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Weekly Award Wrap-Up

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Seventeen Big Ten student-athletes in five different sports collected awards from the conference office during the week of May 6. Below is the complete list of honorees.

Baseball
Player of the the Week - Joel Fisher, MSU
Pitcher of the Week - Luke Farrell, NU
Freshman of the Week - Travis Maezes, MICH

Rowing

Boat of the Week - Wisconsin First Varsity Four (Marie Hebert, Kaitlin Dunn, Rachel Gendreau, Nicole Hettmann, Steph Malchine)

Softball 
Player of the Week - Caitlin Blanchard, MICH
Pitcher of the Week - Tatum Edwards, NEB
Freshman of the Week - Sierra Romero, MICH

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Co-Track Athletes of the Week - Cornelius Strickland, IND & Mason Ferlic, MICH
Field Athlete of the Week - Jon Hendershot, PSU

Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Co-Track Athletes of the Week - Jillian Smith, MICH & Deanna Latham, WIS
Field Athlete of the Week - Sydney Clute, IND

Wednesday's Results

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Louisville 4, INDIANA 3
MICHIGAN 7, Toledo 0
MICHIGAN STATE 6, Eastern Michigan 3
Milwaukee 2, MINNESOTA 1
Chicago 9, NORTHWESTERN 7
OHIO STATE 3, Georgia Tech 2
Ball State 4, PURDUE 3

In The Polls

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Four Big Ten women's rowing teams are ranked in the latest CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll, released on Wednesday. Ohio State leads ranked conference squads, coming in at No. 3. Michigan and Wisconsin both stay put at No. 13 and No. 14, respectively, while Minnesota rounds out the poll at No. 20. Michigan State is receiving votes.

For the complete poll, click here.


Tuesday's Results and Wednesday's Schedule

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Tuesday's Results
Nebraska-Omaha 6, IOWA 5
Eastern Michigan 13, MICHIGAN 4
MICHIGAN STATE 5, Western Michigan 4
NORTHWESTERN 5, UIC 3
Georgia Tech 9, OHIO STATE 2
Akron 11, PENN STATE 2

Wednesday's Schedule
INDIANA at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Toledo at MICHIGAN, 6:05 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at MICHIGAN STATE, 3:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at MINNESOTA, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at NORTHWESTERN, 4 p.m.
Georgia Tech at OHIO STATE, 6:35 p.m.
PURDUE at Ball State, 3 p.m.

Tuesday's Schedule

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Nebraska-Omaha at IOWA, 7:05 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at MICHIGAN, 6:05 p.m.
MICHIGAN STATE at Western Michigan, 3 p.m.
NORTHWESTERN at UIC, 8:05 p.m.
Georgia Tech at OHIO STATE, 7 p.m.
PENN STATE at Akron, 3 p.m.

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In The Polls

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Four Big Ten baseball teams are ranked or receiving votes in three out of four national polls. Click the links below to view each complete set of rankings.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
21. Indiana

Baseball America
14. Indiana

NCBWA
16. Indiana
Michigan State (rv)
Ohio State (rv)

ESPN/USA Today
16. Indiana
Minnesota (rv)

Monday's Results

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INDIANA 10, NEBRASKA 2
The Hoosiers took a Monday afternoon rubber match at Nebraska in a 10-2 winner. Aaron Slegers blanked the Huskers through the first eight innings and improved to 7-1 on the season with the win. RECAP

OHIO STATE 6, NORTHWESTERN 2
Ohio State defeated Northwestern, 6-2, in the rubber game of its three-game set Monday at Rocky Miller Park. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 32-14, 14-7 in the Big Ten, while the Wildcats fall to 20-20, 8-13 in conference play. RECAP

Sunday's Results

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MICHIGAN 4, IOWA 3
Sophomore Zach Zott belted a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Michigan a 4-3 win over Iowa Sunday afternoon (May 5) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. RECAP

MICHIGAN STATE 4, ILLINOIS 3
Michigan State beat Illinois on Sunday afternoon at McLane Stadium, 4-3, thanks to a three-run home run to left field by junior Joel Fisher. The Spartans (26-14, 9-6 Big Ten) were trailing 3-1 in the eighth before Fisher sent the seniors home with a win in the final home weekend at McLane. RECAP

PENN STATE 4, MINNESOTA 3 (10)
Posting its third walk-off victory of the season on Sunday afternoon, Penn State took down Minnesota 4-3 in the 10th inning of the conference series finale. The Nittany Lions move to an overall record of 12-30 on the season with a 3-15 mark in the Big Ten, while the Gophers now sit at 28-15 and 11-4. RECAP

NEBRASKA 3, INDIANA 2
Sophomore Kyle Kubat improved to 4-0 on the mound, while Chad Christensen and Pat Kelly each had a pair of hits and a RBI in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Indiana. RECAP

OHIO STATE 5, NORTHWESTERN 3
Aaron Gretz's two-run single in the top of the ninth gave the Ohio State baseball team a 5-3 win over Northwestern Sunday afternoon at Rocky Miller Park. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 31-14 on the season, 13-7 in conference play, while the Wildcats fall to 20-19, 8-12 in the conference. RECAP

 Angelo Cianfrocco delivered a pair of two-out, two-run hits and Brett Andrzejewski worked 4 2/3 innings of hitless relief to close out the game, leading Purdue baseball to a 10-5 victory that completed a series sweep of Southern Illinois Sunday afternoon at Alexander Field. RECAP

Saturday's Results

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ILLINOIS 7, MICHIGAN STATE 3
For the second time this week, Illinois broke open a tie game with a four-run eighth inning, as the Illini evened up the series with Michigan State following a 7-3 victory on Saturday. The Illini scored three runs on two hits in the first inning, but didn't get another hit until the eighth when they strung together five, highlighted by a game-winning RBI double from senior Davis Hendrickson, a two-out, two-run single from sophomore Michael Hurwitz and an RBI single by senior Justin Parr, who matched the longest hitting streak in the NCAA this year at 30 games. RECAP

INDIANA 8, NEBRASKA 6
Indiana grinded out a wild 8-6 road win at Nebraska in front of a national audience on the Big Ten Network. Nick Ramos and Kyle Schwarber each connected on a pair of homeruns en route to the Hoosiers extending their current winning streak to nine games. RECAP

IOWA 4, MICHIGAN 3 (12)
A 12th-inning sacrifice fly by junior Bryan Niedbalski lifted Iowa to a 4-3 victory over Michigan on Saturday at the Wilpon Complex. The Hawkeyes improved to 4-1 in extra-inning games this season, outscoring opponents 8-1 in extra frames. RECAP

MINNESOTA 7, PENN STATE 3
Minnesota scored runs in the second, third and fourth innings to win, 7-3, today in University Park, Pa. With the win today and an 11-2 win Friday, the Golden Gophers (28-14, 11-3 Big Ten) already claim the series win. RECAP

NORTHWESTERN 8, OHIO STATE 0
Northwestern tagged Ohio State for six runs in the second inning to provide more than enough offense as the Wildcats blanked the Buckeyes in the opener of a three-game set at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston, Ill., Saturday, 8-0. RECAP

PURDUE 5, Southern Illinois 3
Josh Estill drove in four runs with a trio of big hits and the three Purdue pitchers that took the mound teamed up for a season-high 11 strikeouts, as the Boilermakers clinched a series victory against Southern Illinois with a 5-3 win Saturday evening at Alexander Field. RECAP

Friday's Results

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MICHIGAN 5, IOWA 4
Michigan put up three runs in the first and snuffed out an Iowa ninth-inning rally in a 5-4 win Friday night (May 3) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. Michigan has now won eight straight games at home.

MICHIGAN STATE 12, ILLINOIS 3
Michigan State started fast and never let up against the Fighting Illini on Friday afternoon at McLane Stadium, earning a 12-3 win in the opening game of the three-game series.

MINNESOTA 11, PENN STATE 2
Minnesota's Kurt Schlangen went 2-4 with three RBI, while eight players collected a hit in an 11-2 win over Penn State, tonight in University Park, Pa.

PURDUE 6, Southern Illinois 4
Highlighted by a two-run homer from Brandon Krieg, Purdue baseball scored four times in the second inning and rode the extended rally to a 6-4 series-opening win against Southern Illinois Friday evening at Alexander Field.
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