July 7, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. -- ESPN2 is televising "Big Ten: The Championships" at 1 p.m. this Friday, July 8. The half-hour program will review the conference championships from the past spring.
Northwestern captured its seventh straight Big Ten title in women's tennis for the Wildcats' lone spring Big Ten championship. Although they came up short in the Big Ten title chase, the Wildcat softball team gave eventual national champion Michigan all it wanted during the regular season, falling 8-7 in the final conference game to finish a half-game back of the Wolverines in the final standings.
Northwestern also won a conference championship in women's lacrosse; however, the Wildcats compete in the America Lacrosse Conference.
The Wildcats' strong spring helped produce their top all-time finish -- 29th place -- in the annual Directors' Cup standings.