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This Week with the 'Cats: Week of October 14

10/14/2019 3:58:00 PM | Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Women's Cross Country & Track, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Field Hockey, Women's Fencing

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NORTHWESTERN MEN'S SOCCER: MATCHDAY INFORMATION
DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS
Monday, October 14 Aurora (Exhib.) 6 p.m. Martin Stadium N/A Live Stats
Sunday, October 20 Rutgers 1 p.m. Martin Stadium BTN Live stats
Social: Twitter (@NUMensSoccer) | Instagram (@NUSoccer) | Schedule
  
Northwestern men's soccer will host Aurora in an exhibition match before resuming Big Ten play against Rutgers on BTN. The Wildcats will try to rebound from a setback against Loyola and an overtime loss at No. 10 Penn State. Matt Moderwell scored his third goal of the season and Mattias Tomasino found the back of the net for the first time this year to help take the Nittany Lions to extra time. 

Fans with a ticket stub from Friday's football game will receive free admission to Sunday's match. Youth who wear their youth soccer jerseys can get in for just $3 and will have the chance to take postgame PKs against Northwestern goalkeepers.
 

Women's Tennis

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S TENNIS: TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
DATE TOURNAMENT TIME LOCATION Live Stats
Thursday Oct, 17- Tuesday, Oct 22 ITA Midwest Regionals All Day East Lansing, Mich. Live stats
Social: Twitter (@NUWildcatTennis) | Instagram (@NUWildcatTennis) | Schedule 

Northwestern will head to Michigan State to take part in the six-day ITA Midwest Regionals beginning Thursday. The winners of each main draw (singles and doubles) will receive automatic berths to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. 

The tournament will be held indoors at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility, with consolation matches being held outside if weather allows. Draws will be announced later this week and updated brackets will be posted throughout the duration of the tournament on msuspartans.com.
 

Men's Tennis

NORTHWESTERN MEN'S TENNIS: TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
DATE TOURNAMENT TIME LOCATION Live Stats
Thursday Oct, 17- Monday, Oct 21 ITA Midwest Regionals All Day Columbus, Oh. Live Scoring
Social: Twitter (@NUMensTennis) | Instagram (@NUWildcatTennis) | Schedule | Tournament Central

Northwestern men's tennis will head to Ohio State to take part in the six-day ITA Midwest Regionals beginning Thursday. The winners of each main draw (singles and doubles) will receive automatic berths to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. 

Draws will be announced later this week and updated brackets will be posted throughout the duration of the tournament here.

Women's Soccer

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER: MATCHDAY INFORMATION
DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS
Thursday, October 17 Ohio State 6 p.m. Columbus, Ohio Live Stream Live Stats
Sunday, October 20 Penn State 11 a.m. University Park, Pa. Live Stream Live Stats
Social: Twitter (@NUWSoccer) | Instagram (@NUWSoccer) | Schedule

Northwestern will head out for their final road trip of the regular season, beginning with a matchup against Ohio State followed by a trip to Penn State. The Wildcats are looking to finish strong after a excellent homestand that included coming back for a 2-1 win over Michigan State and battling to an overtime loss against second place Michigan. 

The #B1GCats are .500 in conference play this season and are seeking to earn a spot in the Big Ten Tournament over their final four regular season matches. 
 

Women's Fencing

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S FENCING: TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

DATE TOURNAMENT LOCATION RESULTS
Friday, October 18 - Monday, October 21 North American Cup Kansas City, MO
Social: Twitter (@NUWFencing) | Instagram (@NUWFencing) | Schedule
 
Northwestern will head to Kansas City, Missouri this week for the North American Cup from October 18-21. The weekend trip comes after the Wildcats hosted the Remenyik Open last weekend at Ryan Fieldhouse for the second year in a row, competing in junior sabre, senior foil and junior epee on Saturday and junior foil, senior sabre and senior epee on Sunday. First-year Ilsa Hoffman secured a bronze medal in sabre in her first tournament with the team while sophomore Sarah Filby took gold in senior foil.

Women's Volleyball

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: MATCHDAY INFORMATION

DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS
Friday, October 18 #7 Minnesota 7 p.m. Minneapolis, Minn Live Stream Live Stats
Saturday, October 19 #6 Wisconsin 7 p.m. Madison, Wisc Live Stream Live Stats
Social: Twitter (@NUVball) | Instagram (@NUVball) | Schedule


The Wildcats will face two more ranked opponents in their two matches this week, taking on No. 6 Minnesota at 7 p.m. CT on Friday October 18 and looking for revenge against No. 7 Wisconsin at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday October 19. They play on the road in both matchups.

Northwestern suffered setbacks in both their games last week against ranked opponents, falling to No. 7 Wisconsin on Wednesday and to No. 20 Purdue on Saturday. First-year Temi Thomas-Ailara continued to shine as she has all season, earning her third Big Ten weekly honor with 32 kills on the week, bringing her to 275 on the season.

 

Women's Cross Country

NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: RACE DAY INFORMATION
DATE TOURNAMENT TIME LOCATION
Saturday, October 19 NCAA Pre-Nationals 10 a.m. Terra Haute, Ind.
Social: Twitter (@NUXC_Wildcats) | Instagram (@NUXC_Wildcats) | Schedule 

Northwestern will participate in the NCAA Pre-Nationals on Saturday at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course in Indiana. The course has played host to the National Championships 12 times and will do so again in 2019. Saturday's races will kick off at 10 a.m. CT and will feature 64 women's teams, including a number of highly ranked squads.

Live results can be found here and the action can be streamed here.
 

Lacrosse (Fall Season)

NORTHWESTERN Lacrosse: GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
Saturday October 19 Alumni Game 1 p.m. Martin Stadium
Social: Twitter (@NULax) | Instagram (@NU_Lax) | Schedule

Northwestern will host its annual alumni game at 1 p.m. CT this Saturday at Martin Stadium, welcoming back former Wildcat student-athletes to take the field again. NU's fall schedule will ramp up the following weekend, with a pair of games against Syracuse on October 26-27, then two more against UMass and Boston College.
 

Field Hockey

NORTHWESTERN FIELD HOCKEY: MATCHDAY INFORMATION

DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION WATCH LIVE STATS
Sunday, October 20 Kent State 11 a.m. Lakeside Field Live Stream Live Stats
Social: Twitter (@NUFHCats) | Instagram (@NUFHCats) | Schedule 


Northwestern split decisions over the weekend, taking Penn State to double overtime before ultimately falling 3-2 on Friday and beating No. 19 Rutgers 4-1 on Sunday, its seventh win over a ranked opponent this season. The Wildcats move to 11-5 on the year and remain in third place in the Big Ten. Redshirt first-year forward Bente Baekers netted two goals against Rutgers, bringing her total to 19 on the season and securing her fifth Big Ten Freshman of the Week Award. Senior Saar De Breij also added two goals on the weekend. 


This week, the Wildcats prepare for a showdown with Kent State at 11 a.m. CT this Sunday in Evanston.

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