Charlie Perlman

Donning a No. 27 practice pinnie and baggy blue shorts, Nick Martinelli stepped onto the hardwood floor at Wintrust Arena. When he wore Northwestern’s No. 2 jersey, the Glenview, Illinois, native never lost in the building, scoring 40 points across

For the first time in three years, the Wildcats are back on top. Northwestern defeated North Carolina 14-11 in the NCAA National Championship game in front of a Martin Stadium lacrosse record 8,316 attendees. After falling during the title game in

Junior midfielder Taylor Lapointe scored three goals and five assists during her entire freshman season. In Friday afternoon’s NCAA Tournament Semifinal, she tallied two goals and a career-high five assists. Northwestern’s 16-11 win over Johns

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photo editor by emailing

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photo editor by emailing

While all the attention Wednesday was on senior attacker Madison Taylor being selected first in the inaugural WLL College Draft, it was her supporting offensive cast that helped to dismantle No. 22 Rutgers’ defense and win 18-6. It wasn’t like

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Athletic Director Mark Jackson appeared thrilled as he introduced Carla Berube as the new women’s basketball coach at a press conference Tuesday. “It’s a great day to be a Wildcat,” Jackson said. Berube was announced as the seventh coach in program

It was strangely poetic as senior forward Nick Martinelli exited Welsh-Ryan Arena for the final time after Northwestern’s 70-66 loss to No. 15 Purdue, right in front of his soon-to-be replacement, four-star recruit and incoming freshman forward

As the number of games left for this year’s Northwestern squad dwindles, the big question is who will take the torch from senior forward Nick Martinelli and lead the Wildcats next season. The emerging answer: a backcourt made up of a freshman and a

While Northwestern feasted on the energy of a buzzing Welsh-Ryan Arena for much of the first half, the size and versatility of No. 13 Illinois eventually proved too much for the Wildcats (8-9, 0-6 Big Ten) in Wednesday’s 79-68 rivalry loss. NU,

After Northwestern lost to Ohio State in its Big Ten home opener 86-82, coach Chris Collins made clear what he thought needed to change. “We are struggling on the defensive end of the floor,” Collins said. “We are just having a hard time right now.

South Florida transfer junior guard Jayden Reid has wasted no time accelerating Northwestern’s offensive pace from the first moment he stepped on the floor for a Friday evening thrashing of Boston University. Reid’s lightning-quick pace helped the

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