Norse fall to Green Bay in HLVB Championship Finals
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 18, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU women’s volleyball team fell to the Green Bay Phoenix in three sets (25-22, 27-25, 25-19) at the 2018 Horizon League Volleyball Championship on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, the Norse drop to 21-9 overall and the Phoenix move to 20-10 on the season. This will be the first time since 2003 th...
Norse volleyball survives and advances to HLVC Semifinals
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
November 16, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
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
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
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
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
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
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
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 fall to UIC in regular season finale
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 3, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU men's soccer team needed a win and a Milwaukee tie/loss at Wright State to have any chance of qualifying (top six teams) for the Horizon League Men’s Soccer Championship tournament on Monday, Nov. 5, but ultimately fell to the Flames 3-0 on Friday afternoon. "It's certainly not the out...
Norse fall in Horizon League Quarterfinal
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
Though they took an early 1-0 lead just four minutes into match play, the NKU women's soccer team were unable to put anything else together as they fell to Oakland 2-1 in the Horizon League Tournament quarterfinals game on Monday evening. With the loss, the Norse finish their season 10-6-1, ...
Women’s soccer: Four players earn Horizon League postseason honors
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 29, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
Four members of the NKU women’s soccer team were honored with postseason awards when the league office announced their end of season awards Monday afternoon. Samantha Duwel, Taylor Spaulding and Shawna Zaken were named to the All-Horizon League First Team, while Lily Menssen was named to the H...
Lohmann named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
October 29, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
After an 11 save performance in her team’s 1-0 shutout victory over the University of Illinois at Chicago on Friday evening, Emily Lohmann was named Horizon League women’s soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon. This marks her seventh shutout of the year and is currently aver...
NKU upset bid falls short against Green Bay
Mike Canizales, Reporter
March 4, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
After stunning the Green Bay at the BB&T Arena earlier in the season, NKU couldn’t complete the upset again in Saturday's quarterfinal round of the Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship. The eighth seeded Northern Kentucky Norse, fell to the one seed Phoenix 61-49 in Little Caesars Arena i...
Horizon League run ends abruptly in quarterfinals for NKU
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
March 4, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
For the third year in a row, the number one seed in the Horizon League tournament fell in the quarterfinal round. The Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team fell to Cleveland State 89-80 in Little Caesars Arena. The Norse are now 22-9 on the season and will be eligible to play in the National Invitat...
Preview: Women’s basketball ready to take on Detroit Mercy
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
March 2, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
At the beginning of February, it seemed the NKU Norse women’s basketball team had found their stride. A three game win streak over Milwaukee, Oakland and Detroit Mercy had the Norse sitting in sixth place in the Horizon League standings. The momentum did not last, however, as the Norse would lose thei...