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A celebration of women’s lacrosse: Northwestern hosts the Final Four at Martin Stadium
On Friday afternoon, women’s lacrosse’s holiday season made its way to Evanston. Northwestern took down Johns Hopkins 16-11, just hours after UNC toppled Maryland 16-6, setting the stakes for a national championship rematch Sunday afternoon. But, with the Final Four taking place for the first time in its forty-four-year history outside of the Eastern Time […]
Three keys for Northwestern lacrosse’s championship Sunday against UNC
Every great show builds to a final act. For the ’Cats, that moment arrives Sunday. On their lake, in their time zone, in front of their crowd. The Lake Show has been waiting for this stage all season. The circumstances couldn’t be better. After defeating Johns Hopkins en route to the championship, NU is now […]
Northwestern flexes championship mentality and growth in NCAA semifinal win over Johns Hopkins
With seven minutes left in its first-ever Final Four appearance, Johns Hopkins found itself in a perilous spot: facing a five-goal deficit against Northwestern, the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Jays found life at the 5:52 mark in the form of a Paige Willard goal – one that seemed to […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern holds on against Johns Hopkins, advances to fourth-straight NCAA Championship
No. 1-seeded Northwestern used offensive firepower and a big second quarter to outlast No. 4-seeded Johns Hopkins 16-11 in the NCAA Semifinals on Friday evening at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. Fans packed the stands to the brim, while purple jerseys and flags flooded the student section. Evanston became the first city not in […]
Gamethread/How to watch Northwestern vs. Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Semifinals
For the first time in NCAA lacrosse history, the Final Four has arrived to Evanston. No. 1-seeded Northwestern will square off against No. 4-seeded Johns Hopkins in the semifinals. NU has not lost to Johns Hopkins since 2014, and most recently beat them 16-12 inside the Ryan Fieldhouse on March 29. This marks the ‘Cats’ […]
Northwestern women’s basketball roster preview
With a majority of the college basketball transfer activity wrapped up, Head Coach Carla Berube basically has her first Northwestern roster for the ‘26-27 season. Over the course of the offseason, Northwestern lost four of its six main rotation players from last year’s team, with Grace Sullivan, Caroline Lau and Tate Lash graduating, and Tayla […]
ROUNDTABLE: Predictions for Northwestern lacrosse in Final Four
We are one day away from the NCAA lacrosse Final Four kicking off in Evanston. Northwestern is hoping to defend home turf while pursuing the program’s 9th championship and its first since 2023. Inside NU’s writers shared their predictions for how the ‘Cats will fare in the high-stakes battles set to occur on the lakefront. […]
Three keys for No. 1-seeded Northwestern lacrosse vs. No. 4-seeded Johns Hopkins in the Final Four
Northwestern got its revenge on No. 8-seeded Colorado in the NCAA Quarterfinals after losing back in February. The Wildcats and Buffaloes played arguably the best game of the tournament so far, but Johns Hopkins win over No. 5-seeded Stony Brook rivals it. Both quarterfinal matchups ended in favor of the home team, 13-12. With 5:04 […]
Men’s Golf: Northwestern finishes season tied for eighth at the NCAA Athens Regional
Northwestern wrapped up its season at the NCAA Athens Regional, finishing tied for eighth in a loaded 13-team field that featured eight top-50 programs, including No. 1 Auburn. The ‘Cats opened the tournament with a 2-over team score and sat in 10th place after the first round. Ethan Tseng provided the highlight of the day […]
Stick Season: One Final Hurdle
94 days after suffering their most shocking loss of the 21st century, the Lake Show found redemption and exercised its early-season demons in a 13-12 win over Colorado — an NCAA Quarterfinal to remember for ages. That is, of course, an objective statement. Memorable for Madison Taylor, who was clutch beyond the 12-meter arc last […]
Women’s lacrosse top 10 talk: Week 15
Alongside the women’s lacrosse Final Four comes the penultimate edition of top 10 talk in 2026. Similarly to last week, no new IWLCA coaches poll was released, but the top four teams from its most recent poll still ended up being the teams in this year’s national semifinals. Let’s see how they each stack up. […]
2026 Northwestern baseball post-mortem: what went so wrong?
In my inaugural column for the 2026 season, I wrote, “This year could be one of the more consequential in recent Northwestern baseball history.” Unfortunately, I agree with my March self. I say this unfortunately because after wrapping the season with a series loss at Rutgers, the Wildcats have officially finished dead last in the […]
Women’s basketball player reviews: Casey Harter
Inside NU will wrap up our Northwestern women’s basketball player reviews with junior guard Casey Harter. The Harleysville, Pennsylvania, native stood out for maintaining her remarkable consistency and durability while improving her offensive production and efficient shotmaking. That growth is encouraging and must continue as Harter enters her senior year, where she may be tasked […]
Northwestern men’s basketball 2026-27 roster preview
Though a couple more additions may come in the coming months, Northwestern men’s basketball’s 2026-27 roster has essentially arrived. The past couple months have brought about a whirlwind of changes to head coach Chris Collins’ squad. Nine players hit the transfer portal and left for new homes, leaving Collins scrambling to rebuild his roster. Just […]
Meet the other teams in the Women’s Lacrosse Final Four
After a season of anticipation, this weekend the women’s Final Four is on its way to Evanston. To get here, the ‘Cats barely survived their regional bracket, squeaking by Colorado 13-12 in a 20T thriller. But now, Northwestern is just two games away from its ninth national championship, playing in its seventeenth Final Four. However, […]
Track: Northwestern ends four-decade absence with podium finishes at Big Ten Outdoor Championships
The last time Northwestern made an appearance in the Big Ten Outdoor Championships was in 1986 — when Carol Boyd Earls finished sixth in the 5,000m run. 38 years later, in Lincoln, Neb., the Wildcats made their highly-anticipated return to the Big Ten outdoor postseason and left with some podium finishes, courtesy of first-year Cary […]
Northwestern Men’s Basketball recruits and walk-on breakdown
Northwestern is amidst an identity crisis. The ‘Cats lost nine players in the transfer portal, leaving their roster with just three returning players. In addition to bringing in seven players out of the transfer portal, Chris Collins signed multiple recruits/preferred walk-ons to replenish Northwestern’s depleted roster. With all the change of this offseason, there are […]
If Northwestern teams were Dillo Day sets
One of the best days of the calendar year is here. Dillo Day, the biggest student-run musical festival in the nation, returns to Northwestern’s Lakefill on Saturday afternoon. Mayfest Productions has once again provided the Northwestern community with a star-studded setlist, headlined by artists like BabyChiefDoIt, Daya and Malcolm Todd. With sunny skies expected all […]
The Scorecard: Four Feet Under
Northwestern’s season has come to an end with the epitome of salt in the wound: the absence of an NCAA tournament berth. But this outcome was never particularly shocking. The Wildcats spent the entire season failing to answer the defining question every bubble team eventually faces: why should the committee trust this team with a […]
Going Portaling: LA Pratt
This is the third edition of Going Portaling, Inside NU’s Northwestern MBB transfer analysis column. The previous two articles have covered Jack Karasinski and Luke McEldon. This one will cover LA Pratt, the graduate transfer guard making the directional jump from Northeastern to Northwestern. Pratt is a true point guard at 6-foot-5 who ran Northeastern’s […]
Three takeaways from Northwestern lacrosse’s thrilling 13-12 quarterfinal takedown of Colorado
On Thursday, the game between Northwestern and Colorado ascended beyond anything you’d ever expect from your stereotypical midday ESPNU slot. It had everything you could want from a lacrosse game and drama that matched the immense magnitude of the moment. Double-digit card totals, posts that groaned instead of rippled, a tying goal from Colorado’s Maddie […]
BREAKING: Columbia forward Ryan Soulis commits to Northwestern men’s basketball
Columbia sophomore Ryan Soulis has committed to Northwestern, Jon Chepkevich (@JonChep) of DraftExpress announced on X. The 6-foot-10 forward from Athens, Greece averaged 5.8 points. 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.9 blocks in 20.0 minutes per game last season for the Lions. Soulis started 17 of the 26 games he played in, and spent the […]
Northwestern athletics’ 21st century Dillo Day track record
Dillo Day is right around the corner, and with an NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Quarterfinal wrapping up and Rutgers coming to town to take on Ben Greenspan and company, we at InsideNU put our minds to work to find what memories Northwestern athletics have given ‘Cats faithful on Dillo Day weekend. Here’s what we came up […]
Unshakable belief carries Kelly Amonte Hiller and Northwestern lacrosse back to the Final Four
Rarely does it feel appropriate to say that a team has Kelly Amonte Hiller’s number. Widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in the history of women’s lacrosse, Coach Amonte Hiller is usually the one getting the better of the X’s and O’s. This year, Colorado head coach Ann Elliott Whidden schemed things […]
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern punches ticket to Final Four, taking down Colorado 13-12 in a 2OT instant classic
No. 1 Northwestern (17-3, 7-1 in B1G) avenged its February loss and advanced to its seventh-straight Final Four, defeating No. 8 Colorado (16-4, 4-1 in Big 12) 13-12 in a 2OT thriller. Colorado’s Maddie Shoup’s eight points, four goals and four assists were all game highs. Madison Taylor had four goals of her own, while […]
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