Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Hosts Minnesota for Wednesday Double Dip
4/13/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 13, 2010
Northwestern's Minnesota Game Notes (PDF Format) 
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Let's play two! Northwestern will take a brief respite from a seven-game road swing this Wednesday, April 14, when it hosts Minnesota for a Big Ten doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. CT at Sharon J. Drysdale Field.
Both games will be broadcast live in high quality on BigTenNetwork.com on a pay-per-view basis. Each contest costs $2.99; separate purchases are required to view both games. The broadcasts then will be re-aired in high definition on the Big Ten Network. The re-broadcast schedule is listed lower on this page.
Minnesota enters the midweek double dip after a sweep at the hands of No. 2 Michigan over the weekend. The Wildcats will travel to take on the Wolverines this Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18. Northwestern returns to Big Ten play after traveling down to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a two-game series with the sixth-ranked Crimson Tide, who took both contests from the 'Cats.
Northwestern continues to excel at the plate with both power and speed, ranking in the top-20 in the nation this week in both home runs per game and stolen bases per game. The Wildcats are 14th in the country with 2.09 steals per contest, boasting the NCAA Division I's third-best conversion rate at .918 (67-for-73). In the homer category, Northwestern is sending balls out of the park a 1.19 per game clip, good for 20th in the nation. Four different Wildcats have eight or more home runs on the season.
Included in that total is Nicole Pauly's eight blasts, which give her 48 home runs in her career. She is two shy of reaching the 50 home run plateau, a benchmark notched previously at NU by just two prior 'Cats: Garland Cooper and Tammy Williams.
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Pauly is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Fans can vote for Pauly once per day at seniorCLASSaward.com or by texting SOFTBALL to 74567.
THE BROADCASTS
Both Wednesday's games will be streamed live in high quality by the Big Ten Network at BigTenNetwork.com. The broadcasts are pay-per-view, with each event costing $2.99 (Separate purchases required for both ends of a doubleheader). Select streams throughout the season will be re-aired in high definition on the Big Ten Network itself as part of its "Student U" initiative. Wednesday's re-broadcast schedule is:
Wednesday, April 14 Doubleheader vs. Minnesota
Re-broadcast on Big Ten Network
Thursday, April 15, 3 p.m./5 p.m. CT
Friday, April 16, 7 a.m./9 a.m. CT
Also, student radio WNUR 89.3 FM will broadcast the first game over the airwaves with game two live on the internet only at sports.wnur.org.
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