NU Sports News Digest 3/6
NU Sports News
Publisher, Purple Reign
Posted Mar 6, 2006
Coach Roy


Lots of wins last weekend, here's the reporting along with the losses.


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

BASKETBALL
Men
Northwestern Downs Minnesota On Senior Day 57-53
+ 94% FT Shooting Gases Gophers: NU 57 Minn 53
+ Breaks finally go way of NU
+ Breaks finally go way of NU
+ Doyle's crunch-time heroics rescue Wildcats
+ NU’s NIT hopes intact

Minnesota was Saturday  - sort of "who cares coverage"
Gophers Fall In Regular Season Finale At Northwestern, 57-53
+ Regular season ends with loss on the road
+ Men's basketball: Northwestern 57, Gophers 53

Then its probably Penn State again
No. 8 Seed Penn State To Face No. 9 Seed Northwestern Thursday At Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
+ Men's team sitting in unique position at end of season

Other Big 10
Field Set For 2006 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament

Close encounters abound in Big Ten
+ Tournament schedule could be unkind to Illini
+ Weber takes issue with scheduling

Buckeyes clinch title outright
+ Bottoming out - Purdue finishes last in Big Ten for first time in 40 years

Illini victory Dee-lightful
+ Izzo: 'The Big Ten's going to miss Dee Brown'

Hot Hoosiers win fourth straight, clinch bye

Iowa ends up unscathed at home

FOOTBALL
RECRUITING
Aaron Nagel Commits to Notre Dame
+ Lemont football star Nagel commits to Notre Dame

Latest college football recruiting buzz

BASEBALL
Kentucky Sweeps Series; Wins Sunday Finale 10-3

game details from Kentucky
Baseball Completes Sweep of Northwestern
+ Coughlin Leads Baseball Over Northwestern
+ Baseball Blasts Northwestern, 19-3

GOLF
Men
12th-Ranked Wildcats in Fifth Place at Seminole Intercollegiate

Women
Northwestern Wins Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational

LACROSSE
No. 1 Northwestern Downs Ohio In ALC Opener, 19-3
+ Northwestern cruises by Ohio
+ Cats Ranked #1 by Womenslacrosse.com
SOFTBALL
Cats were at the Worth Invitational
+ No. 16 Northwestern Blasts Texas Tech, 7-0
+ No. 6 Stanford's Comeback Stuns No. 16 Northwestern, 5-4, in Eight Innings
+ No. 3 Tennessee Survives No. 16 Northwestern, 3-2

from Stanford
Rally caps out in full force for for invite

TENNIS
Men
Northwestern Returns to Action Versus Arizona State

Women
No. 9 Northwestern Comes Back to Upset No. 3 Georgia Tech

WRESTLING
Jake Herbert Takes 174-Pound Title at Big Tens; Wildcats Earn Fifth-Place Finish
+ Jake Herbert and Ryan Lang Qualify For Finals; Wildcats Tied For Fifth Place After Day One

Minnesota wins 2006 Big Ten Championship

Alumni
Luke Donald: Playing in the The Honda Classic
Tim Johnson - Next event is March 23rd

Started by "The Sage of the South" Frank Loomis - The Original Northwestern URL Link Service

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$ before a story means its from a source requiring a subscription.
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