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1 Northwestern Media Services 1501 Central St. Evanston, IL (847) Office Fax: (847) Wildcat Sportsline: (847) 467-NCAT Wildcat Website: NUsports.com Mike Wolf, Director Nick Brilowski, Assoc. Director Rand Champion, Asst. Director Julie Dunn, Asst. Director Doug Meffley, Asst. Director Dan Platt, Big Ten Liaison Scott Hammer, Intern Amy Jaeschke So. Women s Basketball Amy Jaeschke (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) recorded a career-high 34 points on 11-of-24 shooting and collected 10 rebounds in NU s overtime loss at Clemson Thursday. She finished 12-of-13 from the free throw line, tying an NU record for free throw attempts in a game, while her 34 points match the season-high among all Big Ten players this year. Jaeschke was also just one rebound shy of a doubledouble earlier in the week against Marquette. WINTER SPORTS RELEASE #1 Dec. 8, 2008 A T H L E T E S of the W E E K Kevin Coble Jr. Men s Basketball Kevin Coble (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy) scored a season-best 25 points in NU s victory over DePaul Saturday, earning MVP honors annually awarded in the crosstown rivalry game. He out-scored DePaul all by himself in the first half, posting 16 points before the break. In a win vs. Florida State on Wednesday, Coble led the Cats in rebounds (8), assists (7), steals (2) and blocked shots (2). COMMUNITY SERVICE ATHLETES of the WEEK Kay Sampson Jr. Women s Soccer Kay Sampson (San Francisco, Calif./Drew School) and other student-athletes from various teams collected non-perishable food items from neighborhoods around campus and at men s and women s basketball games. One of Northwestern s sponsors, Krakus Ham, teamed with SAAC and donated hams to the food drive as well. Sampson and all the members of SAAC donated all food items to Family Focus of Evanston. No. 23 F O O T B A L L 9-3 (5-3) Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald Record at NU: (three yrs.) Last Week s Results: No game scheduled This Week s Schedule: No game scheduled Northwestern University Director of Athletics Jim Phillips and Valero Alamo Bowl President/CEO Derrick Fox have announced that the University has accepted a bid to play in the 16th annual Valero Alamo Bowl, Monday, Dec. 29 in San Antonio, Texas. The Wildcats (9-3), the Big Ten Conference representative, will play Missouri (9-4), the Big 12 Conference representative, at 7 p.m. CST (ESPN HD, ESPN Radio, WGN 720 AM, WNUR 89.3 FM) in The Alamodome. The Alamo Bowl has quickly become one of the most popular bowls in the country, producing eight of the top 25 mostwatched bowl games in ESPN history while selling out three of the last four years. Northwestern fans are urged to purchase their tickets through the Northwestern Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased online at NUsports.com, by calling CATS, in person at the ticket office (1501 Central Street, Evanston, Ill ) or by mailing in an application which can be found at NUsports.com. Additionally, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. Fitzgerald guided NU to its first bowl berth since 2005 while helping the Wildcats become just the fifth team in school history to win nine games and the first since 1996 when Fitzgerald was the team s star linebacker. No. 17 M E N S S O C C E R (3-3-0) Head Coach: Tim Lenahan Last Week s Results: North Carolina 1, NU 0 Record at NU: (eight yrs.) This Week s Schedule: Season complete Career Record: (19 yrs.) In its second trip to the NCAA Tournament s Elite Eight in three years, Northwestern saw its postseason run come to an end with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of 13th-seeded North Carolina at Fetzler Field in Chapel Hill, N.C. Saturday. Northwestern finished the year with a school-record-tying 15 wins. Junior goalkeeper Misha Rosenthal (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) stopped four shots in the contest. North Carolina s game-winning chance came in the 61st minute after a scuffle in front led to a Tar Heels corner. Northwestern managed to clear the initial cross, but UNC served in another ball that deflected off an NU defender and landed at the feet of North Carolina s Kirk Urso. The Tar Heel freshman slotted the ball in the far panel to give UNC the lead. Northwestern pressed furiously to find the equalizer and generated several legitimate scoring opportunities in the final minutes. Freshman forward Oliver Kupe (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) made a run on the endline before sliding the ball to Jack Hillgard (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) at the corner of the 6-yard box, but Hillgard s shot was blocked by a sliding Brooks Haggerty. For the game, the Tar Heels managed to outshoot Northwestern by a 15-9 margin. Northwestern created a scoring opportunity in the first minute off a free kick from the left side when forward Matt Eliason (Lombard, Ill./Glenbard East) was left unmarked in front of the goal, but his header to the far post fell just wide. Just five minutes later, an endline cross from Piero Bellizzi (Rye, N.Y./Rye) found Tyler Voigt (Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South) at the right corner of the box, but Voigt s shot went just high to the near post. Northwestern was one of just two Big Ten teams still standing in the Elite Eight, joining Indiana, who fell to St. John s, 3-2, on Saturday.

2 Northwestern Media Services 1501 Central St. Evanston, IL (847) Office Fax: (847) Wildcat Sportsline: (847) 467-NCAT Wildcat Website: NUsports.com Mike Wolf, Director Nick Brilowski, Assoc. Director Rand Champion, Asst. Director Julie Dunn, Asst. Director Doug Meffley, Asst. Director Dan Platt, Big Ten Liaison Scott Hammer, Intern WINTER SPORTS RELEASE #1 Dec. 8, 2008 Page Two No. 17 W R E S T L I N G 5-1 (0-0) Head Coach: Tim Cysewski Last Week s Results: NU 27, Northern Illinois 12 Record at NU: (18 yrs.) Trailing by three heading into the last four matches, No. 17 Northwestern got critical pins by second-ranked Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and heavyweight Paul Rands (Cary, Ill./Cary), along with decisions by Robert Kellogg (Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City North) and John Schoen (Roselle, Ill./Marist) down the stretch to down Northern Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Kellogg recorded a narrow 5-4 victory against Derrick Yant in the 174-pound division that effectively turned the tide of a close match for Northwestern. Herbert followed with his sixth fall of the year a pin of NIU s Justin Carlson in 1:20 to improve to 10-0 in his senior campaign. Herbert now has 125 career wins, good for third all-time in Northwestern history. At 197, Schoen capitalized on Northwestern s seizing of momentum, earning a hard-fought 5-3 decision over Brad Dieckhaus. Early in the match, junior All-American and third-ranked Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) continued his dominance in 2008 with an 11-4 decision over Izzy Montemayor at 125. After an NU loss at 133, No. 8 Keith Sulzer (Cleveland, Ohio/St. Edward) squared off against the Huskies Vince Castillo. Sulzer jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with a takedown before going up 3-0 on an escape in the second frame. Castillo earned a late takedown in the third period to make it a 3-2 match, but Sulzer held on in a critical win for Northwestern. Freshman Jason Welch (Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas) wrestled in his first match since returning from an illness and posted a 5-0 win against Northern Illinois Bryan Deutsch, who entered the night with a 6-1 record. Welch is now 8-1 this year. Rands finished off the match for the Cats with an impressive fall against Zak Saevre in just 1:22. NU returns to competition on Friday, Dec. 19, at Pittsburgh. M E N S B A S K E T B A L L 6-1 (0-0) Head Coach: Bill Carmody Last Week s Results: NU 59, UC Riverside 53 Record at NU: (eight yrs.) NU 73, Florida State 59 Career Record: (12 yrs.) NU 63, DePaul 36 This Week s Schedule: Mon., Dec. 15 vs. UMKC Evanston 7 p.m. BTN Northwestern enjoyed a perfect 3-0 stretch at Welsh-Ryan Arena last week to lift its record to 6-1, the team s best start since opening 7-1 in First against UC Riverside, Northwestern used a balanced scoring attack and another strong defensive performance to claim a win. Four Wildcats landed in double-figure scoring on the day, led by junior Kevin Coble (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy) with 14, while senior point guard Michael Thompson (Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park) did a little bit of everything, racking up eight points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. NU kept things going with a victory against Florida State Wednesday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, dealing the Seminoles their first loss of the season. Senior guard Craig Moore (Doylestown, Pa./Lawrenceville (N.J.) Prep) scored a team-high 20 points and a pivotal 8-point scoring streak in the second half by sophomore Ivan Peljusic (Zadar, Croatia/V. Nazor Gymnasium) helped head coach Bill Carmody come away with his 200th career win. With the Seminoles leading by one and 16 minutes left to play, Peljusic electrified the spectators at Welsh-Ryan Arena with a trio of game-changing baskets. First, he broke ahead of the pack for a two-handed slam that gave the Cats a one-point advantage. After FSU answered with a dunk of its own, Peljusic knocked down a three from the top of the key to reclaim the lead. On NU s ensuing possession, Peljusic again leaked out for a long pass from Coble and finished a tough layup while drawing a foul, giving Northwestern a lead and bringing the crowd to its feet entering the under-16 media timeout. From there, Northwestern managed to keep control of the game thanks in part to 11 second-half points by Moore and a game-high seven assists by Coble, who also had 15 points and eight rebounds. Saturday against DePaul, Coble scored a season-high 25 points and Moore added 14 points to lead Northwestern to a victory, a game in which it scored the first seven points and never saw its second-half lead dip below 13. NU hosts UMKC in its fourth-consecutive home game Monday, Dec. 15.

3 Northwestern Media Services 1501 Central St. Evanston, IL (847) Office Fax: (847) Wildcat Sportsline: (847) 467-NCAT Wildcat Website: NUsports.com Mike Wolf, Director Nick Brilowski, Assoc. Director Rand Champion, Asst. Director Julie Dunn, Asst. Director Doug Meffley, Asst. Director Dan Platt, Big Ten Liaison Scott Hammer, Intern WINTER SPORTS RELEASE #1 Dec. 8, 2008 Page Three W O M E N S B A S K E T B A L L 2-6 (0-0) Head Coach: Joe McKeown Last Week s Results: Marquette 55, NU 54 Record at NU: 2-6 (first yr.) Clemson 78, NU 75 (OT) Career Record: (22 yrs.) This Week s Schedule: Sun., Dec. 14 at DePaul Chicago, Ill. 2 p.m. Northwestern continued its habit of playing games that go down to the wire but suffered a pair of close losses last week, falling to Marquette, 55-54, before losing in overtime at Clemson, Against the Golden Eagles, NU built a 14-point halftime lead but was unable to withstand Marquette s charge down the stretch. In holding Marquette to 55 points on the night, NU kept the high-powered Golden Eagles 25 points below their season average. Junior Kristin Cartwright (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) led the Cats with 12 points but it was not enough as Erin Dickerson s (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) would-be game-tying 3-point basket came just after the buzzer. Thursday in South Carolina, sophomore Amy Jaeschke (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) recorded a career-best 34 points on 11-of-24 shooting but Clemson came from behind in the waning seconds of regulation and force overtime. In the extra session, the Tigers gained a four-point advantage, which was cut in half by two Meshia Reed (Country Club Hills, Ill./Stockbridge (Ga.)) free throws, but NU came no closer the rest of the way. Jaeschke finished the game 12-of-13 from the free throw stripe, tying a Wildcat record for free throws attempted in a game, while her 34 points matches the Big Ten mark for points scored this season. NU is back in action against local foe DePaul at 2 p.m. Sunday in Chicago. No. 21 W O M E N S S W I M M I N G 3-2 Head Coach: Jimmy Tierney Record at NU: (14 years) Last Week s Results: No events scheduled Northwestern did not compete this weekend and returns to the pool Dec. 20 against Florida Atlantic and Denver in Boca Raton, Fla. M E N S S W I M M I N G Head Coach: Bob Groseth Last Week s Results: No events scheduled 2-3 Record at NU: (19 years) Career Record: (34 years) Northwestern did not compete this weekend and returns to action Jan. 10 vs. Carthage. F E N C I N G Head Coach: Laurie Schiller Last Week s Results: USFA Illinois JO Qualifier Record at NU: (31 years) NTS A handful of Wildcat fencers returned to action Saturday and left their mark on the USFA Illinois Junior Olympic Qualifiers at NU s Sports and Aquatic Center (SPAC). Sophomore Sara Peck (North Haven, Conn./North Haven) won the women s epee, defeating freshman teammate Elizabeth Casano (Alexandria, Va./Geortetown Visitation) to take home the individual title and earn her C rating. Freshman Chloe McGuffin (Lexington, Mass./Boston University Academy) placed third while sophomore Nicole Tilley (Chandler, Ariz./Corona) finished fourth. In the women s foil, sophomore Elizabeth Sachs (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) won the division by beating out freshman teammate Rebecca Grohman (South Orange, N.J./Columbia). It was more of the same in the women s sabre as sophomore Jill Mahen (Chester, N.J./Mendham) finished in the top spot by edging out freshman teammate Annelise Eeman (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park) and maintaining her C rating. This weekend, the Wildcats head to Colorado Springs, Co., to compete in the USFA North American Cup.

4 L A S T W E E K S W I L D C A T R E S U L T S DATE DAY SPORT OPPONENT RESULT, SCORE Dec. 1 Monday Men s Basketball vs. UC Riverside (BTN) W, Dec. 2 Tuesday Women s Basketball vs. Marquette (BTN) L, Dec. 3 Wednesday Men s Basketball vs. Florida State (ESPN2) W, Dec. 4 Thursday Women s Basketball at Clemson L, (OT) Wrestling vs. Northern Illinois W, (High School Night) Dec. 6 Saturday Men s Soccer at North Carolina L, 1-0 (NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal) Men s Basketball vs. DePaul (BTN) W, Fencing USFA Illinois JO Qualifier NTS T H I S W E E K S W I L D C A T S C H E D U L E DATE DAY SPORT OPPONENT START TIME Dec. 14 Sunday Women s Basketball at DePaul 2 p.m. Dec. 15 Monday Men s Basketball vs. UMKC (BTN) 7 p.m. Dec Fri.-Sun. Fencing USFA North American Cup All Day (Colorado Springs, Co.) * Big Ten Conference game/match All times Central and subject to change. Home events in bold. For ticket information, call the Northwestern Ticket Office at (847) 491-CATS. Results of all Northwestern events are available on the official Wildcat home page at NUsports.com.

5 N O R T H W E S T E R N F A L L / W I N T E R S P O R T S S C O R E B O A R D FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Aug. 30 Syracuse (ESPN2) W, Sept. 6 Duke (ACC Select) W, Sept. 13 Southern Illinois (BTN) W, 33-7 Sept. 20 Ohio (BTN) W, 16-8 Sept. 27 Iowa * (ESPN Classic) W, Oct. 11 Michigan State * (ESPN2) L, Oct. 18 Purdue * (ESPN2) (HC) W, Oct. 25 Indiana * (BTN) L, Nov. 1 Minnesota * (ESPN2) W, Nov. 8 Ohio State * (ESPN2) L, Nov. 15 Michigan * (ESPN2) W, Nov. 22 Illinois * (BTN) W, Dec. 29 Missouri (ESPN) 7 p.m. Alamo Bowl; San Antonio, Texas MEN S SOCCER SCHEDULE Aug. 29 San Francisco W, 1-0 Aug. 31 IUPUI W, 2-0 Sept. 5 Iona W, 4-1 Sept. 7 Lafayette T, 0-0 Sept. 12 Eastern Illinois W, 3-0 Sept. 14 Xavier W, 3-0 Sept. 19 Loyola Marymount W, 1-0 Sept. 21 Princeton W, 1-0 Sept. 27 Ohio State * W, 1-0 Sept. 30 Saint Louis T, 0-0 Oct. 4 Penn State * (BTN) W, 2-1 Oct. 12 Wisconsin * W, 2-1 Oct. 22 Northern Illinois W, 1-0 Oct. 25 Michigan * L, 3-1 Oct. 28 Loyola (Chicago) W, 1-0 Nov. 2 Michigan State * (BTN) L, 1-0 Nov. 7 Indiana * (BTN) L, 2-0 Nov. 13 vs. Penn State W, 2-1 Nov. 14 vs. Michigan State L, 1-0 Nov. 21 vs. Loyola (Chicago) ^ T, 0-0 (Penalty Kicks: NU 4, LUC 1) Nov. 25 at Notre Dame ^ W, 2-1 Nov. 30 vs. Akron ^ W, 1-0 Dec. 6 at North Carolina ^ L, 1-0 Big Ten Tournament at Wisconsin ^ NCAA Tournament game MEN S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 6 Robert Morris (Ill.) (Exhib.) L, Nov. 16 Central Arkansas W, Nov. 19 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, Nov. 22 Brown W, Nov. 26 Butler L, Dec. 1 UC Riverside (BTN) W, Dec. 3 Florida State (ESPN2) W, Dec. 6 DePaul (BTN) W, Dec. 15 UMKC (BTN) 7 p.m. Dec. 20 Stanford 9 p.m. Dec. 23 SMU 7 p.m. Dec. 31 Penn State 11 a.m. Jan. 3 Michigan State * 6 p.m. Jan. 7 Wisconsin * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 Purdue * 6 p.m. Jan. 18 Minnesota * 1 p.m. Jan. 21 Michigan State * 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 Michigan * 7 p.m. Jan. 28 Indiana 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 Wisconsin * 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Chicago State 7 p.m. Feb. 7 Iowa * 5 p.m. Feb. 12 Illinois * 8 p.m. Feb. 15 Michigan * 2 p.m. Feb. 18 Ohio State * 8 p.m. Feb. 22 Minnesota * TBA Feb. 25 Indiana * 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28 Iowa * 1 p.m. Mar. 3, 4 or 5 Purdue * TBA Mar. 8 Ohio State * 4 p.m. WOMEN S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 7 Parkside (Exhib.) W, Nov. 14 Chicago State L, Nov. 17 Kansas State L, Nov. 20 Houston Baptist W, Nov. 23 Arkansas L, Nov. 29 Western Illinois W, Nov. 30 Missouri L, Dec. 2 Marquette (BTN) L, Dec. 4 Clemson L, (OT) Dec. 14 DePaul 2 p.m. Dec. 16 Texas Southern Noon Dec. 20 Indiana * 4 p.m. Dec. 22 North Dakota 1 p.m. Dec. 28 Michigan * 1 p.m. Dec. 31 Ohio State * 1 p.m. Jan. 4 Wisconsin * 5 p.m. Jan. 8 Michigan State * 6 p.m. Jan. 11 Purdue 2 p.m. Jan. 18 Iowa * TBA Jan. 22 Michigan State * 7 p.m. Jan. 25 Minnesota * TBA Jan. 29 Illinois * 6 p.m. Feb. 1 Purdue * 1 p.m. Feb. 5 Michigan * 7 p.m. Feb. 12 Illinois * 7 p.m. Feb. 15 Ohio State * 10 a.m. Feb. 19 Indiana * 7 p.m. Feb. 23 Minnesota * 7 p.m. Feb. 26 Penn State * TBA Mar. 1 Iowa * TBA

6 N O R T H W E S T E R N F A L L / W I N T E R S P O R T S S C O R E B O A R D WRESTLING SCHEDULE Nov. 9 Michigan State Open NTS Nov. 15 Purdue Duals 3-0 vs. Eastern Michigan W, vs. Kent State W, 21-8 vs. Tenn.-Chattanooga W, Nov. 23 Stanford W, UC Davis L, Dec. 4 Northern Illinois W, (High School Night) Dec. 19 Pittsburgh 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 Clarion 11 a.m. (at North Allegheny H.S.) Dec Midlands Championships All Day Jan NWCA/Cliff Keen All Day National Duals Jan. 23 Michigan State * 7 p.m. (Alumni Weekend) Jan. 25 Wisconsin * 2 p.m. (Alumni Weekend) Jan. 31 Michigan * 6 p.m. Feb. 6 Illinois * 7 p.m. Feb. 8 Minnesota * 2 p.m. Feb. 15 Indiana * 1 p.m Feb. 20 Ohio State * 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Iowa * 2 p.m. Mar. 7-8 Big Ten Championships All Day Mar * Big Ten match Home matches in Bold Hosted by Penn State NCAA Championships St. Louis, Mo. MEN S SWIMMING SCHEDULE Oct. 24 Indiana * L, Nov. 7 Purdue * L, Nov. 13 Wisconsin * L, Nov. 15 Illinois-Chicago W, Chicago W, Nov TYR Invitational 1st/3 Jan. 10 Carthage 1 p.m. Jan. 16 Notre Dame 1 p.m. Jan. 24 Iowa * 11 a.m. Jan. 30 Ohio State/Michigan * 5 p.m. Jan. 31 Ohio State/Michigan * 11 a.m. Columbus, Ohio Feb Big Ten Championships All Day Hosted by Purdue Home events in Bold WOMEN S SWIMMING SCHEDULE Oct. 24 Indiana * L, Nov. 7 Purdue * W, Nov. 13 Wisconsin * L, Nov. 15 Illinois-Chicago W, Chicago W, Nov TYR Invitational 1st/3 Dec. 20 Florida Atlantic/Denver TBA Jan. 10 Notre Dame/Toledo 10 a.m./5 p.m. Jan. 17 Michigan * 1 p.m. Jan. 24 Iowa * 11 a.m. Feb Big Ten Championships All Day Hosted by Michigan Home events in Bold WOMEN S FENCING SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result Oct. 4 USFA Burton NTS Oct. 17 Homecoming Event NTS Oct USFA Remenyik Open NTS Nov. 1 Penn State Open NTS Nov Junior North American Cup NTS Nov NU Duals 10-0 Dec. 6 USFA Illinois JO Qualifier NTS Dec USFA North American Cup (Div.I) Jan. 10 Penn Invitational Jan USFA North American Cup (Div. I/Jr) Jan. 25 NYU Duals Jan. 31-Feb. 1 NU Duals Feb USFA National Junior Olympics Feb Notre Dame Duals Home events in Bold