The Cats have had lots of success this past weekend, from Men’s basketball to softball to fencing. Sarah Thornton has the story.
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Hi, I’m Sarah Thornton. Here’s your NU Sports report for this week.
MBB
This past Sunday afternoon, Northwestern Men’s Basketball defeated Penn State 68-63 in the Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Cats have moved into third place in the Big Ten Conference standings. Brooks Barnhizer led the Cats with 9 first half points and a total of 14 points and 4 steals. Nick Martinelli made his first career start with a career high eight rebounds. Boo Buie led the Cats in scoring with 15 points and 6 assists.
The Cats play next this Thursday at 5:30 against Rutgers.
Softball
This past weekend, number 25 Northwestern Softball opened up their season winning four straight games to finish the weekend with a 4 to 1 record at the Kajikawa Classic. After initially falling 4 to 3 to the Boise State Broncos in their season opener, the Cats came back with a 2-0 win at Arizona State on Friday. They won 3-2 to Weber State on Saturday, followed by an 11-1 run-rule victory over St Thomas, and finished off with an 8-0 run-rule win over Weber State.
Returning starter Angela Zedak led the team with 10 hits and a .625 batting average. The talented fifth year hit a solo home run in the Cats 2-0 win against Arizona State on Friday and went on to hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning in a 3-2 win over Weber State. Zedak posted a career high four hits in back-to-back games to help the Wildcats in their last two victories.
Grad student Ashley Miller made her debut last Friday against Arizona State as she tossed a complete game four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts against the Sun Devils. After the 3-2 lead against Weber State on Saturday, Miller struck out five of the seven batters she faced in a row to secure her fifth career save.
The Cats play again this Friday in Clearwater, Florida against #12 LSU.
Fencing
Meanwhile, number 8 Northwestern fencing secured four victories in Chapel Hill, North Carolina this past weekend. In their head to head duals, the Cats started off hot with a 7-2 win against No. 9 Temple, followed by a clean sweep against No. 15 NYU, a narrow 14-13 win against North Carolina, and finally a dramatic 23-4 victory against LIU.
Don’t miss this weekend’s USA Fencing’s Junior Olympics in Charlotte, NC.
That wraps up your NU Sports report for this week. For more information about upcoming games, as well as how you can watch the Wildcats live, visit www.nusports.com.
I’m Sarah Thornton, WNUR News.
