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Everything you need to know about the 2025 Big Ten women’s lacrosse tournament

1 day ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics Postseason play is officially here as the 2025 Big Ten women’s lacrosse tournament begins Wednesday in College Park, Maryland. No. 1-seeded Northwestern, which already claimed the Big Ten regular season title, aims to maintain its unbeaten conference record this season and secure its third consecutive conference tournament victory. Here’s everything you need to know about the Wildcats’ quest for a three-peat.
Stick Season, Week 11: Conference champs

1 day ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics And just like that, the regular season is wrapped up, and the Wildcats are Big Ten regular-season champions for the third consecutive year. In this week’s Stick Season column, we’ll go over Northwestern’s final two conference games — a 15-6 win over No. 13 Michigan during the historic Lacrosse Night in Chicago, and a 20-12 win over Ohio State to go undefeated in conference play.
A.J. Henning Draft Diary: Pressure makes diamonds

2 days ago | insidenu.com | Ethan Segall

Note: This is the second piece of a three-part series profiling Northwestern wide receiver A.J. Henning as he prepares for the NFL Draft. Read the first installment, covering Pro Day, here. Forty-seven sweep to the left. Wishbone formation. A.J. Henning still remembers that play call — the one that resulted in his first ever touchdown — even though he was only seven or eight at the time. Henning said he’ll never forget that feeling of scoring six for his team.
Softball: Five things to know from a bounce back week on the diamond

3 days ago | insidenu.com | Ethan Segall

@NUSBcats / X Now there’s the Northwestern softball team we’re used to. After a major step back a weekend ago against Nebraska, Northwestern shook off the sweep with an undefeated week, pummeling Loyola 13-0 in the midweek before a weekend road sweep over Rutgers. With only two weeks left in the regular season, here are five things to know about the ‘Cats’ most recent developments. 1.
Tennis: Northwestern women sweep final regular season weekend in Indiana, men struggle on West Coast

3 days ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Northwestern Athletics The Northwestern women’s and men’s tennis squads closed out their regular seasons this past weekend, with both teams competing in two road matches. While the No. 50-ranked women (13-12, 6-7 B1G) defeated No. 60 Purdue 4-1 and Indiana 4-2, the No. 70-ranked men faltered on the West Coast, falling to No. 39 Washington 4-0 and No. 54 Oregon 4-1.
Northwestern lacrosse turned its Big Ten title into something more

6 days ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

The trophy-hoisting wasn’t new for Northwestern lacrosse. Nor were the confetti or the championship t-shirts. Claiming a fourth Big Ten regular season championship felt routine, given Northwestern’s titles in 2021, 2023 and 2024. And yet, when the No. 3 Wildcats routed No. 13 Michigan 15-6 on Thursday night to stand atop their conference once more, it felt anything but ordinary.
Stick Season, Week Ten: Dominance by chaos

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

This week’s Stick Season column will be relatively straightforward. The only game from this past week was Northwestern’s 19-10 rout of Oregon on Sunday afternoon, in which the starting lineup only played for one half of the game. But despite that, there’s never a shortage of topics to discuss regarding this team. I’m going to be impartial for a moment, but my absolute favorite place on Northwestern’s campus is Martin Stadium during the spring.
Softball: Five things to know from a deflating series against Nebraska

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Ethan Segall

@NUSBcats / X Well, that was no fun. After starting 8-0 in conference play, Northwestern has now dropped four of its last five Big Ten games, including this past weekend, where the Wildcats were bested on their home turf in a series sweep against Nebraska. With two run-rule losses and a shutout, Northwestern is left shaken and searching for answers. It looks like my weekly column will take on a solemn tone, but here are five things to know from a humbling series against the Huskers. 1.
BREAKING: Northwestern lands 6’6 Holy Cross transfer guard Max Green

1 week ago | insidenu.com | Yanyan Li

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Another transfer is on his way to Evanston. On Saturday, Holy Cross transfer guard Max Green committed to Northwestern, as reported first by On3’s Joe Tipton. Green is Northwestern head coach Chris Collins’ second get from the portal, as former USF guard Jayden Reid transferred to the program last week. Green, a 6’6 freshman from La Grange, Kentucky, has three years of eligibility remaining.
Women’s lacrosse Top 10 Talk: Week Seven

2 weeks ago | insidenu.com | Brendan Preisman

Dari Zehr/Princeton Athletics With only a week or so left in the regular season, the rankings are in constant flux. In the latest IWLCA coaches poll, only four teams in the top 25 (Northwestern, Stanford, Clemson and Drexel) hold the same ranking as last week. Every other team is in a different slot. Most of the movement has just been teams playing musical chairs and switching spots, but the standings being in flux proves most of the tiers of teams are basically dead even. Let’s get into it!1.