Fischer and Lindqvist earn Academic All-District honors
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 15, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District men’s and women's soccer team, selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), was announced recently to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. NKU’s Hannah...
Men’s Soccer: Three players earn Horizon League Postseason Honors
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU men's soccer team had three players receive postseason honors last week from the Horizon League as Alex Willis, Alex Greive and Stian Jorgensen were voted by the league’s head coaches to the All-Conference teams. Willis was named Freshman of the Year; and selected to the All-Horizon Lea...
Norse fall to UIC in regular season finale
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 3, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU men's soccer team needed a win and a Milwaukee tie/loss at Wright State to have any chance of qualifying (top six teams) for the Horizon League Men’s Soccer Championship tournament on Monday, Nov. 5, but ultimately fell to the Flames 3-0 on Friday afternoon. "It's certainly not the out...
Nominations open for David Lee Holt NKU Athletics Hall of Fame
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 2, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Cross Country, Game Coverage, Golf, Men's Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Volleyball, Women's Basketball
The NKU department of athletics are now accepting nominations for their 2018-19 David Lee Holt NKU Athletics Hall of Fame class. The bi-annual ceremony recognizes former student-athletes and other individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of athletics, either by virtue of their perfor...
Norse fall in Horizon League Quarterfinal
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
Though they took an early 1-0 lead just four minutes into match play, the NKU women's soccer team were unable to put anything else together as they fell to Oakland 2-1 in the Horizon League Tournament quarterfinals game on Monday evening. With the loss, the Norse finish their season 10-6-1, ...
Women’s soccer: Four players earn Horizon League postseason honors
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 29, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
Four members of the NKU women’s soccer team were honored with postseason awards when the league office announced their end of season awards Monday afternoon. Samantha Duwel, Taylor Spaulding and Shawna Zaken were named to the All-Horizon League First Team, while Lily Menssen was named to the H...
Lohmann named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 29, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
After an 11 save performance in her team’s 1-0 shutout victory over the University of Illinois at Chicago on Friday evening, Emily Lohmann was named Horizon League women’s soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon. This marks her seventh shutout of the year and is currently aver...
Women’s soccer optimistic as tourney approaches
Cameron Maynard, Contributor
October 26, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
With the regular season finale just hours away, the Northern Kentucky University women's soccer team know the pressure is on to capture their second Horizon League championship and refuse to take their foot off the gas as conference tournament play is near. “Our goal is to earn 3 points in each of o...
Men’s soccer falls to Oakland Grizzlies 3-1
Sierra Newton, Reporter
October 8, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Soccer, Sports
NKU men’s soccer team fell to Oakland 3-1 on Saturday night. The Norse drop to 8-4 overall and 1-3 in the Horizon league while Oakland improves to 6-4-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
With OT victory over Detroit Mercy, women’s soccer 7-3-1
Aric France, Reporter
October 3, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU women’s soccer team won in dramatic fashion Sunday night, after Samantha Duwel netted the game winning goal in the 104th minute of double overtime, scoring a 3-2 victory over Detroit Mercy Titans.
English soccer phenom looks to impress on NKU team
Cameron Maynard, Contributor
September 19, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
It's hard not to feel excited about 6’0” freshman Alex Willis, whose recent men’s soccer accolades raise hope that he could be a sensation for the team. Willis departed from England and came overseas, choosing to play at Northern Kentucky University.
Men’s soccer drops Horizon League home opener to Wright State
Aric France, Reporter
September 9, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
In double overtime, the NKU men’s soccer team lost their first match of the season at home against the Wright State Raiders Saturday night. With the loss, the Norse drop to 4-1 overall while the Raiders move to 4-0-1.