NU Sports News Digest for 5/18

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

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LACROSSE [#1]

Trip To The NCAA Finals On The Line Saturday
+ 'Rest' aids No. 1 defense
+ Wildcats On The Verge Of Semifinals
+ Cats crush Crusaders in first round

2007 Championship Bracket

Up Next - Syracuse
Game Notes

SOFTBALL

No. 2 Seed Northwestern Opens NCAA Regional at Home Friday
+ This time, 'Cats want that crown
+ Cats Focus On Repeating Run In NCAA Tournament
+ Cats earn No. 2 seed for postseason

Daily Picks Wildcats To Conquer Regional

Women's TENNIS [#5]

Georgia On My Mind; Fifth-Seeded 'Cats Take on UCLA Friday Morning
+ NU's Quest For First Team Title Begins
+ The Time Is Now For NU Tennis

Indiana pays price for wakeup call

Daily Picks Georgia To Win Title; NU To Fall In Semifinals

FOOTBALL & RECRUITING

Northwestern Receives AFCA Academic Achievement Award Again

Teddy Greenstein: Big Ten holds line at 8 league games

Stewart Mandel: Ranking all 11 conferences, Mailbag Crush and more

Northwestern making big impact locally

BASEBALL

Nearing End Of NU Career, Dietz Takes On Mentor Role 

GOLF

'Cats in 15th Place, But Still Alive For Championships Berth

NU Begins Quest For NCAA Title (Men's Golf)

MISCELLANY

Chess Team Goes Undefeated In Chicago League Playoffs

Alumni

PGA - AT&T Classic this week
Tom Johnson

Luke Donald off this week - headed to the BMW PGA Championship, May 24th

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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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