Norse comeback falls short against Penguins
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
April 1, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team fell to Youngstown State 8-7 on Saturday afternoon. The Norse fall to 9-16 on the season and 4-1 in the Horizon League while the Penguins improve to 6-17 and 3-5 in league play. "It was a good college game," Asalon said. "Two teams playing hard and playing pretty decent for the m...
WATCH: New season, new field: turf outfield to benefit future Norse
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 30, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features
While the NKU baseball team spent much of the month of February away from Bill Aker Baseball Complex, their field was getting a $600,125 makeover. The outfield of Friendship Field was converted from natural grass to full synthetic turf. MSA architects were the architects for the project while Shaw Sports ...
Norse can’t keep up with Flyer bats
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 29, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team fell to the Dayton Flyers 10-3 Wednesday afternoon in Dayton. The Norse fall to 8-15 on the season, while the Flyers improve to 9-13. The Flyers were propelled by a six run first inning off Norse starting pitcher Pierce Knisley, who didn't make it through the inning. The six r...
Norse can’t hold four run lead, fall to Redhawks
Kari Lakes, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY- The Northern Kentucky Norse fell to the Miami Redhawks 5-4 after holding a lead for the first seven innings. The loss puts the Norse record at 8-14 while the Redhawks move to 6-16 on the season. The Redhawks scored four of their five runs via the long ball, including the two...
Norse fall in final game of double header to lose series
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 25, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team fell to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday afternoon, dropping the weekend series with UC two games to three. Game three was originally suppose to be played on Sunday, but the weather forecast for Sunday afternoon forced a double header Saturday. The Norse fall to 8-13 on the se...
Norse comeback falls short against Colonels
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 22, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team fell to Eastern Kentucky 10-8 on Tuesday afternoon. The Norse fall to 6-11 on the season while the Colonels improve to 13-9. Jake Richmond homered for the third time in as many games, going 3-5 with two runs and two RBI. Mike Moffatt went 2-4 with two runs scored for the Norse...
Norse Notebook: Richmond, Colletta catch fire in first Horizon League series
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 19, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
After a slow start in the first seven games of the season, shortstop Jake Richmond has come alive in his first season as a Norse and crushed the ball in his first Horizon League series against Milwaukee. This weekend head coach Todd Asalon shuffled his lineup a little bit and slotted Richmond in ...
UPDATE: Norse complete sweep of Panthers
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 19, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU Norse baseball team completed a sweep of the Milwaukee Panthers Sunday afternoon after winning both games of a double header. The wins improve the Norse to 6-10 on the season while the losses drop the Panthers to 7-11 on the season. NKU starts Horizon League play 3-0 while Milwaukee starts be...
Norse drop series to Radford
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
March 13, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team lost two games of a three game series against Radford this weekend. The Norse are 3-10 on the season while Radford improves to 5-11. Game 1: NKU 10 Radford 5 Trey Ganns earned his first win of the season, last 6.0 innings while giving up five runs on 10 hits while striking ou...
Baseball can’t find a win in California
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
February 27, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team was swept in a four game series by Sacramento State over the weekend. The Norse drop to 1-6 on the season while Sacramento State improves to 6-1 on the season. The Norse played the Hornets tough in three out of the four games, but couldn't get over the hump. The Norse will look...
Norse fall to Camels in first series of the season
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
February 20, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU baseball team fell to Campbell University on Sunday, finishing out the weekend with the 1-2 series loss. After being blown out on Friday, the Norse grabbed a win on Saturday before falling to the Camels in the final game. Game 1: NKU 5 Campbell 12 The Camels jumped on Trey Ganns early, scori...
Norse Beat Flyers in Extras
Kari Lakes, Reporter
April 21, 2016
Northern Kentucky defeated the Dayton Flyers 4-3 in extras Wednesday at Bill Aker Baseball Complex. Head coach Todd Asalon was much more pleased with his team's performance compared to yesterday's game.“Our bullpen really won us this game. Charlie Jerger really showed out today.” Says Asalon.Jerger ...