Every other week during the fall sports season, we'll be providing updates on Northwestern's non-revenue sports. All are understandably overshadowed by football, as they run side-by-side with the most popular college sport. But some of these other Wildcat teams excel outside of the spotlight.
We'll be keeping tabs on four teams during the fall: men's soccer, women's soccer, field hockey and volleyball. We'll also have occasional updates on cross country, as well as winter sports (and even spring sports) like swimming (and tennis) that get underway during the fall.
Here is the second update of the season:
Women's Soccer
After winning six of their past eight games (and drawing the other two), the women's soccer team finds itself in an unfamiliar position: nationally ranked, for the first time under head coach Michael Moynihan.