It’s safe to say Coach Russell Payne has had his “Welcome to the Big Ten” moment as NU’s manager.
Northwestern went through the first third of its conference schedule over the last two weeks with a battle at home against No. 11 Indiana sandwiched between trips to Penn State and Michigan. Despite scoring first in two of the three matches, the ‘Cats failed to come away from this stretch with a single point, let alone a win, and they now sit at the bottom of the Big Ten standings.
Happy Valley was the first destination on NU’s Big Ten journey this season, and to be honest, the ‘Cats couldn’t have started that journey any better, as they struck first against the Nittany Lions.