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BREAKING: Northwestern women’s basketball hires Princeton’s Carla Berube as new head coach

Northwestern women’s basketball has its new commander-in-chief. Just 25 days after Joe McKeown coached his final game as Northwestern’s head coach, the university has hired his replacement in former Princeton head coach Carla Berube. Berube was hired by the Tigers in 2019 and led them to five NCAA Tournament appearances, two NCAA second-round berths and […]

Women’s lacrosse top 10 talk: Week Seven

Despite little movement at the top of the IWLCA coaches poll, there were plenty of storylines in the women’s lacrosse landscape over the past week. The contenders — led by UNC — appear established, but multiple teams are poised to make a competitive surge behind them. Let’s take a look at this week’s rankings. NOTE: […]

Baseball: Northwestern’s West Coast struggles continue in 8-3 loss to Portland

Despite an early lead thanks to solid starting pitching, Northwestern fell apart late to drop yet another game in the Pacific time zone. Following its series loss to Oregon, the ‘Cats (8-12, 2-4 B1G) stayed in the beaver state to play the Portland Pilots (15-7, 3-0 WCC) on Monday night. The Pilots entered the game […]

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The good, the bad and the best from an inconsistent performance in Eugene

One word to describe Northwestern Baseball’s first 17 games of 2026: polarizing. How do fans reckon multiple top-25 conference wins with four losses by 10 runs or more? At times — for two games apiece against Oregon this past weekend and UCLA the weekend prior — the Wildcats have hung with the Big Ten’s best. […]

The Scorecard: Pop The Champaign

It was the bottom of seven with two outs. Marina Mason glanced to her right and then to her left, sharing a brief moment with the fielders behind her. She wiped her fingertips on a cloth tucked in her back pocket and stepped to the rubber. It may have been in the back of her […]

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Softball: Mason’s no-hitter headlines harmonious weekend against Illinois

14 innings. 208 pitches. Two hits allowed. 14 strikeouts. One earned run. That was Marina Mason’s workload over this past weekend. Pure dominance. The first-year, who’s shown flashes of greatness throughout NU’s non-conference slate, has finally made her arrival to Big Ten softball. Mason spearheaded a Northwestern (15-14, 3-3 B1G) series sweep of the Illinois […]

Baseball: Northwestern starts slow but finishes strong in series loss to Oregon

Despite a thrilling extra-inning win in the finale, Northwestern baseball dropped its series against No. 21 Oregon in Eugene last weekend. The Wildcats (8-11-1, 2-4 B1G) followed a similar pattern from their previous series against USC: a lopsided loss in the opener, a more competitive defeat in the second game and a narrow victory in […]

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Women’s Swim and Dive: Northwestern close season with school record at NCAA Championships

Northwestern women’s swim and dive set a new school record and took a series of promising steps forward at the 2026 NCAA Division I Championships in Atlanta. Six Northwestern swimmers participated in the four-day competition, and by the time the meet wrapped up on Saturday, Northwestern had earned eight team points and finished 33rd among […]

Wrestling: Northwestern falls in NCAA Championships, earns 0 team points

A promising entry into the NCAA Championships quickly turned into an abrupt exit for the Wildcats. Northwestern (3-9, 1-7 B1G) sent a blend of experience and emerging talent to Cleveland, Ohio, with a returning qualifier and a breakout first-year, both punching their tickets out of a loaded Big Ten field.  Red-shirt second-year Sean Spidle (133 […]

Lacrosse: No. 11 Northwestern found its groove out west, defeating Oregon 17-3

After consecutive home losses to No. 14 Syracuse and unranked Ohio State, No. 11 Northwestern (6-3, 1-1 B1G) got back in the win column in a big way with a 17-3 trouncing of Oregon (6-4, 0-2 B1G) on Saturday afternoon’s contest in Eugene. Following Northwestern’s shocking loss to Ohio State on March 15 — its […]

Fencing: No. 6 Northwestern finishes sixth at 2026 NCAA Championships

For the first time since 1989, Northwestern fencing was mathematically capable of winning a national championship. After 36 years of Northwestern competing in a co-ed NCAA fencing championship with a women-only team, the NCAA reverted to separate gender championships this past season. That meant men’s and women’s scores were no longer combined to determine a […]

Northwestern men’s basketball player reviews: Reserves

Northwestern wrapped up the 2025-26 season with a struggling but encouraging campaign. One remarkable change this year was Chris Collins playing a wider rotation — 35.7% of minutes went to the bench, per KenPom, ranking 78th nationally. Here’s my review of Northwestern’s reserves who contributed this season. Max Green Though he was a legitimate shooter […]

Women’s Basketball: Who should Northwestern fans root for in March Madness?

Despite Northwestern’s season coming to an end with the ‘Cats losing 21 of their last 23 games, there is still a lot of college basketball to be played elsewhere around the nation. The NCAA women’s Round of 64 kicks off on March 20, and a champion will be crowned on April 5. Yet, as NU […]

Women’s lacrosse top 10 talk: Week Six

For the first time this season, Northwestern women’s lacrosse has fallen out of the top 10. Losses to Syracuse and Ohio State have sent the Wildcats’ season spiraling, and at 5-3, the ‘Cats currently sit at No. 11 in the IWLCA coaches poll rankings. Frankly, it’s exceedingly hard to imagine a top 10 talk excluding […]

The Scorecard: A Midseason Report

We’re about halfway through the regular season, and the official stretch of Big Ten play starts this week. Northwestern has already experienced its fair share of ups and downs, and if the first half is any indication, the rest of the season should bring plenty more twists and turns.  Regretfully, there was no available broadcast […]

Baseball: Northwestern walks off USC to claim first Big Ten win

The snow was coming down harder by the inning at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park. The handful of fans who had braved the weather hunkered down, prepared to endure extra innings in the blistering cold. Until, with two outs and a full count, Logan de Groot shot a single through the infield, scoring Jake Yang […]

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Softball: Northwestern sweeps series in Highland Heights

Northwestern softball dominated in Highland Heights, Kentucky this past weekend, sweeping four games against Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky and Northern Iowa. The Wildcats controlled the weekend from start to finish, as they outscored their opponents 45-8 over four games, while winning three of them on a run-rule. The series marked a major turnaround and confidence […]

Big Ten Bracketology, Post-Mortem: Selections Sorted

The Big Ten Tournament ended with the teams that had the two most interesting season-long storylines facing off against each other. Purdue was the preseason AP No. 1 team and started 17-1, but it was Michigan who went 19-1 in conference play and beat Wisconsin in the conference semifinals to claim wins against every team […]