Volleyball ends home schedule with a pair of win
Trevor Holzschuh, Reporter
November 6, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team beat Milwaukee 3-0 on Saturday afternoon at Regents Hall, 25-12, 25-19, 25-15. The Norse started the afternoon by honoring Keely Creamer, Taylor Snyder, Lauren Hurley, and Tristen Simpson as part of senior night festivities. “They’re fantastic kids first and foremost. T...
Snyder makes NKU history as Norse win fourth straight
Natalie Meyer, Reporter
October 12, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
Highland Heights, KY— The NKU volleyball team beat Youngstown State 3-0 Wednesday night in Regents Hall, 25-21, 25-14, and 25-20. The Norse have now taken down their last four opponents in three set sweeps while improving their record to 10-8 on the season. The Penguins fall to 7-14. “I think we did awe...
Norse lose third straight Horizon League game
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
September 30, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The Norse volleyball team pushed the preseason Horizon League favorite Cleveland State Vikings to five sets, but in the end lost to the Vikings 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-12). The Norse fall to 6-8 on the season, will the Vikings improve to 11-4. The Norse have dropped three straight Hori...
Hard work and heart set her apart
Trevor Holzschuh, Contributor
September 27, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features, Volleyball
After an action-packed two days, nobody would fault Lauren Hurley for spending the three hour long bus ride back from the Morehead Invitational celebrating with teammates or even taking a nap. After all, she had just finished one of the most successful tournaments of her NKU career. Hurley broke the schoo...
Volleyball battles but drops first two league games
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
September 24, 2016
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
League play has not started for the NKU Norse Volleyball Team, who dropped both of their weekend games against Milwaukee and Green Bay. The Norse fall back to .500 with the two losses. The Norse were able to battle Milwaukee to five sets but could not find their way past Milwaukee middle blocker Bridget ...
Volleyball drops three in a row, takes step back
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
September 18, 2016
Filed under Sports, Volleyball
After winning three in a row at the Morehead State Invitational, the Norse dropped all three games at the Butler Invitational. NKU falls to 6-5 on the season. The Norse were plagued by errors in this tournament, making 40 combined errors against Butler and Arizona, and then making 31 errors against...
Libs excells while Norse continue to improve
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
September 9, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Volleyball
After going 3-2 in the first five games of the season, Head Coach Liz Hart and sophomore Haley Libs gave themselves a ‘B’ grade for the way the team performed. “We’re okay. We’ve had games where we were good in one area and not good in another,” Hart said. “They’ve show the ability to...
Volleyball splits weekend tournament
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
September 4, 2016
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team came away with a split in this weekend’s Bowling Green Invitational, beating IPFW in the first matchup and then losing to Bowling Green in the second game. The Norse are now 3-2 on the season. Redshirt senior Lauren Hurley was named to the all-tournament team following the tourname...
Norse start season strong in Indiana Invitational
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
August 28, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU Norse volleyball team managed to recover from a 3-0 loss to Indiana to win both games of a doubleheader on Saturday against Evansville and Marshall. The two wins give the Norse a 2-1 record to start the season. Seniors Keely Creamer and Taylor Snyder were named to the all tournament team following ...
NKU Volleyball starts season tonight at Indiana
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
August 26, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Volleyball
The Northern Kentucky volleyball team will begin the season Friday when they face Indiana University in the Indiana Invitational. The Norse will then play Marshall University and the University of Evansville in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Norse are coming off a 14-16 season and made it to the semifinals in t...
NKU Fall Sports Look to Improve in Second Year in Horizon League
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
August 24, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Soccer, Sports, Volleyball
The fall sports season is just about to get underway, and the three teams in season will be looking for Horizon League Championships and NCAA tournament berths.Women’s Soccer:NKU women’s soccer has played two exhibition matches, going 1-1 in those games against Ohio University and Western Kentucky...
WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Volleyball splits weekend matches
Matt Sexton, Sports Editor
November 4, 2015
Filed under Cross Country, Sports, Volleyball
The NKU volleyball team split a pair of five-set Horizon League matches this weekend.Saturday, the Norse defeated Green Bay 24-26, 26-24, 25-21, 20-25, 15-10.Haley Libs, who was honored Monday as Horizon League offensive player of the week, had 23 kills and seven digs to lead the Norse.Keely Creamer added 18 kills....