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Stick Season, Week 13: Crown her

1 day ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics It’s NCAA tournament time! After a brief hiatus, Stick Season is back this week to recap Northwestern’s 15-7 win against Michigan. Of course, we’ll start with junior attacker Madison Taylor’s historic 10-goal performance, which broke an NCAA tournament single-game record. We’ll also dive into the Wildcats' ability to bounce back from adversity and its offensive tendencies.
BREAKING: Northwestern softball selected to seventh-consecutive NCAA tournament

4 days ago | insidenu.com | Miguel Muñoz |Yanyan Li |Harris Horowitz

Northwestern Athletics / nusports.com Evanstonians, rejoice. Yet another Northwestern team will be making a postseason appearance. After a somewhat tame winter season, Northwestern softball joins lacrosse as another spring sports team to make it to NCAA postseason action.
Rapid Reaction: Northwestern blows by Michigan 15-7 in NCAA second round

4 days ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics The Wildcats keep rolling. On Sunday, the No. 3-seeded Northwestern lacrosse defeated Michigan 15-7 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Wildcat got off to a quick start and never let its foot off the gas, staying in the driver’s seat all the way through. Northwestern’s Madison Taylor led all scorers with a whopping 10 goals on 11 shots, breaking Selena Lasota’s single-game NCAA tournament goals record from 2018.
Making the case for all the 2025 women’s Tewaaraton Award finalists

4 days ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics After Northwestern’s Izzy Scane was considered the favorite to win the women’s Tewaaraton Award in 2023 and 2024, the race for college lacrosse’s highest individual honor is wide open in 2025. All five finalists, announced last Thursday, came from the clear-cut top three teams in the nation, and they all have a strong argument to make for winning.
Answering all your questions about the 2025 NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament

6 days ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li |Brendan Preisman |Sophia Vlahakis

Northwestern Athletics The 2025 NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse tournament kicks off today with the first round. Although Northwestern doesn’t begin play until the second round on Sunday, May 11, we wanted to celebrate opening day with a piece previewing the Wildcats’ run ahead. In this piece, Inside NU’s EIC Yanyan Li, as well as former EICs Brendan Preisman and Sophia Vlahakis follow up on their preseason preview to answer all the questions you may have about the NCAA tournament.
BREAKING: Northwestern’s Madison Taylor named 2025 Tewaaraton Award finalist

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics For the second consecutive year, Northwestern junior attacker Madison Taylor will wrap up her lacrosse season with a trip to Washington, D.C.On Thursday, Taylor was named one of the five women’s finalists for the 2025 Tewaaraton Award, which is given annually to the top player in Division I women’s lacrosse.
Women’s basketball player reviews: Caroline Lau

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images Next up in Inside NU’s series of women’s basketball player reviews is point guard Caroline Lau, who just finished her junior season with Northwestern. Let’s start with the obvious: Lau’s biggest strength is her passing. During the 2024-25 season, she averaged a career-high 6.0 assists per game, which ranked tenth nationally and led the Big Ten.
Katie Ledecky Is Timeless, But Her World Record Further Mythologizes Her Past ...Middle East

1 week ago | en.pressbee.net | Yanyan Li

By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam Opinions in this article don’t necessarily reflect the views of SwimSwam as a whole. Who remembers where they were when Katie Ledecky broke the women’s 800-meter freestyle world record at the 2016 Olympic Games? I, for one, was in middle school when it happened.
Katie Ledecky Is Timeless, But Her World Record Further Mythologizes Her Past

1 week ago | swimswam.com | Yanyan Li

Opinions in this article don’t necessarily reflect the views of SwimSwam as a whole. Who remembers where they were when Katie Ledecky broke the women’s 800-meter freestyle world record at the 2016 Olympic Games? I, for one, was in middle school when it happened. I had just landed in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport around 2 a.m. local time after a late-night flight and was sitting in the car rental area as my parents tried to figure out transportation for our summer vacation.
BREAKING: Northwestern lacrosse earns No. 3 overall seed in 2025 NCAA tournament

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics The NCAA tournament is in Evanston once more. On Sunday night, the official bracket for the 2025 NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse tournament was revealed. Northwestern (16-2, 8-0 B1G), who punched its ticket by winning the Big Ten tournament last week, was given the third overall seed. The seeding means the Wildcats will earn a first-round bye and host their tournament games until the Final Four.