The number 15 ranked team in the country, Notre Dame, returns to Illinois to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The Fighting Irish are coming off an unexpected Sunday loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers despite taking two of the three in the weekend series. With seeding and conference tournaments on the season’s door step, you can bet the Fighting Irish will come into this matchup with a little extra fire in their stomachs.
In the final week of the season, Notre Dame currently leads the Atlantic Coastal Conference’s Atlantic Division. On Notre Dame’s coattails, Louisville has only one loss separating them from the top spot in the Atlantic Division.
The Northwestern Wildcats season has not gone expected as they attempt to end the season with a plus .500 record. Currently, the Wildcats are three games under .500 (22-25) and have struggled in conference with an 8-13 record. Last weekend, Northwestern dropped two of three to their division rival Purdue Boilermakers.
Although Northwestern sits in the bottom half of the Big Ten standings ahead of their annual baseball tournament, the Wildcats could potentially leap frog a few teams in the standings. As it stands, Northwestern could see a four seed jump if they win all four of their games this week and Penn State, Michigan, Indiana and Purdue lose out. Only four games in the loss column separate these five schools heading into the final weekend of the regular season.
Date: May 17th, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Online Live Stream: Big Ten Network Stream
Notre Dame Live Stats: Live Stats
Ballpark: Rocky And Berenice Miller Ballpark
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