Norse snap three-game losing streak; defeat IUPUI and Wright State
Jasmine Smart, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
After losing three straight matches, the NKU women’s volleyball team bounced back in dramatic fashion with a sweep over IUPUI (25-21, 25-20, 25-21) and a four-set victory over Wright State (25-21, 25-13, 23-25, 25-13) at Regents Hall over the weekend. With the victories, the Norse move to fourth place ...
Sisters join Norse Volleyball ranks, despite Epilepsy
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
January 25, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features, Volleyball
After over 45 minutes of helping the Northern Kentucky volleyball team with their practice, which included assisting team managers with drills and collecting volleyballs, Leah Conrad ambled back toward her mother, Jenka, who was seated by the scorers table on the sidelines. The seven-year-old toyed with her plastic VI...
Norse season ends in loss to Cleveland State
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 20, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The Northern Kentucky University volleyball season came to an end Saturday after losing to the number one seeded Cleveland State Vikings in the semi-finals of the Horizon League Tournament 3-1 (25-23,25-15,19-25,25-19) at Woodling Gymnasium. The Norse (12-15 overall, 7-9 Horizon) were led by First Team Al...
Norse upset Jaguars; advance to face Cleveland State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 17, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The sixth seeded NKU volleyball team defeated the three seeded IUPUI 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19) in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament on Friday. NKU recorded 60 kills in the match while the Jaguars could only kill 48 balls. The Norse also had a .195 hitting percentage while IUP...
Libs hits career milestone as Norse fall to Golden Grizzlies
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 28, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team battled Horizon League foe the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Friday night at Regents Hall. The Norse suffered their second-straight loss 3-1 and falling to 9-11 on the year and 5-6 in conference play. NKU also took the time to recognize junior Haley Libs as she reached 1,000 career ki...
Norse Volleyball takes down Panthers for second-straight win
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 7, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The Norse volleyball team picked up their second-straight Horizon League victory over Milwaukee Saturday afternoon in four sets 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-23 in Regents Hall. The Norse improved to 8-7 on the year and 4-2 in conference play. Milwaukee dropped to 8-12 on the year and 1-5 in the conference....
Norse extinguish Flames in five sets
Kevin Carey, Reporter
October 6, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU Norse volleyball team took down the number two team in the conference UIC in five sets, 25-17, 17-25, 25-15, 21-25, 19-17. The Norse improved to 7-7 on the year and 3-2 in the conference while UIC falls to 12-6 and 3-2 in league play. “It was phenomenal. The girls played so well the entire match,” said h...
Norse struggle at Gator Invitational
Mike 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 retur...
Norse Volleyball loses first two games of season
Kevin Carey, Mike Canizales, Reporters
September 9, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Game 1: NKU 1 Sacramento State 3 by Mike 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 (...
Norse victorious in first night of NKU Invitational
Kevin Carey, Reporter
September 9, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The Norse opened up the NKU Invitational Friday night at Regents Hall with a win over the Seattle University Redhawks in four sets, 25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21. NKU improved to 4-0 on the season. “I think our team plays better when they are at home and we are in our routine,” head coach Liz Hart s...
Crawford, Terrill lead Norse to tournament victory
Mike 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...
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 ‘...