Jan. 14, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern concludes its 2010-11 home season and celebrates Senior Day at 1 p.m. CT Saturday, Jan. 15, when it hosts No. 15 Michigan and Notre Dame at the Norris Aquatics Center.
The Wildcats will honor their eight member senior class, comprised of Kiersten Cooley (Hershey, Pa./Hershey), Liza Engstrom (Reno, Nev./Robert McQueen), Katie Eschenburg (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead), Ellen Grigg (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin School), Alex Kraus (Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills), Erin Reilly (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East), Kate Stephensen (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior High) and Caroline Walls (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino).
During their four years in Evanston, every member of this year's senior class has earned Academic All-Big Ten honors with three of them earning Big Ten Distinguished Scholar awards. The class holds four individual Northwestern school records and has won three All-America honors while qualifying for two of the last three NCAA Championships.
Northwestern enters this weekend's meet with a 4-3 dual-meet record after picking up a victory over the University of Puerto Rico during the Wildcats' December training trip to the island. In its last home action, NU took first place in its own six-team TYR Invitational in November.
In separate dual meets a year ago, Northwestern staged a dramatic comeback with a 1-2-3 sweep of the 400 IM and a final relay victory to defeat Notre Dame, 153-147, before a similar comeback attempt fell short at then No. 16 Michigan, 157.5-142.5.