NU Sports News Digest for 5/15

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

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LACROSSE [#1]

Slow start can't stop NU lacrosse
+ Top-Seeded Wildcats Advance to Quarterfinals With 19-7 Win Over Holy Cross
+ Gothelf: Can anyone stop NU lacrosse?
+ 'Cats roll
+ Women's notebook: The tourney wears on
+ Top-seeded Northwestern takes care of Holy Cross, 19-7
+ WLax: No. 1 Northwestern Cruises into NCAA Quarterfinals
+ Top-Seeded Wildcats Advance to Quarterfinals With 19-7 Win Over Holy Cross
+ Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Triumph In 3-peat

Up Next - Syracuse
Makin' music: Syracuse downs Vanderbilt to earn first ever Tourney win; next stop

Women's UPdated Bracket

SOFTBALL [#8/#10]

NU softball No. 2 seed
+ Northwestern Earns No. 2 Overall Seed in NCAA Tournament
+ Freshman Building For The Future
+ WNUR: breaks down the matchups

No. 6 Northwestern Falls in Big Ten Tournament Final, 2-1
+ Northwestern drops the Big Ten title game
+ Buckeyes Outlast Wildcats For Big Ten Softball Title
+ 'Cats Claw Past Michigan In Big Ten Softball Tournament

Women's TENNIS [#5]

Wildcats Earn Fourth-Straight Trip to NCAA Round of 16; Defeat Indiana, 4-1

FOOTBALL

Case of Paterno's salary reaches high court
+ Injury forces Penn St. player out of football

2007 Preview: Eastern Michigan Eagles

RECRUITING

Northwestern gets two Chicago-area kids
+ Fruendt, Shurna commit to NU
+ Northwestern gets commitments from Shurna, Fruendt
+ Batavia hoops star Fruendt commits to Northwestern

AMC: Dunigan Shines in Big Man Matchup
$ Porcelli Holds Three Offers
$ Focus '08: Zach Martin
$ Houston Top 100 Senior Prospects: 81-90

BASEBALL

Spartans Win Game Two 6-4; Sweep Saturday Doubleheader
+ NU Swept, Won't Play In Postseason

GOLF

'Cats Move Up One Spot; Finish 12th at NCAA Regionals
+ 12th-Place Finish Ends Cats' Season

MISCELLANY

Murphy's Mark: NCAA Postseason Action in Full Swing

Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week

Alumni

Mark Loretta Astros turn in full team effort in 5-1 win over D-backs

J.A. Happ Drops game over weekend

PGA - The Players Championship
Luke Donald Finished tied for 16th

Tom Johnson at the AT&T Classic this week

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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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