Sports Shorts

Tennis

The women’s and men’s tennis teams took on Mercer on March 28. Both matches resulted in losses with ending scores of 0-7 and 3-4, respectively. The next match was against Kennesaw State with final scores of 0-7 and 1-6; both losses. The men’s team is now ranked ninth in the Atlantic Sun Conference with 0-5 record and 2-13 overall. The women’s team is also ranked ninth in the A-Sun and is 0-12 overall. The teams will both play again on April 5, at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

Baseball

On March 28, the team took on USC Upstate and came out with a win, 5-3. The team played USC again on March 29 and 30, and lost, 4-5 and 1-4. On April 3, the Norse faced Ball State and left with a victory, 10-9. The team is ranked ninth in the A-Sun and has a record of 1-5 and 4-24 overall. The team plays next at home against East Tennessee State at 3 p.m. on April 5.

Softball

The softball team faced Stetson on March 29 twice, the first game ended in a win for NKU with the final score as 3-1 and the second ended in a loss at 0-8. On March 30, the team played Stetson again and lost 1-2. On April 2, the team faced Morehead State twice and both ended in losses, 0-3 and 5-8 respectively. The team is ranked ninth in the conference with a record of 1-11 and 7-24 overall. Northern Kentucky plays again on April 6, at home against Jacksonville at 12 p.m.

Track and Field

The women’s and men’s track team went to the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational on March 30, the women’s team finished seventh out of 12 teams and the men finished 11th out of 12. The teams will travel to Louisville for the Bellarmine Invitational on April 6.