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The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

WSU’s Pitcher Garrett Peters (27) had a field day with the Norse hitters, he gave up one run over nine innings with 11 strikeouts, cruising to an 18-1 win. Wright State ended NKU’s season, they finished the season 31-25, their third consecutive 30-plus win season.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Editor May 28, 2025

Previous week recap: Thursday, May 22 Baseball played against Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament, losing 8-6. Aaron Boster got the start for the Norse and took the loss after allowing six...

RMU’s Hannah McDanel (left) placed third in the 200m, NKU’s Cameron Bitterman (center) placed first with a time of 54.64, breaking the Norse program record. Oakland’s Ke'vina Finch (right) placed third. Bitterman was outstanding, winning both of her individual competitions.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Editor May 13, 2025

Previous week recap: Wednesday, May 7 Softball lost against Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Championship 3-1. Northern Kentucky recorded five hits and a walk. Campbell Beatty, Stella Wulker,...

 NKU senior Olivia Pastin hit a walk-off grand slam in the 7-3 win against Youngstown State. She went 3-4 over the plate with a career-high five RBI.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Co-Editor May 7, 2025

Previous week recap: Tuesday, April, 29 Baseball fell to No. 12 ranked Tennessee 7-5. Bobby Bartlett got the start for the Norse, throwing an inning plus and allowing three runs on three hits and...

  Ashlee Fisk getting ready set for a serve. She won the lone singles match for the Norse on Sunday in their final home game, pulling out 6-2, 7-5 victories.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Co-Editor April 15, 2025

Previous week recap: Tuesday, April 8 Men’s golf competed in the Jewell Invitational with team A finishing T-2 and team B finishing 9th. Team A: Both Luke Muller and Micah Bertram finished T-6th...

NKU’s Nicholas Costas makes a splash. He placed fifth in the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 10.25.46.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Co-Editor April 8, 2025

Previous week recap: Tuesday, April 1 Baseball lost against Southern Indiana in Evansville 10-0. Bobby Bartlett took the loss for the Norse, allowing two runs over two innings of work. Ryan Pehrson...

Women’s track and field competed in the Horizon League Tournament. Olivia Kennedy, bottom right, broke a 23-year-long standing record at the league's indoor championships, earning a conference title. She ran a time of 2:12.04 in the 800m finals.

Headline: Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Sports Co-Editor March 4, 2025

Previous week recap: Tuesday, Feb. 25 Baseball beat Dayton 16-14 at home. Bobby Bartlett started the game for the Norse, pitching 2.2 innings and allowing four runs, three earned on two walks and...

Julia Pohl broke NKU's high jump record in the spring 2024 season.

Julia Pohl is jumping the record

Matthew Supinger, Sports Co-Editor May 6, 2024

Julia Pohl’s is a name that many should learn throughout the Norse faithful. At NKU’s first track and field home meet in program history, Pohl broke her own record and set a personal record for...

BB&T Arena, home of the NKU Norse basketball.

NCAA extends eligibility for student athletes in winter sports

Matthew Dietz, Sports Editor October 15, 2020

On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Council decided to extend the eligibility of all winter sport student-athletes, allowing all players who compete in a winter sport during the 2020-21 season to receive...

Athlete Spotlight: Track and field runner on Black History

Athlete Spotlight: Track and field runner on Black History

Sierra Newton, Sports Editor February 11, 2019

BriAuna Keys is a sprinter for NKU women’s track and field team. The senior accounting and business information systems double major aspires to be a certified public accountant for a public accounting...

Senior runner takes school record, competitive edge before graduation

Senior runner takes school record, competitive edge before graduation

Erin Pierce, Contributing writer May 7, 2013

Wrapping up her fourth track season with NKU, senior Kayla Justice said being a student-athlete in college has been one of the most unique experiences she could have imagined. Though it was a tough start...

Track & field team sets records

Brook Clifford, Staff writer April 18, 2013

The move to D-I adds pressure for runners to beat previous bests NKU’s men’s track and field team traveled to the University of Tennessee last weekend to compete in the Sea Ray Relays. The team...

Sports Shorts

April 4, 2013

Tennis The women’s and men’s tennis teams took on Mercer on March 28. Both matches resulted in losses with ending scores of 0-7 and 3-4, respectively. The next match was against Kennesaw State with...

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