Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics Liolios made Northwestern history in Evanston. Northwestern (20-22, 9-12 B1G) staved off a late-game rally attempt by Butler (14-30, 3-9 Big East), escaping with an 11-7 victory Tuesday afternoon at Miller Park in Evanston as infielder Trent Liolios broke the school’s single-season home run record. Northwestern shone in the … [Read more...] about Baseball: Liolios breaks single-season home run record as Northwestern overpowers Butler
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Tennis: Men and women both swept out of the Big Ten Tournament
Jeff Liang/Northwestern Athletics Northwestern women’s tennis’ streak of 22 straight NCAA Tournament bids is officially broken. The Northwestern men’s and women’s tennis teams have seemed in sync, for better or worse. Both teams entered the Big Ten Tournament as 10 seeds, and both teams were promptly swept by recent foes. The men fell to Michigan, who also swept the … [Read more...] about Tennis: Men and women both swept out of the Big Ten Tournament
Baseball: Liolios hits program single-season record 16th home run of the season en route to 11-7 victory over Butler
With the way junior infielder Trent Liolios was swinging the bat through the season’s first 30 games, it looked like Northwestern’s single-season home run record was bound to fall sooner or later. However, the Newport Beach, California, native soon went on an 11-game stretch without a home run, lulling at 15 homers. But Liolios finally... The post Baseball: Liolios hits program … [Read more...] about Baseball: Liolios hits program single-season record 16th home run of the season en route to 11-7 victory over Butler
Portal Watch: Arrinten Page Film Breakdown
Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Evaluating Northwestern’s potential starting center. Northwestern fans are going to miss Big Matt Nicholson. The Wildcats’ center rotation this year will be Arrinten Page and Cade Bennerman, with Tre Singleton moonlighting as a five-man in the event of foul trouble. NU fans may have had their issues with Nicholson, but he was a sturdy, … [Read more...] about Portal Watch: Arrinten Page Film Breakdown
Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern tops No. 7 Maryland in final seconds to win fifth Big Ten Championship
As No. 3 Northwestern led 7-6 with 95 seconds remaining in its Big Ten Tournament title clash with No. 7 Maryland Sunday, trouble struck. Junior attacker Madison Taylor, the team’s top scorer, received her second yellow card, disqualifying her for the remainder of the game and leaving the Wildcats (16-2, 8-0 Big Ten) a player... The post Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern tops No. 7 … [Read more...] about Lacrosse: No. 3 Northwestern tops No. 7 Maryland in final seconds to win fifth Big Ten Championship