*From NKU Athletics Northern Kentucky University Norse women’s basketball took on Chattanooga on Education Day, as the Norse hosted over two thousand kids from local schools for a Thursday morning clash with the Mocs. NKU started hot as Notre Dame Academy grad Noelle Hubert drilled three 3-pointers inside the first four minutes of the game. […]
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Foster’s 24 fuels NKU men’s win Northern Kentucky University men’s head basketball coach Darrin Horn thought freshman Willie Foster might have a good game. Foster backed up Horn’s brag: 24 points and 10 rebounds in Monday’s season-opening 84-76 win over Texas-El Paso in the Field of 68 Marathon at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, […]
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Northern Kentucky University volleyball head coach Liz Hart would rather not talk about the streak. But people are starting to notice NKU’s 10 straight volleyball wins, including an 8-0 string that has the Norse (13-6 overall) tied with Wright State atop the Horizon League standings going into Tuesday’s 6 p.m. match against the Raiders in […]
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Saints, Norse notes
NKU volleyball The Norse won their eighth straight in a two-match sweep of Northern Illinois last Friday and Saturday in DeKalb. NKU (11-6 overall) and Wright State are tied for first in the Horizon League with 6-0 records.The Norse host Purdue Fort Wayne at 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Ivey Stocks leads the […]
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By day, Thomas More kicker Davis Burleigh works at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. At around 10 p.m. Saturday, he felt higher than any incoming jet. His 32-yard field goal as time expired – his first walk-off winner – gave Thomas More a 24-21 win over NCAA Division II No. 24 Walsh University. “It was the […]
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Norse/Saints notes
Thomas More men’s soccer first, women second in GMAC The Saints men are a half-game ahead of Tiffin in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference thanks to Saturday’s 2-0 win over Malone, and the women are a half-game behind Ashland. “I’d say we’re where we expected to be,” men’s coach Scott D’Addario said. The Saints women, meanwhile, are overachieving – […]
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Thomas More men’s soccer tied for first in GMAC It’s been quite a turnaround. The Saints (5-2-1 and 3-0-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference) are in a three-way tie for first with Tiffin and Lake Erie after Thursday’s 2-0 win over Kentucky Wesleyan and Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Centerville. And to think Thomas More […]
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Norse, Saints notes
Horizon League releases men’s, women’s basketball schedules The Horizon League announced its full men’s and women’s basketball conference schedule on Thursday, with the Norse set to open the conference season in early December. The Norse men begin Dec. 2 at Oakland and Dec. 5 at Detroit Mercy. NKU hosts IU-Indianapolis in its first home game […]
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Norse, Saints notes
One streak continued Sunday, and another ended. The University of Cincinnati women’s soccer team was responsible for both. The Bearcats defeated Northern KentuckyUniversity, 2-1, in the Riverboat Rivalry match at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium, ending the Norse’s 14-game home winning string and extending UC’s record against NKU to 5-0-1. “I think it’s important […]
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Saints and Norse notes
NKU women’s soccer streak ends Northern Kentucky University’s women’s soccer team was part of history Sunday – but not the kind the Norse wanted. Morehead State handed NKU (4-1) its first loss of the season, 2-0. The Eagles beat the Norse for the first time in program history (NKU is still 8-1-1 overall) and scored […]
