Crawford, Terrill lead Norse to tournament victory
Michael Canizales, Contributor
September 5, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Sophomore outside hitter Laura Crawford earned tournament MVP honors and Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Norse to the Duquesne Invitational title with victories over Robert Morris, Duquesne and Canisius college last weekend at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Freshman libero Ash...
GALLERY: Frey’s second half goal powers Norse to victory
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
August 19, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU women's soccer team claimed their first victory of the season Friday night, beating Eastern Kentucky 2-1 in front of a crowd of more than 800 in the NKU Soccer Stadium. "We've had fantastic crowds out to support us and certainly our players get a little extra motivation when the crowd ...
Walks, hit batters lead to Norse defeat in Lexington
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
May 16, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
Lexington, KY- After being down just 3-1 in the sixth inning, the NKU Norse fell to the University of Kentucky 10-1 at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The Norse fall to 21-31 on the season while the nationally ranked Wildcats improve to 37-16. "It was a good game going into the sixth inning," head coach Todd A...
Sunjic dominates freshman season, sweeps postseason awards
Austin Elmore, Assistant Sports Editor
May 3, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features, Tennis
Twelve months ago, Margita Sunjic was unsure about coming to the United States. Twelve months later, she capped off her freshman year of tennis at NKU by winning Horizon League Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and being named All-Horizon League First Team. Sunjic went 13-3 overall and an outstanding 8-1 in Hor...
Norse Notebook: Landrum, Leigeb reflect on Horizon League tournament
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
May 1, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Golf, Sports
Coming into the Horizon League tournament, senior Allison Leigeb believed that she had not been playing her best golf in her senior season. That changed on day one of the tournament held at Las Colinas golf course in Florida, when the senior shot a 72 in the first round to take the day one individual lead...
Norse Notebook: Ganns earn Horizon League honors, women’s golf leads tournament
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
April 24, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Golf, Softball, Sports
Trey Ganns collected his second Horizon League Batter of the Week honor of the season, after hitting .524 with seven doubles, three home runs and eight runs scored. Ganns also had a slugging percentage of 1.286 with an on-base percentage of .545. “I’ve basically been trying to eliminating all off...
Norse Notebook: Ross finds a home in Norse Nation
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
April 3, 2017
Filed under Baseball, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Uncategorized
In two seasons as a Cincinnati Bearcat, Cameron Ross made just nine appearances, throwing a total of eight innings and ending the 2016 season with 5.62 ERA. In those eight innings, Ross walked 10 batters, hit three batters and struck out just five. On Sunday, Ross made his 17th appearance of the se...
Holland propels Norse to homecoming win
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
February 11, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
The NKU men's basketball team overcame a 13 point deficit late in the second half to beat Milwaukee 69-63 on homecoming night at BB&T Arena.The Norse improve to 17-9 and 8-5 in the Horizon League while Milwaukee falls to 4-10 in Horizon League play and 8-19 overall. The Norse improve to 17-9 and 8-5 in the Horizon League while Milwaukee falls ...
WATCH | NKU mens basketball vs Green Bay
Tommy Bailey, Video Editor
February 10, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports, Video
The NKU mens basketball team hosted the Green Bay Phoenix on Thursday, February 9th. The Norse jumped out to a large first half lead, but Green Bay battled back in the second half. NKU went on to win a hard fought victory with the final score 69-67. The Norse will host Horizon League opponent Milwaukee fo...
2016-17 Horizon League women’s basketball preview
Natalie Meyer, Reporter
November 10, 2016
Filed under Sports
Teams are listed in order of Horizon League preseason rankings. Green Bay Head Coach: Kevin Borseth (3 years) 2015-2016: Green Bay finished first with their overall record of 28-5 and conference record of 16-2. Allie LeClaire will be returning for Green Bay as a junior. Last season she sco...
2016-2017 Horizon League men’s basketball preview
Austin Elmore, Reporter
November 10, 2016
Filed under Sports, Uncategorized
Teams ranked in predicted order in Horizon League preseason poll. NKU is ranked 7th. Valparaiso (Indiana) Head Coach- Matt Lottich (1st season) Rank- 1st 2015-16: 30-7 overall, 16-2 in Horizon League The Crusaders finished the 2015-2016 season with a 30-7 record but lost in the Horizon League Tour...
Norse erase 2-0 deficit: advance to championship
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
November 3, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU Norse women’s soccer team overcame a 2-0 second half deficit Thursday to beat Detroit Mercy 3-2 in the Horizon League semifinal match, a game the Norse lost in penalty kicks last year. The winning goal came in the 82nd minute, when freshman Ally Perkins scored from close range on a give an...
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