This Week in Northwestern Athletics: April 28

Discipline Hockey
For the sixteenth time in program history, Northwestern subject hockey heads to the NCAA Event this week exactly where it truly is set to encounter No. 20 Delaware in the initial round. The No. five Wildcats secured a person of three at-big berths to be a part of the 12-workforce subject in Chapel Hill, North Carolina following a ten-4 file in the regular period, which includes a two-activity sweep of No. 4 Iowa. This marks Northwestern’s fourth NCAA visual appearance under head coach Tracey Fuchs who turned the team’s all-time winningest coach previously this 12 months.

Chicago’s Massive 10 Staff enters the NCAA Event off an extraordinary overall performance in the Massive 10 Event previous week which featured a 2-1 win around No. 8 Rutgers in the initial round. Senior Christen Conley and sophomore Alia Marshall were being named to the All-Event workforce for their defensive attempts against Rutgers and Ohio Condition. 

The ‘Cats encounter off with Delaware at 2 p.m. CT Friday, and the winner will transfer on to play Iowa Sunday. 

Lacrosse
No. 2 Northwestern lacrosse starts its postseason marketing campaign this weekend at the Massive 10 Event in Condition University, Pennsylvania. The reigning champions of the 2019 Event, Northwestern secured this year’s only initial-round bye following an undefeated 11- regular period. The Wildcats will play the winner of Ohio Condition-Rutgers Friday with the initial attract set for 4 p.m. CT.

Northwestern’s offense is running at a historic speed, top the country with 20.64 targets and 19.36 targets per activity. The ‘Cats also guide the place in scoring margin, photographs and photographs on intention per activity. Izzy Scane, Lauren Gilbert and Lindsey McKone, the three-headed monster of that offense, were being all named as nominees for the Tewaaraton Award previous week, the maximum honor in collegiate lacrosse.

Are living coverage of Northwestern’s initial activity in the Massive 10 Event can be located on the Massive 10 Community.

Women’s Tennis
Northwestern can take aspect in the Massive 10 Event in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend, acquiring secured the competition’s three seed following likely seventeen-4 in workforce competitors this 12 months, which includes three wins around major-10 teams. With all 14 Massive 10 educational institutions competing, Northwestern holds a double-bye and will encounter the winner of Minnesota/Indiana-Penn Condition in its initial match Friday.

The Wildcats have four 12-win gamers in singles, Briana Crowley, Christina Hand, Clarissa Hand and Caroline Pozo, and a number of star doubles teams, which includes the Crowley/Julie Byrne pairing that has absent 6-1 in the initial position this 12 months. Chicago’s Massive 10 Staff blazed by means of the competitors this period, profitable 14-straight among Feb. 6 and Apr. nine and 16 of the initial seventeen to start off the period.

Northwestern’s initial match is scheduled to start off at midday CT Friday.

Men’s Tennis
Northwestern heads to the Massive 10 Event in Lincoln, Nebraska this weekend following likely 12-6 as a workforce in the regular period. The Wildcats secured the No. 2 seed in the west and the initial-round bye that arrives with it, set to play the winner of Penn Condition-Nebraska in their initial match Friday.

Northwestern has dominated in doubles this period, with the Simen Bratholm/Nick Brookes workforce recording a 11-4 in the initial position and the Chris Ephron/Dominik Stary workforce recording a 12-2 file in the second position. Presley Thienemen has been untouchable in the sixth position for Northwestern, constructing an undefeated ten- file in singles.

The Wildcats’ initial match is scheduled to start off at ten a.m. CT Friday.

Men’s Golfing
The men’s golfing program heads to Carmel, Ind. for the Massive 10 Championships this weekend. The Championships will start off on Friday and previous right until Sunday, May well 2.

Past weekend, the Wildcats tied for seventh out of seventeen teams and fifth out of 11 Massive 10 teams at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate tournament hosted by Ohio Condition. The ‘Cats tied for the ideal score in the opening round at 286. 

John Driscoll led the way for Northwestern, ending tied for second at a person-under par. Driscoll was continuously outstanding around the weekend, shooting seventy one-seventy one-70 in his three rounds. 

At the 2019 Massive 10 Championships, David Nyfjall acquired a major-15 finish, tying for 11th position at the tournament at ten-around-par.

Softball
Northwestern welcomes Illinois to Evanston for a four activity series this weekend. The ‘Cats will glimpse to make improvements to upon their 22-ten file.

The ‘Cats took a person activity previous weekend in a tight series against No. 20 Michigan. Danielle Williams tossed a complete-activity gem, allowing just a person run and two hits around seven innings, to enable the Wildcats safe a win in activity a person of the series. Catcher Jordyn Rudd had 5 hits, which includes a dwelling run, and 5 RBI around the series to guide the ‘Cats offensive attack, even though Skyler Shellmyer gathered 6 hits out of the guide-off place.

The video games will get position at three p.m. CT on Friday, midday and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Friday and Saturday’s video games will be streamed dwell on BTN+, even though Sunday’s contest will be broadcast on Massive 10 Community.

Baseball
Northwestern baseball appears to be to get again on observe this weekend as they welcome Michigan and Illinois to Rocky and Berenice Miller Park for two video games each. The ‘Cats will get on Michigan on Friday at three p.m. CT and Saturday at ten:30 a.m., then will play Illinois at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday and three p.m. on Monday. 

Past weekend’s series against Maryland and Iowa saw substantial performances from junior Shawn Goosenberg and initial-12 months Ethan O’Donnell. Goosenberg went 8-for-thirteen around the ‘Cats closing three video games on the weekend, capping off the series with a two-run dwelling run in the closing activity against Iowa. O’Donnell doubled his job dwelling-run whole with a three-dwelling run overall performance around the weekend. The Highlands Ranch, Co. native blasted dwelling operates in the closing three video games of the series, amassing 5 operates, 5 RBI, and three walks in the procedure.