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The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

Joy Banks with an electric spike at practice | Provided by NKU Athletics

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 16, 2024

Previous week recap: Tuesday, Sept. 10 Men’s golf finished the tournament in seventh place as a team at two over par. Zach Beard led NKU in the 54-hole event finishing T-6th at -5 for the tournament....

The Norse celebrated a dominating performance against South Dakota on Saturday.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 10, 2024

Previous week recap: Monday, Sept. 2 Women’s golf wrapped up their first tournament of the fall, with Eva Maley leading the way for the Norse with a T-19 finish. NKU moved up the leaderboard...

The Norse celebrated a dominating performance against South Dakota on Saturday.

Women’s volleyball battled in NKU invitational, winning one of three games

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 9, 2024

Friday’s tough loss against Missouri NKU women’s volleyball played its home opener on Friday, Sept. 6 while opening a huge weekend of tournament volleyball for the Norse. The first game of the...

Women's cross country competed in the 2024 Queen City Invitational on Aug. 30.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 3, 2024

Previous week recap: Thursday, Aug. 29 Men’s soccer lost to Belmont 2-1. Belmont took a 2-0 lead after scoring goals in the 15th and 30th minutes. Nico Stoddart scored his first goal of the season...

NKU men's soccer's Joshua Cline throws the ball into play on Aug. 25 against Bellarmine.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor August 26, 2024

Previous week recap: Tuesday, Aug. 20  Women’s soccer suffered a 0-4 loss to Ohio University. The Norse had two shots on goal one by Sofia Wilmes and one by Ayla Conn. NKU’s Tristan Cross...

The Norse showed their grit and fight in the game against Louisville on Sunday.

Norse men’s and women’s soccer fall in hard-fought doubleheader

Matthew Supinger and Jakob Staley August 26, 2024

NKU women’s soccer opened up a big night for school athletics Sunday evening, as they were the first game of a doubleheader, when they squared off with the Louisville Cardinals. The Cardinals flocked...

Jill Wood gives a welcome speech before the opening of the Victor E Zone

NKU, esports teams celebrate grand opening of the Victor E Zone

Matthew Supinger and Alex Perez August 23, 2024

The NKU Campus Recreation Center celebrated the debut of the Victor E Zone on the second floor on Thursday evening, showing off the new setup of 10 PC’s for all NKU students to come and play video games...

NKU’s record-setting crowd vs Ohio.

Norse women’s soccer fall in record-setting game

Alex Perez, Sports Co-Editor August 21, 2024

The NKU women’s soccer team played in front of a record-setting crowd of almost 900 on Tuesday at Scudamore Field, as they clashed with the Ohio University Bobcats. Many athletes from other NKU sports...

Norse volleyball taking on Wright State in the 2023 season.

Watching the Norse: Athletics’ action of the week

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor August 20, 2024

Tuesday, Aug. 20  Women’s soccer takes on Ohio University in their first home game of the season at 7 p.m.   Thursday, Aug. 22 Men’s soccer is at Xavier University in their season...

Dr. Randall Cutler is NKU's psychologist that assists the student-athletes the most during their mental health struggles.

A Look Inside Mental Health and the Resources Within NKU Athletics

Matthew Supinger and Alex Perez July 16, 2024

There is a certain stigma that has been seen around student-athletes for a while, in which they are held to a standard of being the most put-together students, having serious attitudes and being almost...

The Norse walk off the field after a crushing defeat to Southern Mississippi ends their historic season.

NKU Baseball’s First NCAA Appearance Ended By An Offensive Shootout With Tennessee And A Shutout By Southern Mississippi

Matthew Supinger, Sports Co-Editor June 4, 2024

NKU baseball made their presence known and flexed their muscles during their historic tournament games at the NCAA Regional Opener versus the University of Tennessee and the University of Southern Mississippi. It...

NKU softball player Lauryn Hicks celebrates after a play.

NKU softball makes historic run to Horizon League championship, comes up short

Alex Perez, Sports Co-Editor May 14, 2024

NKU softball made a historic turnaround in the Horizon League tournament that ended on Sunday.  The defending champs lost their tournament opener, but won a school record of five games in a row right...

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