Coming into the season as the unknown in its first year in NCAA Division II, the coaches picked the Thomas More Saints to finish dead last in the 10-team Great Midwest Athletic Conference in the preseason poll. But the Saints ended up in sixth after concluding the regular season with a convincing 44-6 win Saturday […]
Category: College
Posted inSports
Norse hang tough with Huskies
It was quite the rebound for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team on Thursday night in Seattle. After a disappointing season opening loss to Middle Tennessee State University, the Norse were back on the road, this time through the air as they traveled to the University of Washington to take on the Huskies. The […]
Posted inSports
NKU to establish six new varsity athletics programs to aid in enrollment efforts
Northern Kentucky University will add six new varsity athletics programs to its roster in an effort to aid enrollment. At the NKU Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, the board voted to approve the establishment of the following new varsity athletic programs: women’s stunt, men and women’s swimming, men and women’s triathlon, and men’s volleyball in […]
Posted inCollege
Thomas More women’s basketball team taking leap, making Division II debut
Coach Jeff Hans has presided over practice for the Thomas More University women’s basketball team since Oct. 10. In the runup to the new season, he has watched his players run up and down the floor and run many different plays. He has watched them take shots. He has watched them take charges. He’s walked […]
Posted inCollege
Norse can’t overcome rough first half in season opening loss to MTSU
Trailing by as much as 27, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 74-57 loss to Middle Tennessee State University on Monday night in Murfreesboro. The Norse dug themselves a 37-12 first half deficit and trailed 45-21 at the break. Trailing 58-31 with 14:15 to play, a 26-10 […]
Posted inCollege
NKU women show promise in season-opening loss
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team may not have earned the desired result, but the Norse showed a lot of promise in a 85-82 overtime loss to Indiana State in the season opener at Truist Arena. “I thought that we played hard. We were facing a ton of adversity right now,” said Camryn Whitaker-Volz, […]
Posted inCollege
Joyful Saints happy to have Jolly for start of Division II journey
Thomas More University men’s basketball coach Justin Ray and two of his players, Reid Jolly and Wyatt Vieth, are gathered together in a room near the home gym at Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills. They are laughing. Jolly, a first-team NAIA all-American last season, admitted he was constantly schooled by his sister in pick-up […]
Posted inCollege
NKU women enter season with eight new players, three new assistant coaches
When fans head to Truist Arena to see the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team this year, they will notice plenty of new faces on the floor and on the bench. Camryn Whitaker-Volz, who got married in the offseason, returns for her eighth season guiding the Norse. She welcomes back just five players off last […]
Posted inCollege
NKU women 5th in Horizon League preseason poll
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Under Armour Horizon League preseason poll. The Norse collected 63 points with the top five being Green Bay at the top with all 11 first-place votes, Cleveland State, Youngstown State, Purdue Fort Wayne and NKU. NKU returns five players from last […]
Posted inCollege
NKU men preseason favorite in Horizon
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team was picked first in the 2023-24 Under Armour Horizon League Preseason Poll. The Norse received 18 of 34 first-place votes and earned 435 points in the poll, 38 points ahead of second-place Milwaukee. NKU returns three of its starting five with Marques Warrick, Sam Vinson and Trey Robinson […]
