The Northerner

Softball team finishes disappointing season

Reed Sparks

The season came to an end for the Northern Kentucky University Softball team as it finished with a 9-17 record in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and failed to qualify for the GLVC tournament for the second year in a row. "We just couldn't seem to get over that "hump," if you will.

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Norse drop to 3rd place

Reed Sparks

After winning 13 of its last 14 games, the Northern Kentucky University Baseball team has hit the skids, losing five straight games and dropping to 3rd place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division. The losing streak started against the No. 25 ranked team in the nation, GLVC West powerhouse Southern Indiana University, April 16.

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Norse continue winning ways

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Baseball team won three of four games against the University of Indianapolis April 12 and 13, moving the Norse a half-game away from first place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East division. NKU outscored Indy 30-12 over the four-game set, dropping the Greyhounds' record in the GLVC from 7-5 in the conference to 8-8.

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Norse dominate weak opponents

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Baseball team has won its last 10 games by a margin of 126 runs to 25 runs, improving its record to 21-13 overall and 12-3 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Granted, eight of the ten victories came against Lewis University and Kentucky State, who have 7-16 and 2-25 records respectively.

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Norse defeat Panthers to win series

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's baseball team is now at a .500 record on the season after winning three of four games against Great Lakes Valley Conference rival Kentucky Wesleyan College, March 29 and 30. In the first double-header, March 29, NKU shut out KWC by scores of 10-0 and 3-0.

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Flyers upset Norse in tourney opener

Reed Sparks

In the last basketball game to ever be played at Regents Hall, the No. 1 seeded Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball team was upset in the first round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament by Lewis University, the No. 4 seed 80-76 March 4.

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Men clinch East for second straight year

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball team won the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division for the second year in a row after improving its record to 14-5 in the conference by defeating Lewis University 88-78, March 1. NKU finished the regular season tied with Kentucky Wesleyan at 14-5 in the GLVC, but the Norse claimed the No.

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Women sweep week to top GLVC East

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Women's Basketball team finished first in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division after defeating Lewis University 68-62 March 2. The Norse finished 13-6 in the conference, tying Indianapolis. NKU, however, claimed first place based on their 2-0 record against Indy on the season.

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Baseball starts 2008 season on losing streak

Reed Sparks

Northern Kentucky University's Baseball team got off to a rough start with a 0-2 record, after losing to Grand Valley State 6-4 and Wayne State 2-1, Feb. 24. Against the No. 5 ranked team in Division II, Grand Valley State, NKU found itself down 5-0 by the 4th inning, but cut the deficit to 5-3 by the 7th.

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Softball looks to improve from 2007 season

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky Women's Softball team, which has been predicted to finish 7th in the GLVC in 2008, is looking to rebound from its first sub-.500 season-23 wins, 25 losses-during the 9-year career of head coach Kathy Stewart. The team will once again have to rely on a lineup lacking in senior leadership.

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Women’s basketball knocks off Bellarmine

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Women's Basketball team defeated Bellarmine University 72-59 Feb. 9 at Regents Hall. With the victory, the Norse maintained their share of the lead in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Eastern Division along with the University of Indianapolis.

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Men beat UWP

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball team improved its record to 16-3 overall and 10-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, with two hard-fought victories over Lewis University, Jan. 31 and the Wisconsin-Parkside, Feb. 2. Against Wisconsin-Parkside, the school picked to win the GLVC Eastern division at the start of the year, the Norse outperformed a Rangers team in a game which had 12 lead changes and six ties.

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Men go halvesies

Reed Sparks

In its first game since cracking the NCAA Division II national rankings for the first time since 2003, the Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball team faltered on the road with a 71-63 loss to the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Jan. 24. The Norse, whose record now stands at 13-3 overall and 7-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, struggled shooting the ball in the first half-29.

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Difficult road:

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Women's Basketball team went from first place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division to tied for third after losing two road games, the first to Missouri-St. Louis, Jan. 24, and Missouri S'T, Jan. 26. Against Missouri-St.

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Norse win puts team in top 25

Reed Sparks

It was a tale of two halves for the Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball team in its win against the No. 2 ranked team in the Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Jan. 19. In the first half, NKU made just nine of its 30 shots taken-30 percent.

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Norse add two conference wins

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball Team improved its overall record to 11-2 and 5-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Confernce, with a 58-55 comeback win over conference opponent Saint Joseph's, Jan. 12. St. Joseph's-7-7 overall, 3-3 in GLVC-held a nine point lead over NKU in the first half, but the Norse were able to erase the deficit and tie the game up before halftime.

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Norse pulls off two key wins

Reed Sparks

Heading into the Quincy/Southern Illinois at Edwardsville road trip, the Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball Team had compiled a combined 3-10 record against the schools since the 2003-04 season. Upon return, the record now sits at 5-10, after a clean sweep of the two conference opponents.

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Hot Seat

Reed Sparks

The Northerner would like to introduce the "new" look of the Hot Seat, as it has had a facelift from previous Hot Seats. This week's guests are senior women's soccer player Cara Alldred, senior women's basketball player Angela Healy and junior men's cross-country runner Zach Koehler.

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Hot Seat

Reed Sparks

1. Have you ever been scared of you fiery head coach John Basalyga? If so, what was the circumstance? No, Basalyga may scream and yell but, that's what a coach does

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Soccer advances to Elite 8

Reed Sparks

It was a repeat performance for the Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team as it advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. The team beat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Nov. 11 1-0 in the Great Lakes Region Championship game for the second consecutive year.

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Men’s Soccer loses 1-0

Reed Sparks

The winning streak ended at 20 for the Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team, along with what would have been the program's first Great Lakes Valley Conference title since 1995, (according to NKU Sports Information Web site) as Lewis University knocked off the Norse, 1-0, in the conference championship Nov.

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B-ball to bounce back

Reed Sparks

Despite losing two 1,000 point scorers, an All-GLVC/All-Region player, and all-told, five seniors to graduation, this year's revamped Northern Kentucky University Women's Basketball returns some big-name players and is predicted to finish second in the GLVC East division.

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Tournament time for men’s soccer

Reed Sparks

After a perfect 18-0 regular season, and a No. 1 national ranking, the Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team enters tournament play with high hopes for a run at the program's first national championship. On Oct. 28, NKU, the No.1 seed in the conference tournament, faces the No.

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Norse extends win streak to 14

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team showed it can handle the pressures of being No. 1 in the nation quite well, posting a 1-0 win over a quality-opponent in Indianapolis University, Oct. 5 followed by a 3-1 win over St. Joseph's College, Oct.

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Men’s soccer No. 1 in nation

Reed Sparks

When the Division II men's soccer National Rankings came out Oct. 2, Northern Kentucky University found itself in an unchartered territory --No. 1 in the nation for the first time in the program's history. The thought of being the top team in the nation never crossed the mind of Head Coach John Basalyga earlier in the year.

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Men’s soccer kicked 7th victory in GLVC

Reed Sparks

The Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team extended its winning streak to 10 matches this past weekend with on-the-road shutout wins against conference opponents Missouri-Rolla, Sept. 21 and Missouri-St. Louis, Sept. 23. The Norse relied on two corner-kick goals from Eric Ashworth and Chad Cook, netted early in the first half in the first match against Missouri-Rolla, Braden Bishop capped off the scoring with a second-half goal to give the Norse an eventual 3-0 shutout victory.

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Winning streak goes to eight with victory

Reed Sparks

The nationally ranked No. 2 Northern Kentucky University Men's Soccer Team put on another dominating performance Sept. 16 against conference rival Bellarmine University, but was rewarded with only a 1-0 victory. The Norse controlled the ball for most of the game and ended up with 27 shots on goal-several of which hit off the post while Bellarmine could only muster three shots the entire game.

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