Foul trouble dooms Norse against Illinois State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 16, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
The NKU women's basketball team fell to Illinois State 49-37 Wednesday night at Illinois State. The Norse start the season 0-2 while the Redbirds are 1-1. NKU sent the Redbirds to the free throw line 26 times in the game. Illinois State made 16 of those free throws. The Norse only shot six free thro...
Kent State rally too much for NKU in season opener
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 11, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
The NKU women's basketball team opened the 2017-18 season with a 59-54 loss to Kent State inside BB&T Arena on Saturday afternoon. “You’ve got to give a lot of credit to Kent State,” said head coach Camryn Whitaker. “They went to their first team all-conference player [Jordan Korinek] in the...
Preview: Expectations high for reigning Horizon League champions
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 9, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
When Newport Central Catholic graduate Drew McDonald committed to NKU to play basketball, he dreamed of making the Norse a competitive Division I program. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was standing on the court of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit celebrating a Horizon League championship in j...
Preview: Norse will look to lone senior for leadership
Austin Elmore, Reporter
November 8, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
After going 9-22 in her first season as head coach of the NKU women’s basketball team, Camryn Whitaker is looking to improve, but it won’t be easy. “We’ve got five sophomores and seven freshmen, so the makeup of our team right now is so different.” Whitaker said. Of the 13 Norse on the r...
Barkei named Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 6, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports, Sports Features
NKU goalkeeper Jim Barkei was named Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year Monday afternoon. The redshirt junior had a .797 save percentage in his first year as a Norse after transferring from Loyola along with a .84 goals against average. Barkei recorded eight shutouts during the regular season, which ran...
Men’s basketball season ticket sales soar
Kevin Carey, Reporter
November 6, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
NKU’s men’s basketball team has already sold 1,200 season tickets for their 2017-18 schedule: an increase that nearly doubles last year’s sales, according to the NKU marketing department “Winning is the thing that does it for the most part,” assistant athletic director for marketing, promoti...
NKU’s Schille takes home Horizon League Cross Country Title
Kevin Carey, Reporter
November 6, 2017
Filed under Cross Country, Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
Redshirt junior Andrew Schille ran his way to a Horizon League Cross Country Championship on Oct. 30 in the 8K race with a time of 24:57.40. This was Schille’s second Horizon League title, the first coming last season in the 1,500 meter run at the Horizon League Track & Field Championships this pas...
Norse fall on senior night to Phoenix in Double OT
Kevin Carey, Reporter
November 3, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The Norse fell to the Green Bay Phoenix Friday night at NKU Soccer Stadium 1-0 in double-overtime. The Norse dropped to 7-6-4 on the year and 3-4-2 in the conference. With the loss and a Detroit Mercy victory, NKU fails to reach the Horizon League Tournament. Green Bay secures the first seed with th...
Gallery: Norse fall in Horizon League semi-final
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 2, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
In a match they seemingly dominated, the NKU women's soccer team fell to IUPUI 3-2 in the Horizon League Tournament semi-final game Thursday afternoon. The Norse season is likely over with the loss while IUPUI moves on to face Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship. "We were relentless in our...
Norse fall to Evansville in final non-conference match
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 1, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Soccer, Sports
The NKU men's soccer team fell to Evansville Tuesday night in Evansville. The Norse fall to 7-5-4 on the season while Evansville improves to 9-8-1 on the season. Evansville shot 12 times and put seven shots on goal while the Norse shot just six times and put two shots on goal. Ian McGrath scored hi...
NKU athletics and Braxton Brewing agree to partnership
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 1, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
Northern Kentucky Athletics announced Tuesday they will be partnering with the Covington based Braxton Brewing Company to create the Braxton Beer Garden in BB&T Arena. Braxton will also be creating a new beer called the “Norse Pale Ale.” "Norse Pale Ale is a bright, citrus-forward pale ale t...
Norse snap losing streak with win over Penguins
Mike Canizales, Reporter
October 29, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Northern Kentucky University volleyball team (10-11 overall, 6-6 Horizon) snapped their two game losing streak by sweeping Youngstown State (25-23,25-22,25-22) Saturday evening at Regents Hall. The Norse were led by freshman middle blocker, Kaelin Gentile who posted a career best 15 kills and tied the...