Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Open Spring Season April 9 at NIU
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
April 1, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern women's soccer will open its spring exhibition season on Saturday, April 9th, when the 'Cats travel to Northern Illinois. Over the next six weeks, the Wildcats will play seven games against regional rivals, including a pair of Big East conference opponents DePaul and Marquette.
NU will host four home games during the spring season, highlighted by the annual Alumni Game on Saturday, May 7th. Former players interested in participating in the Alumni Game should contact the women's soccer office.
"It's always exciting to begin the spring season and return to competition," said Northwestern Head Coach Stephanie Foster. "We have had a very good winter and these games will help us evaluate each individual's off-season development. We look at the spring as the start of our 2011 season and we look forward to playing these games over the next six weeks."
Foster's team returns eight starters from the 2010 season, including leading scorer and Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection Kate Allen (Whitehouse, Ohio/Anthony Wayne), and the back line of Nicole Duller (Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos), Nicole Jewell (Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road), Alison Schneeman (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) and Briana Westlund (Cottage Grove, Minn./Park).
Northwestern's complete spring schedule appears below. Scores and updates will be posted to this page throughout the spring season.
2011 Women's Soccer Spring Schedule
| Sat., April 9 | NU 1, DePaul 0 | Goal: Kate Allen (unassisted) | |
| NU 1, Northern Illinois 1 | Goal: Emily Langston (unassisted) | ||
| Wed., April 20 | NU 3, Valparaiso 1 | Goals: Kate Allen (unassisted) | |
| Caroline Dagley (assist: Kate Allen) | |||
| Kate Allen (assist: Caroline Dagley) | |||
| Sat., April 23 | NU 1, University of Chicago 1 | Goal: Kate Allen (assist: Jill Dunn) | |
| Sat., April 30 | Marquette 5, NU 0 | ||
| NU 1, Milwaukee 0 | Goal: Alison Schneeman (assist: Caroline Dagley) | ||
| Fri., May 6 | NU 2, DePaul 0 | Goals: Julie Sierks (assists: Meredith Finsand, Nicole Jewell) | |
| Natalie Lagunas (assist: Nicole Jewell) | |||
| Sat., May 7 | NU 2, NU Alumni 1 | NU Goals: Katie Doyle, Kate Allen | |
| Alumni Goal: Brooke Bean |
