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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

NKU volleyball celebrates a point as Joy Banks sets up to serve against Xavier.

Watching the Norse: Athletics recap and review

Jakob Staley, Assistant Sports Editor September 23, 2024

Previous week recap: Tuesday, Sept. 17 Men’s soccer ended in a tie against No. 24 ranked Bowling Green 1-1. The Norse held Bowling Green off the board until the 35th minute, when Trace Terry...

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...

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...

Junior Khamari Mitchell-Steen (left) high-fives teammate Noelle Hubert during Friday's match-up against Oakland.

NKU women’s basketball looks to keep turning losing season around

Emily Sisk, Managing Editor February 8, 2024

NKU women’s basketball and Head Coach Camryn Volz are looking to keep turning the ship around on their dwindling season.  “New” has been the word of the season, with a largely new roster and...

NKU Sophomore LJ Wells leaps for the ball during Wednesday night's match-up.

Successful exhibition match for the Horizon League champions

Torie Houston, Sports Editor November 2, 2023

The NKU men’s basketball team made a promising statement in their exhibition match, winning against Mount Saint Joseph 85-31. The starting five for this first match-up included three familiar...

For the first time since 2019, men’s basketball is officially going to the NCAA tournament after a win against Cleveland State Tuesday night.

Norse live to dance another day, claim Horizon championship win over Cleveland State

Blake Lehmann, Sports Editor March 8, 2023

Six years to the date when they won in their first appearance in a Horizon League Championship game, the NKU men’s basketball team took center stage yet again on the conference’s biggest stage to punch...

Marques Warrick is fouled while shooting a three-pointer during NKU’s Horizon League Tournament quarterfinal matchup against Oakland. Warrick has scored a combined 44 points in two games in the tournament so far, including 22 during Monday night’s semifinal win against Youngstown State.

Men’s basketball beats Youngstown State in Horizon semifinal, gains shot at redemption

Blake Lehmann, Sports Editor March 7, 2023

Coming off the heels of an exciting 81-74 quarterfinal win over Oakland, the NKU men’s basketball team continued their quest to exorcize their demons from last year’s Horizon League championship game...

Pictured left to right: Madison Garrott, Rachel Everson and Alyssa Mathews at Victors 2022.

Celebrating Black History Month with athletic academic advisor Alyssa Mathews

Emmanuelle Hewson, Reporter February 28, 2023

Alyssa Mathews, a native of Mentor, a city in the Cleveland metropolitan area, has been working at NKU since fall 2019. She gained both her bachelor’s degree in athletic training and master's in...

From golf player to golf coach: Rachel Hyde's journey

From golf player to golf coach: Rachel Hyde’s journey

Torie Houston, Contributor November 22, 2022

From a young age, Rachel Hyde has always had a strong connection to golf. Being taught by her grandfather and playing on the men's golf team at her high school, Hyde's goal was to play at the collegiate...

Students gathered outside the soccer complex adjacent to Truist Arena, setting up awnings and grilling before the game against UC.

A tailgate… at NKU!?

Ashlee Cobble, Contributor November 18, 2022

A Wednesday night tailgate for a basketball game in November was breaking traditions at NKU. It was something that has never been done before, but had great success thanks to the Department of Student...

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