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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

Women's cross country competed in the 2024 Queen City Invitational on Aug. 30.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 3, 2024

Previous week recap: Thursday, Aug. 29 Men’s soccer lost to Belmont 2-1. Belmont took a 2-0 lead after scoring goals in the 15th and 30th minutes. Nico Stoddart scored his first goal of the season...

NKU men's soccer's Joshua Cline throws the ball into play on Aug. 25 against Bellarmine.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor August 26, 2024

Previous week recap: Tuesday, Aug. 20  Women’s soccer suffered a 0-4 loss to Ohio University. The Norse had two shots on goal one by Sofia Wilmes and one by Ayla Conn. NKU’s Tristan Cross...

Horizon League postpones fall competition due to COVID-19

Horizon League postpones fall competition due to COVID-19

Matthew Dietz, Sports Editor August 13, 2020

On Thursday, the Horizon League and its Board of Directors officially postponed competition for fall sports in the 2020 season. The decision to postpone fall sports for the duration of the season comes...

The exterior of BB&T Arena.

Fall sports delayed to October 1

Matthew Dietz, Sports Editor July 16, 2020

On Thursday, the Horizon League Council officially decided to postpone the beginning of fall sports competition until October 1. The League and its Council members came to the decision with the interest...

NKU student dies over weekend

NKU student dies over weekend

Sierra Newton and Josh Kelly August 11, 2019

A Northern Kentucky University student-athlete died over the weekend. Elyse Black, 23, of Jackson, OH passed away, according to an email sent out by NKU President Ashish Vaidya. Black, a senior,...

Maddie Frey runs during the 5k race hosted by NKU.

Cross Country kicks off season at home for first time in 39 years

Sierra Newton, Reporter September 4, 2018
The Norse men's team took fifth place with 125 points overall while the women's squad placed ninth with 233 points on Saturday.
Andrew Schille ran his way to the Horizon League cross country championship on Oct. 30

NKU’s Schille takes home Horizon League Cross Country Title

Kevin Carey, Reporter November 6, 2017

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...

Kelly Burrows came to NKU for the chance to compete in the regional tournament her senior year.

Four years in the making: NKU cross country is ready to shine

Natalie Meyer, Reporter October 11, 2016

Kelly Burrows’s cross country career at NKU has been one of “almost”, according to Steve Kruse, head coach of the cross country team. After being named the Most Valuable Athlete and Top Newcomer...

NKU's Mate Virag and his teammates competed in the ITA Regionals, wrapping up the fall tennis season.

SPORTS ROUNDUP: Fall tennis season wraps up at ITA Regionals

Matt Sexton, Sports Editor October 23, 2015

The NKU men's and women's tennis teams wrapped up fall play last weekend at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals.On the men's side, Mate Virag and Lukas Clemens lost their second round doubles match to Alex Gornet...

Women sixth, men ninth at Cedarville Friendship Invite

Matt Sexton, Sports Editor September 21, 2015

CEDARVILLE, Ohio -- The women’s cross country team finished sixth, and the men finished ninth at the Cedarville Friendship Invitational Saturday.The women were sixth out of 12 teams. Milwaukee was first...

Cross country teams take sixth at Bluegrass

Matt Sexton, Sports Editor September 15, 2015

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The men's and women's cross country teams both placed sixth Saturday at the Bluegrass Invitational.For the women, Jennah Flairty was the top individual finisher, placing 33rd in 18:37.00....

Men’s cross country second, women sixth at Queen City Invite

Matt Sexton, Sports Editor September 7, 2015

MASON, Ohio -- The men’s and women’s cross country teams opened the season Saturday with strong finishes in the Queen City Invitational.The men finished second out of 12 teams at Kingswood Park while...

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