Volleyball sweeps Youngstown State
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
October 8, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
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
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
NKU women’s volleyball team had their Horizon League season opener at home against Green Bay Friday.
Women’s volleyball rallies after back-to-back losses in Illinois
Sierra Newton and Jasmine Smart, Reporters
September 4, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU women’s volleyball team traveled to Dekalb, Illinois for the Holiday Inn Express Invitational over the weekend. The Norse posted back-to-back losses against the University of Virginia and University of Nevada before rallying from a two-set deficit to knock off Northern Illinois University.
Women’s volleyball goes 2-1 at Notre Dame tournament
Jasmine Smart, Contributor
August 30, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Volleyball
NKU women’s volleyball kicked off their 2018 campaign at the University of Notre Dame over the weekend, posting back-to back victories against the University of Toledo and Weber State before falling to Notre Dame in the Golden Dome Invitational.
Sisters join Norse Volleyball ranks, despite Epilepsy
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
January 25, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features, Volleyball
After over 45 minutes of helping the Northern Kentucky volleyball team with their practice, which included assisting team managers with drills and collecting volleyballs, Leah Conrad ambled back toward her mother, Jenka, who was seated by the scorers table on the sidelines. The seven-year-old toyed with her plastic VI...
Norse season ends in loss to Cleveland State
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 20, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The Northern Kentucky University volleyball season came to an end Saturday after losing to the number one seeded Cleveland State Vikings in the semi-finals of the Horizon League Tournament 3-1 (25-23,25-15,19-25,25-19) at Woodling Gymnasium. The Norse (12-15 overall, 7-9 Horizon) were led by First Team Al...
Norse upset Jaguars; advance to face Cleveland State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 17, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The sixth seeded NKU volleyball team defeated the three seeded IUPUI 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19) in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament on Friday. NKU recorded 60 kills in the match while the Jaguars could only kill 48 balls. The Norse also had a .195 hitting percentage while IUP...
Norse fall to Cleveland State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 9, 2017
Filed under Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team fell to Cleveland State in four sets (25-18, 25-20, 18-25, 25-23) Wednesday night in Regents Hall. The Norse fall to 11-13 and 7-8 in conference play while the Vikings improve to 19-7 and 12-3 in Horizon League play. Haley Libs recorded 15 kills in the match for the Norse whi...
Norse snap losing streak with win over Penguins
Mike Canizales, Reporter
October 29, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Northern Kentucky University volleyball team (10-11 overall, 6-6 Horizon) snapped their two game losing streak by sweeping Youngstown State (25-23,25-22,25-22) Saturday evening at Regents Hall. The Norse were led by freshman middle blocker, Kaelin Gentile who posted a career best 15 kills and tied the...
Libs hits career milestone as Norse fall to Golden Grizzlies
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 28, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team battled Horizon League foe the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Friday night at Regents Hall. The Norse suffered their second-straight loss 3-1 and falling to 9-11 on the year and 5-6 in conference play. NKU also took the time to recognize junior Haley Libs as she reached 1,000 career ki...
Norse Volleyball takes down Panthers for second-straight win
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 7, 2017
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The Norse volleyball team picked up their second-straight Horizon League victory over Milwaukee Saturday afternoon in four sets 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-23 in Regents Hall. The Norse improved to 8-7 on the year and 4-2 in conference play. Milwaukee dropped to 8-12 on the year and 1-5 in the conference....
Norse extinguish Flames in five sets
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 6, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU Norse volleyball team took down the number two team in the conference UIC in five sets, 25-17, 17-25, 25-15, 21-25, 19-17. The Norse improved to 7-7 on the year and 3-2 in the conference while UIC falls to 12-6 and 3-2 in league play. “It was phenomenal. The girls played so well the entire match,” said h...