Northwestern women's softball shuts out Eastern Illinois in NCAA Regional
Northwestern will take on Kentucky at noon Saturday.
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Northwestern will take on Kentucky at noon Saturday.
Izzy Scane finished with seven goals and three assists.
Meanwhile, Head Coach Chris Collins proved his doubters wrong last season – leading the 'Cats back to the big dance after five straight losing seasons.
The Wildcats won 8-7.
Maeve Nelson hit the winning single in the bottom of the seventh, and Northwestern won.
The Wildcats will take on Indiana in the Championship Game at 3 p.m. Saturday, after Indiana beat Minnesota.
In the semifinal matchup, the Wildcats will take on Nebraska – who beat Illinois.
The Albany, New York, native was named First-Team All-Big Ten and a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award last year, given to the nation's best point guard.
Collins is the only coach in the program's 118-year history to lead Northwestern to the NCAA Tournament.
The Maine South High School graduate was picked No. 11 overall by the Titans who are getting a 6-foot-4, 315-pound, physical pass protector.
The Northwestern women's lacrosse team is back at it again, among the best teams in the country.
New details were revealed a day after a shooting at a popular beach in Evanston, just steps from the Northwestern University campus. Three teenagers were shot and one of them died. Police are still searching for the gunman. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was in Evanston on Thursday where there was a lot of concern about how the university responded in the minutes following the shooting.
The university said it agreed with the criticism and aims to review its slow response in getting information to students.
Police are still searching for the gunman. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was in Evanston on Thursday where there was a lot of concern about how the university responded in the minutes following the shooting.
Police said no one was in custody late Wednesday night, but there did not appear to be a continued threat.
One teen was killed and two were wounded in the shooting at Clark Street Beach.
Evanston police said there was not a continued threat to the public after the shooting in front of Clark Street Beach, but the Northwestern University community was ordered to shelter in place. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
"We should be demanding to know how these teenagers, these kids who are underage, got access to a weapon."
Northwestern University joined the nationwide walkout. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray was there as students called for gun control.
The second-seeded Bruins (31-5) turned up the defensive intensity late, holding the seventh-seeded Wildcats to 1-for-12 shooting during a key late-game stretch to seal the win.
While UCLA is the much higher-seeded team with a much richer tournament history, there are some similarities between these two veteran squads that both play tough defense.
Northwestern will be trying for their first-ever trip to the Sweet 16. UCLA has been there 36 times including the last two years.
Each student opened an envelope that told them where they are headed for residency after graduation.
Friday was Match Day, the annual event when medical school students across the country find out where they're spending the next three to seven years of their lives. It's a day of anxiety and excitement, some dream realized and others crushed. And it all happens in just a few seconds. CBS 2's Sara Machi was there as Northwestern University students found out their fate.
Friends and family were there when these medical students found out where they're headed for residency after graduation in May.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
Every day, more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions, according to its creator OpenAI. But it's not just patients using this new technology; there are programs designed for doctors too.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
Cook County prosecutors this week dropped charges against nearly two dozen protesters who were at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, in November.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago aldermen this week will consider $29.2 million in settlements in wrongful convictions linked to disgraced former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara.
Two Illinois state legislators want to make sure school districts get the funding they need.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
Every day, more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions, according to its creator OpenAI. But it's not just patients using this new technology; there are programs designed for doctors too.
Take a tour of the Saint Kate- The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Jackie Kostek.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag. Lauren Victory reports.
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys also says she can clear President Trump and former President Bill Clinton of any wrongdoing. Bradley Blackburn reports.
A hazmat team responded to a rideshare vehicle after the driver and passenger picked up a package before getting sick in Logan Square.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
DuPage County was set to open up its polls for the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
Every day, more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions, according to its creator OpenAI. But it's not just patients using this new technology; there are programs designed for doctors too.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Keith Brookshire details his friendship with Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson and the generosity he continues to provide to Chicago student athletes.
Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
Google and Pepsi were among the best ads of the Big Game, while Coinbase and ai.com got failing grades, according to one ranking.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Palatine were investigating after someone grabbed a child and took the youngster's cellphone Monday morning.
A man was shot and killed Monday morning in the Austin neighborhood.
