[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 3/12

[Roy Lamberton]

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Delayed Weekend Wrapup Edition

All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Original Index to online News about
Northwestern University Athletics

Spring Practice has started around the Big 10 - you can follow stories on the
spring down below

LACROSSE [#2]

     Big Second Half Fuels 13-4 Win Over No. 15 Penn
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/030907aac.html 
     + Friday Tailgate: Cielak's Last Licks [the wrath of Northwestern]
      http://laxmagazine.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/030907aak.html 
     + Northwestern women route Penn
 
http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=152616 
     + No. 2 Northwestern Defeats No. 15 Penn, 13-4
      http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=5141 
     + PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
      http://www.womenslacrosse.com/home.shtml?p=bert_and_Ernie 

SOFTBALL [#8]

     Tammy Williams Tabbed Big Ten Player of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/030607aab.html 
     2007 Statistics
 
http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/stats/2006-2007/teamstat.html 
     Next up:  Missouri Tournament 3-16-3/18
     2007 Schedule
 
http://www.fansonly.com/schools/nw/sports/w-softbl/sched/nw-w-softbl-sched.html 

FOOTBALL



RECRUITING

     Student athletes wrestle with school choices
 
http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Sports/2007/3/8/Student_athletes_wrestle_with_sc
hool_choices 

     Class of 2008 Positional Rankings: Top Post Prospects


BASKETBALL
Men

     Northwestern Falls To Michigan State In First Round Of Big Ten Tournament
     + NU falls to Michigan State in Big Ten Tournament opener

     Rittenberg: Missed shots just one of Wildcats' problems this season
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=288992 
     Truog: SjT: on Basketball
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/626179.html 

Around the Big 10

     Six conference teams head to tourney
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-070311bigtenncaa,1,298
1528.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illinois just squeezing in
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-070311illini,1,6565191
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Overall, OSU still happy
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/292972,CST-SPT-big12.article 
     + Wisconsin holds out hope for Butch 
     http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/293306,CST-SPT-wisnt12.article 

     Myslenski's final 4 thoughts
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-070311skipbox,1,562245
2.htmlstory?coll=cs-college-headlines 

FENCING

     Wildcats' NCAA Regional Results
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-fenc/recaps/031107aaa.html 

GOLF

     Liliana Alvarez Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/030907aaa.html 

SWIMMING

     Junior Andrea Hupman Earns All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA
Championships
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/031107aab.html 

MISCELLANY

     Northwestern University Signs With Compass Knowledge Group ...
      http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb510330.htm 

Alumni

     Mandel: Selection committee sets Florida up for repeat
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/03/11/bracket.react
ion/index.html 

     Wilbon: No. 2 in the Seedings, No. 1 in the End?
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/11/AR2007031101776.
html 
     + Who'll Be the Next Mason?
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030602590.
html 
     Ira Berkow Interview in Sports Biz Journal
 
http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=department.main&depart
mentId=66&issueDate=2007-03-12 
     J.A. Happ Phils' Happ stumbles, but still confident
 
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070312&content_id=18
40295&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi 

     PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r009/ 
     Luke Donald
     Tom Johnson both Scheduled

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