Wednesday, January 07, 2009

NU sports roundup

This probably looks like some kind of weekly feature, doesn't it?  Well, good luck convincing me to keep up that kind of pace.

Let's start with happy news!

Women's Hoops
The Lady Cats, no not those Ladycats, won their first conference game over the weekend.  A nice win over Wisconsin will hopefully kick-start this team that is supposed to be on the improve.

Women's Tennis
Dual pre-season #1s for Northwestern to start 2009.  The team is ranked first in the nation after finishing the regular season at the top last year.  Add to that Maria Mosolova's ranking as #1 in singles.  The sophomore will look to dominate in the winter and spring.  Let's all hope the team can overcome its tournament jitters -- although I'm not complaining about an NU team that seems to get to the sweet 16 every year.

Men's Hoops
The men take their turn with Wisconsin tonight in Madison.  While we have played the Man Badgers close in recent games, we haven't usually pushed through for a win.  I think we can throw out the 77-point defensive failing to MSU; they hit 56% on 3s, and 47% overall which is crazy for our opponents.  Take away 3 of their shots, and it becomes a super-close game.

Let's go Cats!

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