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Softball preseason No. 5: Northwestern

By Graham Hays

Friday, January 30, 2009

And then there were five in the preseason top 20, like the number of rings in the Olympic symbol (spoiler alert: foreshadowing). 5. Northwestern Last season: 40-16 (Lost to Arizona State in the Tempe Super Regional) Preseason talking point: There are all sorts of starting points when it comes to Northwestern this season. I could talk about the fact that the Wildcats return 1,297 of the 1,424 at-bats recorded last season -- more continuity than any of the 12 teams that finished with a better ...

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