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The Wildcats made their 2025 debut on Northwestern’s best venue. 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. … [Read more...] about Stick Season, Week Ten: Dominance by chaos

Nisha Hild appears in the final bout. | USA Fencing Hild finalizes a fantastic first-year campaign All good things must come to an end, and after four days of competition in Los Angeles for April’s North American Cup, Northwestern ended the season with a bang. Or, perhaps with a touch. On the final day of competition, four Wildcat fencers stepped up for the Junior … [Read more...] about Fencing: Nisha Hild takes home the gold in April NAC 

Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics Both teams stand at 4-7 in Big Ten play with one week until conference tournaments. The Northwestern men’s and women’s tennis teams stand in shaky positions with one weekend left in conference play. While the men were able to meet expectations this past weekend — splitting matches against the best and worst Big Ten … [Read more...] about Tennis: Men split, women stumble in home finales

@NUSBcats / X What’s wrong with the Wildcats? 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 … [Read more...] about Softball: Five things to know from a deflating series against Nebraska

Graduate student Sam Hliboki delivers a pitch. | Fatih Gorkem Imamoglu, The State News  A Big Ten upset the ‘Cats did not see coming.  With the faint flame of a winning season in their grasp, Northwestern (16-17, 7-8 B1G) entered its weekend series against Michigan State (19-15, 6-9 B1G). Yet the Spartan winds extinguished their hope, leaving the ‘Cats below .500 on … [Read more...] about Baseball: Wildcats drop series to Spartans after falling short in games two and three