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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

The Norse celebrated a dominating performance against South Dakota on Saturday.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 10, 2024

Previous week recap: Monday, Sept. 2 Women’s golf wrapped up their first tournament of the fall, with Eva Maley leading the way for the Norse with a T-19 finish. NKU moved up the leaderboard...

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...

The Norse showed their grit and fight in the game against Louisville on Sunday.

Norse men’s and women’s soccer fall in hard-fought doubleheader

Matthew Supinger and Jakob Staley August 26, 2024

NKU women’s soccer opened up a big night for school athletics Sunday evening, as they were the first game of a doubleheader, when they squared off with the Louisville Cardinals. The Cardinals flocked...

NKU’s record-setting crowd vs Ohio.

Norse women’s soccer fall in record-setting game

Alex Perez, Sports Co-Editor August 21, 2024

The NKU women’s soccer team played in front of a record-setting crowd of almost 900 on Tuesday at Scudamore Field, as they clashed with the Ohio University Bobcats. Many athletes from other NKU sports...

Norse volleyball taking on Wright State in the 2023 season.

Watching the Norse: Athletics’ action of the week

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor August 20, 2024

Tuesday, Aug. 20  Women’s soccer takes on Ohio University in their first home game of the season at 7 p.m.   Thursday, Aug. 22 Men’s soccer is at Xavier University in their season...

Robinson plays for Puerto Rico

Robinson plays for Puerto Rico

Torie Houston, Reporter April 18, 2023

NKU soccer player Sam Robinson’s dream came true after playing for the Puerto Rico national team. The senior captain sees this as much more than just an athletic accomplishment: for him it's also a chance...

Norse won against Cleveland State Friday.

Robinson’s clutch goal seals the deal for Norse against Cleveland State

Blake Lehmann, Sports Editor October 17, 2022

Despite finding themselves down early in the first half, the Norse men’s soccer team rode on a pair of goals from senior forward Sam Robinson - including one in the final seconds of the game - to...

NKU defeated conference rival Purdue Fort Wayne 3-0 Saturday night.

Hegge achieves rare feat in Norse’s shutout of Purdue Fort Wayne

Blake Lehmann, Sports Editor September 18, 2022

It’s not often that you see an Olimpico, but Ben Hegge made it look like a piece of cake with his corner kick goal in the NKU men’s soccer team’s 3-0 win over conference rival Purdue Fort Wayne...

NKU women's soccer team faced off against Dayton on Thursday.

NKU women’s soccer falters in home opener against Dayton

Blake Lehmann, Sports Editor August 26, 2022

The NKU women’s soccer team opened the newly christened Scudamore Field for the 2022 season on Thursday, but went on to drop a non-conference matchup against Dayton by a score of 3-0. The Flyers opened...

Ella Holland (Left) and Ashleigh Cronin (Right) were instrumental leaders for the Norse in 2021.

Leading by example: How Holland and Cronin remained leaders after injuries

Jared Darwish, Reporter December 19, 2021

Coach Bob Sheehan and the Northern Kentucky women’s soccer program have seen lots of success in the past couple of seasons. In back-to-back years the Norse have qualified for the conference tournament...

Vogt (Left) and Wilmes (Right) have formed a bond together through NKU women's soccer.

A bond beyond the field: How Wilmes and Vogt became closer through soccer

Jared Darwish, Contributor November 26, 2021

There is no doubt that Northern Kentucky athletics scored big when getting the commitments of highly touted sophomores Sofia Wilmes and Kaya Vogt in the 2020 recruiting class for women’s soccer. In their...

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