As the slate of Big Ten games gains steam, Northwestern softball has cruised through its first 10 conference matches. Starting the week off in Champaign against the Illini, six different Wildcats launched the ball over the fence for home runs — a program record — in a 12-0 mercy rule win.
After demolishing its in-state rivals, the ‘Cats returned to Evanston to greet the Penn State Nittany Lions for a three-game set at Sharron J. Drysdale field. In the opening contest, NU rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie and take the first game of the weekend, 9-3.