Weekly Recap, May 5th-11th

By Josh Sim

2:55 p.m. April 15 2010

As the spring sports season heads into conference play and deep into their schedules, Northwestern continues to find success in individuals and teams alike. Highlights include a challenging series against Penn State for the baseball team and the continued performance from the men’s golf team. Women’s tennis took a minor slip heading south, but the lacrosse team maintained its vice-grip on NCAA dominance.

Northwestern baseball went 2-1 over the weekend at State College against the Nittany Lions of Penn State in an error-plagued series for both sides. Pitcher Zach Morton was a superstar, displaying control on the mound and a wicked eye at the plate as well, in the tougher 3-2 victory on Saturday.
In three games this past week, the women’s softball team struggled to put runs on the board and is in a lull as of late. Conditions were unfavorable, at best, as Northwestern was on the road for all three contests and fell to Iowa in terrible weather, and dropped two to No. 6 Alabama. Outscored 32-3, the ‘Cats will look to re-establish their offense and focus their pitching staff.
The men’s golf squad took the Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State by storm, starring David Lipsky’s course-record matching 2^nd round performance and Eric Chun’s 3^rd round record this weekend. Overall, the team finished 3^rd in the 11-team tournament.
Over the weekend, the women’s tennis team fell victim to a Texas Two-Step in No. 1 Baylor and No. 27 Texas, falling 4-3 and 6-1, respectively. Senior and Texas native Lauren Lui was superb, toppling two ranked singles opponents, and giving NU their only match win against Texas.
The men’s squad fell to both their opponents, as well, dropping contests to Purdue and Wisconsin, both at 5-2. Individually, Joshua Graves, Alex Sanborn, and Spencer Wolf notched singles victories during the weekend and look to bounce back Friday at Minnesota.
The women’s lacrosse campaign steamrolled ahead with wins against Penn State and No. 6 Penn, 13-6 and 12-8, respectively. Senior Katrina Dowd scored four goals in each match, and junior Brook Matthews and sophomore Shannon Smith chipped in 5 goals total against Penn State. The Wildcats defend home turf this Friday against Johns Hopkins.