Women’s Soccer: Clem leads Wildcats into NCAA Tournament matchup with Butler
Women’s Soccer After four consecutive positive results at the beginning of Big Ten play, Northwestern was hitting its stride. The Wildcats couldn’t have expected the disappointing stretch that...
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Women’s Soccer Lauren Clem was all by herself, standing on the back line with the fate of her senior season coming right at her. Northwestern was in penalty kicks after 110 scoreless minutes in the...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Wildcats aim to reach second consecutive Sweet 16 at UCLA
Women’s Soccer Kassidy Gorman remembers when Northwestern was at the bottom, when winning in the NCAA Tournament wasn’t the baseline. When she was recruited, the Wildcats had one of the worst records...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Wildcats fall in dramatic overtime defeat to No. 2 UCLA
Women’s Soccer Northwestern was 25 yards away from a miracle. Junior midfielder Marisa Viggiano set up for a free kick just outside No. 2 UCLA’s goal box and sent the ball at the net, toward nine of...
View ArticleWood named Big Ten Freshman of the Week again
Women’s Soccer For the third time this season, freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Wood won the award for her performances against Indiana and Purdue. Against...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Rival Illinois stands between Northwestern and tournament spot
Women’s Soccer Northwestern played its last three games against lower-ranked opponents and finished across the board: Losing to Maryland, beating Purdue and tying Illinois. For their final two games,...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Returning Viggiano sparks Northwestern’s victory over Illinois
Women’s Soccer Going into Thursday’s game against Illinois, Northwestern knew that a positive outcome would be crucial for its chances of making the Big Ten tournament. The Wildcats had gained only...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern ends regular season with devastating 1-1 tie
Women’s Soccer The painful reality for Northwestern is that if any of the six games it was projected to win went its way, the Wildcats would all be going to practice tomorrow. Instead, after tying...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern misses out on Big Ten Tournament
Women’s Soccer Following Nebraska’s 2-0 win over Michigan State on Wednesday in the final Big Ten regular season game of the season, Northwestern was officially eliminated from competing in the Big...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Wildcats hopeful to qualify for the NCAA Tournament
Women’s Soccer Having to go through two weeks without any games has turned coach Michael Moynihan into an RPI expert who’s obsessed with the numbers. After tying last Sunday in the regular season...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern qualifies for the NCAA Tournament
Women’s Soccer For the first time under coach Michael Moynihan, there was tension in the room when Northwestern convened to watch the NCAA Tournament selection show. But even after struggling down the...
View ArticleWomen’s Basketball: Pulliam’s late free throws give NU upset victory over...
Women’s Basketball With a little over two minutes left, it appeared Northwestern was on its way to a season-opening loss to Green Bay. Down 55-47 on the road to the Phoenix, the Wildcats had scored...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Wildcats were desperate, now excited for NCAA chance
Women’s Soccer For the first time since conference play began in September, Northwestern does not have any problems. For a while, the Wildcats had scoring issues followed by an even bigger battle with...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern season ends in a way no one expected
Women’s Soccer When coach Michael Moynihan was hired to coach Northwestern in 2011, he brought a vision for how the program would play and how much success it would have. Then, over the last seven...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Three Northwestern women’s soccer players drafted
Women’s Soccer When coach Michael Moynihan was recruiting Kayla Sharples, Hannah Davison and Marisa Viggiano, he was selling a program without a history of success, the best facilities in the...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: The Mexican U-20 National Team impresses Northwestern in an...
Women’s Soccer The last time Mackenzie Wood took the field, the freshman goalkeeper had two senior defenders — now playing professionally with the Chicago Red Stars — helping to protect the goal for...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer: New players look to lift Wildcats past 2018 season, reach...
Women’s Soccer When Northwestern takes the field in its season opener against Southern Methodist on Thursday, the squad will look very different from last year’s. The Wildcats graduated 10 seniors —...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern falls to SMU in home opener
Women’s Soccer Ten players made their Northwestern debuts Thursday night against Southern Methodist, donning their purple shirts for the first time as the Wildcats opened their 2018-19 season at...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer: Northwestern silenced by Notre Dame’s rapid offense
Women’s Soccer Despite a solid first half featuring close shots and steady ball possession, Northwestern fell 4-0 to Notre Dame on Sunday, keeping the Wildcats scoreless through their first two games...
View ArticleWomen’s Soccer: Northwestern holds off William & Mary for first win of season
Women’s Soccer With its 2-1 victory over William & Mary at home on Sunday, Northwestern can finally add a tally to its win column. The triumph came thanks to a steady performance by Wildcats goalie...
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