout Welsh-Ryan Arena. Clayton had the best game of his college career, posting a career-high 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting from deep, as he, alongside standout performances from Nick Martinelli and Angelo Ciaravino, helped propel Northwestern to its first win in February 2026 over Maryland, 78-74, on […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern snaps five-game losing streak in 78-74 win versus Maryland at home
In a battle of two teams in the teens of the Big Ten standings, the Northwestern Wildcats (11-16, 3-13 B1G) shook off a five-game losing streak by posting a 78-74 win, topping the Maryland Terrapins (10-16, 3-12 B1G) in their return to Welsh-Ryan Arena. It was a starry night in a back-and-forth affair, with Jordan […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern drops eighth in a row, falls 104-68 to No. 18 Michigan State
With Big Ten Tournament hopes hanging on by a thread, Northwestern (8-18, 2-13 B1G) suffered a lopsided 104-68 defeat to No. 18 Michigan State (21-6, 10-6 B1G). The Spartans pulled away in the second quarter, outscoring the visiting Wildcats 32-14 after a back-and-forth first ten minutes. Grace VanSlooten led the way for Michigan State, pouring […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern men’s basketball vs. Maryland: TV, streaming, radio, betting line, injury report
Northwestern (10-16, 2-13 Big Ten) is back at Welsh-Ryan Arena to host a team that has won two of its last three, the Maryland Terrapins (10-15, 3-11 Big Ten). For the second consecutive game, the Wildcats let it slip away in the second half to a ranked opponent, the latest being to No. 7 Nebraska. […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern women’s basketball vs. No. 18 Michigan State: TV, streaming, radio, injury report
Northwestern (8-17, 2-12 B1G) travels to East Lansing to face No. 18 Michigan State (20-6, 9-6 B1G) with its Big Ten Tournament hopes on life support. Since winning two straight against Rutgers and Wisconsin, the ‘Cats have lost seven straight. That losing streak has included two double-digit road losses to Indiana and Penn State, who […]
Baseball: The good, the bad and the best from the opening series against Rice
Spring is here, sort of. Well, it has arrived in the warm-weather cities and that means college baseball has made its emphatic return. As I gazed at the glorious, seemingly endless scoreboard on opening day this past Friday, I was reminded of the unfettered chaos that makes the sport so magical. Multiple 12-run blowouts, balls […]
Big Ten Women’s Swimming Championships primer
The postseason has arrived for Northwestern women’s swimming and diving, who have travelled north to the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center for the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. With competition ranging from Feb. 18-21, the ‘Cats will compete against some of the nation’s fastest programs, such as No. 4 Michigan, No. 6 Indiana […]
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