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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

Laura Crawford and Tristen Simpson celebrate after earning a point. The Norse would lose to Cleveland State in five sets.

Crawford, Terrill lead Norse to tournament victory

Mike Canizales, Contributor September 5, 2017

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...

Haley Libs jumps to spike a ball past the Cleveland State blockers. CSU would go on to win the match 3-2.

Libs, Norse look to start new season with W’s

Christopher Decker, Managing Editor August 30, 2017

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...

Haley Libs hits a ball past Cleveland State to record a kill. She had 11 kills and 14 digs in the loss.

Volleyball looks to win final regular season game

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor November 12, 2016

The NKU volleyball team will play its final game of the season Saturday against UIC. UIC is 16-13 on the season, but is just 4-11 in conference play. The Norse are 16-10 on the season with a 10-5 record...

The Norse volleyball team raises their hands in celebration after scoring a point. Creamer (14) won Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week while Lauren Hurley (6) won Defensive Player of the Week.

Volleyball ends home schedule with a pair of win

Trevor Holzschuh, Reporter November 6, 2016

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...

Keely Creamer records one of her 19 kills against Valpo on Friday. Creamer broke the record for kills in a three set match.

Snyder makes NKU history as Norse win fourth straight

Natalie Meyer, Reporter October 12, 2016

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...

Tristen Simpson hits a ball through the arms of a would-be Cleveland State blocker. Simpson recorded 18 blocks in the match but the Norse would end up losing.

Norse lose third straight Horizon League game

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor September 30, 2016

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...

Hurley leads the Norse in digs with 221 digs so far this season.

Hard work and heart set her apart

Trevor Holzschuh, Contributor September 27, 2016

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...

Taylor Snyder (11) had 31 assists and seven digs Tuesday in NKU's straight-sets victory over Wright State.

Volleyball battles but drops first two league games

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor September 24, 2016

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...

Keely Creamer (14) had four kills and three digs Tuesday in NKU's straight-sets victory over Wright State

Volleyball drops three in a row, takes step back

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor September 18, 2016

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...

Haley Libs was the 2015 Horizon League Freshman of the Year

Libs excells while Norse continue to improve

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor September 9, 2016

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...

The volleyball team split two games over the weekend to improve their record to 3-2

Volleyball splits weekend tournament

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor September 4, 2016

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...

NKU's Keely Creamer was selected to the all tournament team after her performance in the Indiana Invitational.

Norse start season strong in Indiana Invitational

Christopher Decker, Sports Editor August 28, 2016

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...

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