Wildcat Womens' Weekend

This weekend was all about Northwestern Wildcat women's sports. All three teams I covered this week were participating in some sort of postseason tournament, and all were hosted in Evanston. Yeah, the Northwestern womens' sports programs are all very good.

First up was a tennis in NCAA regional action vs Purdue. It was raining, so they moved the match into indoor tennis facility, which actually really sucks to shoot in because the light is both uneven and dim. Because of that, all the pictures come out with some kind of motion blur and are pretty damn grainy. On top of that, the backdrops are pretty crappy. Nothing you can do as as photographer but shoot it...

After tennis, I went up to the softball field to shoot the Big Ten softball championship game between NU and Michigan. Unfortunately, NU lost 6-0, and it didn't look like they had much of a chance in that game, the way the Michigan pitcher was throwing. I think I came away with some nice shots that tell the story of how the game went, but it would have been nice to have some positive shots. Oh well. NU is hosting the opening rounds of the NCAA tourney in about a week, so I'll get a chance to get some happy moments then...

The next day, I wrapped things up with NU and Stanford lacrosse in NCAA tournament action. The story was the same as it is for just about any Wildcat lacrosse game: NU jumps out to a huge lead at halftime, kills the clock the entire second half and earns an easy victory. Seriously... the way they're playing, they're going to be tough to beat.