NU Sports News Digest for 5/3

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

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LACROSSE [#1]

Manager, Friend And Teammate

Kjellman repeats as ALC Player of the Year
+ Kjellman sets career scoring mark in Hofstra rout
+ ALC All-Conference Team; Kjellman Repeats as POY
+ ALC All-Conference Team

Catch her if you can

NU Women's LAX Program Attempting to Surpass Maryland

No. 1 Seed Poised To Take ALC
+ Northwestern lacrosse No. 1 and rolling—again
+ No. 1 Northwestern ALC Tournament Notes
+ JHU Hosts ALC Tournament

NU lacrosse No. 1 and rolling—again

SOFTBALL [#8/#10]

NU vs. DePaul in softball

ESPN.com/USA Poll
USA Today/NFCA Poll

NU and OSU Pick Up Softball Weekly Honors

2007 Championship Information
+ Cats forced to play Big Ten waiting game

Women's TENNIS [#5]

NU hosting 1st and 2nd rounds
Wildcats Earn Program-Best Fifth Seed in NCAA Championships
+ Championship selections announced
+ First and second round sites and times
+ Championship Bracket
+ Six Big Ten Women's Golf Teams Invited to NCAA Regional Play

Doubles Pair and Two Singles Players Selected for NCAA Championships Field

FOOTBALL

Northwestern-Eastern Michigan Game To Be Televised
+ Big Ten Announces Nine Football Games to Appear on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 in 2007

Should I Stay or should I go?
How did the early entries do?

RECRUITING

Mike Thompson Local Guard Ready To Fill Leading Role At NU

More from Scout.com
ScoutTV: Anton Wilkins electrifying
Solid Illinois QB Keeping Busy
Turnley Holds One Offer
Linebackers Galore, Part 3

All-Ohio player commits to Northwestern

BASEBALL

Wildcats Defeat Illinois Tech 13-7

Huskies Down Wildcats 5-4 Tuesday Afternoon in Evanston

NU's Slide Continues

Iowa rips Wildcat pitching staff

GOLF

David Merkow Garners All-Big Ten Honors
+ Men's Golf Postseason Honors Announced

Low Finish Puts NCAAs In Jeopardy

Women
Kim Leads Cats To 3rd At Big Tens

SOCCER

Wildcats Enjoy Successful Spring Season

Men's TENNIS

Torricelli Disappointed To Fall Short Again

MISCELLANY

NCAA Releases Three-Year Academic Progress Rate Data
+ NCAA Penalties for Low Graduation Rates to Rise
+ NCAA punishes 12 teams for academic woes
+ NCAA hits schools for lagging academic progress
+ Black colleges, Katrina schools cited
 

Alumni

Kevin O'Neil Olson hires O'Neill in staff shakeup

Joanne McCallie "It Had To Be Duke"

Mark Loretta ASTROS NOTES: Management discusses state of team

J.A. Happ - Scheduled to pitch tonight

Stewart Mandel: The 'bag returns to discuss Big Ten hype and more

Three Cats sign as free agents

PGA Wachovia Championship
Luke Donald - Afternoon Start
+ Donald moves into world's top 10

Tom Johnson - off this week

Nationwide Tour Fort Smith Classic Presented by Stephens Inc.
Jess Daley - off

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Coach Roy's Comments on the stories are in Italics:
Remember that I try to only get one copy of an AP story.
$ before a story means its from a source requiring a subscription.
Opinion Columns usually have the name of the writer in bold at the front of the headline.
Yes, we use Google News, First Headlines and Yahoo as part of our search for Wildcat stories.

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