Northwestern University Athletics
First Big Ten Road Trip Takes Northwestern to Iowa
4/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 6, 2010
Northwestern's Iowa Series Game Notes (PDF Format) 
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern will venture away from familiar Sharon J. Drysdale Field for the first time in Big Ten play for a Wednesday, April 7, doubleheader at Iowa scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. CT.
The Hawkeyes are the lone 4-0 Big Ten team after two weekends of play, beginning their conference slate with sweeps of Michigan State and Indiana to improve to 18-13 overall on the season. The Wildcats also began the Big Ten with a sweep (over Purdue) before dropping a pair of contests to No. 18 Illinois.
Please note that the 4 p.m. start time Wednesday is different than the 5 p.m. CT first pitch orginally publicized on the Northwestern and Big Ten Web sites. Both of the games will be streamed live in high quality on BigTenNetwork.com and later re-aired in high definition on the Big Ten Network. The re-air schedule is located lower on this page.
Freshman Emily Allard has continued her stellar offensive play atop the lineup in recent weeks, maintaining a .361 batting average with a team-best 20-for-21 steal rate once she reaches base.
Junior Michelle Batts has raised her batting average nearly .040 points with base hits in seven of Northwestern's last eight games, driving in eight and launching a pair of home runs during that stretch as well.
Following the Iowa doubleheader, Northwestern will step out of conference with a rare April plane trip down to Alabama to face the sixth-ranked Crimson Tide in a two-game series April 10-11.
VOTE FOR PAULY!
Pauly began this week by being named 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 of this weekend'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. 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, April 7 Doubleheader at Iowa
Re-broadcast on Big Ten Network
Thursday, April 8, 1 p.m./3 p.m. CT
Thursday, April 8, 9 p.m./11 p.m. CT
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