Norse volleyball survives and advances to HLVC Semifinals
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 16, 2018
The NKU women’s volleyball team won a five-set thriller (25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-9) over Wright State in the Horizon League Volleyball Championship Tournament quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. The victory places the Norse in the HLVC semifinals against the no. 2 seed Cleveland State Vikings ...
Preview: 2018 Horizon League Volleyball Tournament
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 16, 2018
After recording their highest finish in conference play and tieing Cleveland State for second place, the Norse will enter the 2018 Horizon League Volleyball Tournament as the No. 3 seed and will begin play with a quarterfinal matchup against the No. 6 seed Wright State Raiders on Friday, Nov. 16. ...
Libs named Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 13, 2018
After recording back-to-back double-doubles and helping the Norse to their highest conference finish (2nd place) since transitioning to Division I, senior standout Haley Libs was named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week. "I'm very excited Haley that closed out the regular season of her s...
Norse win six straight, clinch tournament berth
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 11, 2018
NKU women’s volleyball team finished off their regular season play with back-to-back wins against Oakland University and Cleveland State on Friday and Saturday night. With the victories, the Norse recorded their highest finish in conference play and tied Cleveland State for second place in the r...
Norse sweep Flames; win fourth straight
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 3, 2018
Friday night’s game resulted in a 3-0 win for the Norse against UIC with set scores of 25-22, 28-26 and 25-20. After tonight’s match, the Norse improve their record to 17-8 overall and 9-5 in Horizon League play. Haley Libs led the Norse with her 20th double-double of the season with 13 kills and...
Nominations open for David Lee Holt NKU Athletics Hall of Fame
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 2, 2018
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...
Libs top 10 finalist for Senior CLASS Award
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 1, 2018
NKU's outide hitter Haley Libs was one of thirty NCAA volleyball student athletes selected in October as a candidate for the 2018 Senior CLASS award in collegiate volleyball. The thirty candidates were recently narrowed down by a selection committee to ten finalists, one being the senior standout. ...
Norse cruise past Penguins; win three straight
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 1, 2018
The NKU women’s volleyball team continued their winning streak Wednesday night, by sweeping Youngstown State 25-14, 25-17 and 25-10. “We had the mindset to focus on Youngstown and not worry about other things,” Bailey Western said. “To really focus on us as a team and what we need to ...
Norse snap three-game losing streak; defeat IUPUI and Wright State
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
October 29, 2018
After losing three straight matches, the NKU women’s volleyball team bounced back in dramatic fashion with a sweep over IUPUI (25-21, 25-20, 25-21) and a four-set victory over Wright State (25-21, 25-13, 23-25, 25-13) at Regents Hall over the weekend. With the victories, the Norse move to fourth place ...
Volleyball weekend: Norse struggle on the road, fall to Milwaukee, Green Bay
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
October 25, 2018
The NKU women’s volleyball team was on the road last weekend facing off against Milwaukee on Friday and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday. Both matches resulted in a loss for the Norse with a score of 3-2 against Milwaukee and a score of 3-1 against Green Bay. The Norse fall to 13...
Volleyball sweeps Youngstown State
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
October 8, 2018
The NKU women’s volleyball team brought home their second Horizon League sweep of the season Wednesday night, after shutting out Youngstown State in three sets, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-13.
Volleyball weekend: Norse defeat Green Bay, Milwaukee
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
September 24, 2018
NKU women’s volleyball team had their Horizon League season opener at home against Green Bay Friday.
