[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 3/25

Sat Mar 26 11:39:19 CST 2005

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** Good Friday Edition **

Spring Football starting up, #1 Lacrosse turns it on to win big, Softball homers
lead to blow out, Baseball pulls one out, Tennis has trouble with the ranked 
teams, Swimming going great at the NCAAs and even some Alumni news today...

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FOOTBALL

     Spring Drills begin March 30th -
     Spring Game is April 23 - Watch for reports from Evanston.
     Time For Spring Ball - Part 1
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/362810.html 

     Big 10
     Paterno looking to fix woeful offense heading into spring football
      http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/gen/wire?messageId=29290109 
     + Penn State players face charges for ... firing arrows? 
      http://www.foxsports.com/cfb/story/3486548 
     Big East approves use of football instant replay 
      http://www.foxsports.com/cfb/story/3486814 
     Other Opponents
     ASU - Arizona State Football Begin Spring Practice Monday

http://thesundevils.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/031805aab.html 
     $ Robinson in His Element
      http://arizonastate.scout.com/2/363014.html 

RECRUITING

     Alex Loukas ScoutTV - Illinois Dual-Threat QB
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=362457&nid=1758488&fhn=1 

BASEBALL

     Wildcats Hold Off Big Green, Win 3-2
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/032405aab.html 
     Cats play Vermont and Cornell Friday

BASKETBALL

     Big 10
     Illini up to furious pace

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-050324illinigamer,1,75
95550.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini figure out UWM press

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-050324illiniside,1,494
3035.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Against Illini, UWM unable to really press the issue
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/251sd3.htm 
     + SchwartzUWM one thing; real test looms
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/schwartz/286728152496940.php 
     + Frank Hoops: Thursday Thoughts
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=363084 

     Badgers' mission: Wear out Hodge
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-1syr25.html 

     Redick's pin-point accuracy has Spartans' attention
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-1aust25.html 
     + Undermanned Duke still plugging along
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=23824 

     Davis on the hotseat
     Indiana AD wants more
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ncaant25.html 

LACROSSE

     NU Comes Back on New Hampshire, 14-9
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/032405aaa.html 
     + #1 NORTHWESTERN PULLS AWAY FROM UNH IN LACROSSE, 14-9
      http://www.unhwildcats.com/lacrosse/20042005/032405.shtml 
     + Northwestern pulls away late to beat UNH 14-9

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=80439 

     Northwestern lacrosse tops in latest national poll

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/03-24-05-541299.
html 

SOFTBALL

     'Cats Light Up St. Mary's, 16-0
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/032405aac.html 
     UNLV Escapes Northwestern, 2-1
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/032405aaa.html 

     Diamond Girls face Hawaii and Stanford Friday

     From last week
     Dotson's two-run shot saves Wildcats

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/03-24-05-539422.
html 

SWIMMING

     Men
     Wildcats In Sixth At NCAA Championships
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/032405aab.html 
     + Day One Finals
      http://www.collegeswimming.com/index.php?show=view_news&id=1066 

     NU Advances Four Events to Finals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/032405aad.html 
     Two swimmers earn honorable mention honors

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/03-24-05-539291.
html 

TENNIS

     Women
     Golden Bears Upset Wildcats, 4-2
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/032305aae.html 

     Men
     Wildcats Fall to No. 13 Pepperdine, 6-1
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/032305aab.html 

WRESTLING

     Cats' Herbert battles back to capture third

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/03-24-05-539252.
html 

MISCELLANY

ALUMNI

     Click on Luke's Name and you go to his scorecard
     Luke Donald is in 5th [-6] at the The Players Championship
      http://www.pgatour.com/players/scorecard/291587/r011/2005 
     Day two at Sawgrass
      http://www.pgatour.com/story/8323960 
     + Showdown at Sawgrass
      http://www.pgatour.com/scoring/leaderboard/r 

     Matt O'Dwyer PACKERS SIGN G MATT O'DWYER
      http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2005/03/24/1/ 

     Mark Loretta More Quotes on the season upcoming

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article_perspectives.jsp?ymd=2005
0324&content_id=976158&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp 

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