[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 5/29

Mon May 29 12:43:49 CDT 2006

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Special "National Champs Again" Edition

Northwestern University is again the National Champ in Women's Lacrosse. The
Diamond Girls are also off to the next round in Oklahoma City, along with the
Tennis Cats double team, who play in the finals today. 
Alumni News, Golf, all in your digest this National Champ morning.

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That Big Story - LACROSSE

     NATIONAL CHAMPS AGAIN! Northwestern Defeats Dartmouth 7-4
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/052806aaa.html
     + National Champs - One More time
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/535076.html
     + Northwestern rallies for title

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/articles/2006/05/29/northwestern_rallies_f
or_title
     + 'Cats claim another title
      http://sports.bostonherald.com/college/view.bg?articleid=141316
     + Northwestern beats Dartmouth for championship
      http://sports.bostonherald.com/college/view.bg?articleid=141275
     + Wildcats adjust, repeat as national champions
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nux29.html
     + Back-to-Back Cats
      http://laxmagazine.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/052806aab.html
     + Lacrosse Wins 2nd National Title

http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/news/2006/05/28/Sports/Breaking.News.Lacrosse.W
ins.2nd.National.Title-2014512.shtml
     + Northwestern repeats as NCAA Champion

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=128809
     + Amazing feat: NU women rack up 2nd lacrosse title

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060528nulax,1,2054686.
story?coll=cs-college-headlines
     + Back-to-back national titles for Wildcats
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/295205097793177.php
     + Northwestern Tops Dartmouth for Women's Lacrosse Title [from the New York
Times]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/sports/othersports/29women.html?_r=1&oref=slog
in
     + NU Women's Lax Team Wins Repeat Title
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=31281

     Albrecht goes out on top

http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/articles/2006/05/29/albrecht_goes_out_on_t
op
     + Wildcat original thrives

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060528017
0may28,1,6188053.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print
     + Mission complete for Braintree's Albrecht
      http://sports.bostonherald.com/college/view.bg?articleid=141315
     + Albrecht, Northwestern find title is worth repeating
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/292sd7.htm

     GameTracker

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     2006 Finalists Announced for the Tewaaraton Trophy
      http://tewaaraton.com/home/132485.html

GOLF

     17th-Ranked Wildcats Head to Oregon
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/052606aab.html
     Championship Info
      http://www.ncaasports.com/golf/mens/schedules
     + portlandpilots.com
      http://portlandpilots.com/2006NCAAGolf.asp

SOFTBALL

     Wildcats World Series Bound!
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/052706aad.html 
     + Drysdale Field...The Softball Twilight Zone

http://wnursports.blogspot.com/2006/05/drysdale-fieldthe-softball-twilight.html 
     + Foster, Canney pitch in for NU

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060527nusoftball,1,473
7251.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Minutewomen lose their edge
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/052706aab.html 
     + Minutemen hoping their time is now
      http://sports.bostonherald.com/college/view.bg?articleid=141317 
     + Magical run ends for UMass

http://www.masslive.com/sports/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1148802257315
380.xml&coll=1 

TENNIS

     'Cats Punch Ticket to NCAA Doubles Semifinals
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/052706aac.html 
     Doubles Bracket

http://www.ncaasports.com/tennis/womens/brackets/straight32_dyn/2006/DI_doubles 
     Singles & Doubles
      http://www.ncaasports.com/tennis/womens/recaps/d1_finals_sd/2006 

BASEBALL

     Wildcats End Season With 8-3 Loss to Michigan
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/052606aaf.html 
     Big Ten Tournament: Day 5
      http://bigtenhardball.blogspot.com/2006/05/big-ten-tournament-day-5.html 
     Can You Pitch?
      http://bigtenhardball.blogspot.com/2006/05/can-you-pitch.html 

And the Rest...
FOOTBALL

     Preferred Walkon - Keegan Grant

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/sports/4_2_JO27_ATRACK_S1.asp 
     CFN: Northwestern

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Big_Ten/2006_Previews/Northwestern_preview.ht
m 
     Stories on future football opponents are down below...

RECRUITING

     Northwestern-Bound Michael Thompson And The Rising Stars Fall To Eric
Gordon, DeAndre Liggins and Indiana Elite After Going Undefeated In Pool Play At
Bob Gibbons TOC
      http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/toc1.html 

MISCELLANY

     Abe Rakov [Daily sportwriter among other things] recognized...
     Two Daily Staff Members Recognized For Excellence

http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/news/2006/05/26/Campus/Two-Daily.Staff.Members.
Recognized.For.Excellence-2014211.shtml 
     Purple hazing
      http://www.sptimes.com/2006/05/28/Perspective/Purple_hazing.shtml 

Alumni

     Levelle Brown RUSH KNOCKS OFF CHAMPS, 63-46, MOVES ON TO SEMIFINALS
      http://www.chicagorush.com/news.asp?ID=653 
     + Rush Oust AFL Champion Colorado Crush
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=31311 

     Mark Loretta Red Sox complete sweep of Devil Rays

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20060528&cont
ent_id=1476148&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos 

     PGA
     Luke Donald [Live Scorecard] at the BMW Championship

http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D
4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2006040&infosid=3&pageno=1 

     Nationwide Tour The Rex Hospital Open starts next week.
     Jess Daley [Live Scoring] -
     Tom Johnson [Live Scorecard]

     Canada
     Josh Habig - off until June 12

   2006 Football Opponents

     @ Miami of Ohio Red Hawks 6:30 8/31 ESPNU/C
     CFN Preview
      http://www.collegefootballnews.com/mac/2006_Previews/Miami_preview.htm 
     New Hampshire Wildcats 1 PM 9/9
     Eastern Michigan Eagles 1 PM 9/16
     Eastern Mich Preview

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/mac/2006_Previews/EasternMichigan_preview.htm

     @ Nevada Wolf Pack 7 PM 9/22 ESPN2
     @ Penn State Nittany Lions 9/30
     @ Wisconsin Badgers 10/7
     Purdue Boilermakers 10/14
     Michigan State Spartans 11 AM10/21 [HC]
     @ Michigan Wolverines 11 AM 10/28
     @ Iowa Hawkeyes 11/4
     Ohio State Buckeyes 11/11
     Ohio St. assistant undergoes bypass surgery

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/05/27/bc.fbc.osucoa
ch.surgery.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 
     Illinois Fighting Illini 11/18

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