Barkei wins Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after shutout at CSU
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
September 18, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
NKU goalkeeper Jim Barkei was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week after recording his fourth straight shutout against Cleveland State. In the 0-0 draw against Cleveland State, Barkei faced 22 shots and made seven saves to prevent the Vikings from prevailing in the match. "It's a nice accolade ...
Norse struggle at Gator Invitational
Michael Canizales, Reporter
September 18, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The women's volleyball team dropped matches to Lipscomb, Florida and Florida A&M at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Florida over the weekend. After opening the season 4-0, the Norse have lost five straight games and currently rank 6th in the Horizon League standings. NKU will return to act...
Hamblin’s second half goal gets Norse back on track
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
September 15, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
NKU's women's soccer team snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night, taking down Horizon League foe UIC Flames 2-0 at the NKU Soccer Stadium. The Norse improved to 4-4 on the season and earned their first Horizon League victory while UIC fell to 2-7. NKU head coach Bob Sheehan believed earning a...
Moyes scores first goal in Norse victory
Tommy Bailey, Reporter
September 14, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU men’s soccer team hosted the Dayton Flyers on a rainy Wednesday night, and won 1-0 for their fourth win this season and third consecutive shutout. The win came behind a strong performance from the Norse goal keeper Jim Barkei, who recorded three saves, including two that were crucial...
Norse extend losing streak to three after loss to Xavier
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
September 10, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Uncategorized
Northern Kentucky fell to Xavier 2-1 on Sunday night, extending their losing streak to three games. The Norse fall to 3-4 on the season while Xavier improves to 4-3-1. "We gave up two goals. I think both goals we could have prevented and we didn't," head coach Bob Sheehan said. "That's been a ...
Norse Volleyball loses first two games of season
Kevin Carey, Michael Canizales, Reporters
September 9, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Game 1: NKU 1 Sacramento State 3 by Michael Canizales The Northern Kentucky women’s volleyball team lost their first match of the season, falling to the Sacramento State Hornets in four sets (25-18, 26-24, 18-25, 25-23) at the NKU Invitational in Regents Hall, Saturday afternoon. The Norse (4-1...
Suchecki’s goal carries Norse over Belmont
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
September 9, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The Northern Kentucky men's soccer team defeated Belmont 1-0 on Saturday night at the NKU Soccer Stadium. The Norse have now tripled their win total from last season and improve 3-1-1 on the season while Belmont falls to 1-1-2. During the week, head coach Stu Riddle told his team, especially the inter...
NKU’s 2017-2018 men’s basketball schedule released
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
September 6, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
Northern Kentucky University released the 2017-2018 men's basketball schedule Wednesday afternoon. The season is set to start on Nov. 4 with an exhibition against Urbana with the regular season starting Nov. 10 against East Tennessee State. "We are currently hard at work preparing for the upcoming ...
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...
First half goals guide Norse past Fort Wayne
Kevin Carey, Reporter
August 31, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU Norse men’s soccer game grabbed their second home victory of the season Thursday night win a 2-1 win over the Fort Wayne Mastodons. The Norse improve to 2-1-0 on the season. The game was supposed to be played on Friday September 1st but was moved up a day as the remnants of Hurricane Harv...
NKU Athletics, Matthew 25 Ministries accepting Hurricane Harvey donations
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
August 31, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, News, Sports, Sports Features
Northern Kentucky Athletics has partnered with Matthew 25 Ministries to collect donations for the victims of the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. The department will be accepting donations today until 3:30 p.m. as well as Friday and next Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. While they will accep...
Libs, Norse look to start new season with W’s
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
August 30, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features
Senior libero McKenzie Eskridge doesn’t look at her stats. In fact, she is superstitious about looking at the page on the NKU Athletics site and hasn’t read an article about herself since freshman year. “It started in high school and I would read one article about myself and think to myself ‘...
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