The Northern Kentucky University volleyball team (5-10 overall, 3-1 Horizon League) played its first two games at its Regents Hall home, splitting them. NKU lost 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-21) on Friday to the Green Bay Phoenix (14-6, 5-1). The Norse had a .083 hitting percentage (33 kills minus 24 errors on 108 attempts) and Green […]
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Weekly NKU sports round-up: Women’s soccer gets first win of year
The Northern Kentucky University Norse women’s soccer team (1-6-1 overall, 1-2 Horizon League) broke through for the first goals and victory of the season with a 3-0 win over the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars on Tuesday. Prior to the game, freshman midfielder/forward Emilie Doersching had one shot on goal. But She broke out in […]
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St. Henry grad fills big role for 24th-ranked Hilltoppers volleyball
Abby Schaefer could not say enough about how the top-notch competition she faced growing up helped her be prepared for NCAA Division I volleyball. The 18-year old 2022 St. Henry graduate has done her part to help the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to a 12-2 start to the season. WKU is ranked 24th in the latest […]
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NKU sports round-up: Norse men’s soccer beats Ft. Wayne
The Northern Kentucky University Norse men’s soccer team (3-4 overall) knocked off the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastodons, 3-0 on Saturday to even their Horizon League record to 1-1 overall. NKU graduate student goalkeeper Daniel Bermingham saved the one Mastadon shot on goal in his third game back. Junior midfielder/forward Deryn Armstrong scored his […]
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NKU sports round-up: Men’s soccer shuts out VMI but drops Horizon League opener
The Northern Kentucky Norse men’s soccer team (2-3 overall) hit the road and and earned their first shutout of the season over the Virginia Military Institute Keydets, 6-0, on Tuesday. Senior midfielder Craig Wellens, senior forwards Sam Robinson, Brodie Sallows, sophomore midfielder Simon Knuewe, graduate student defender Stian Jorgensen and freshman midfielder Parker Vasic scored […]
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Saints win way through Week 2 of fall sports
DOWDY DOES IT IN LEADING TMU FOOTBALL TO ITS 1st WINFootball may be the ultimate team game but it was pretty much something of a one-man show in Thomas More’s come-from-behind 31-28 win over Kentucky Christian in Grayson, Ky. Saturday. And that one man, wide receiver Roques Dowdy, caught eight passes – three of them […]
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NKU weekly round-up: Volleyball earns first win of season
The Northern Kentucky University volleyball team is 1-5 on the season playing tough competition. The Norse traveled to Bowling Green State in Ohio for three games in the Hampton Inn Invitational. NKU lost 3-1 (27-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14) on Thursday to the hosts. The Falcons had a .225 (59 kills minus 23 errors on 160 […]
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Scott grad finding place in elite UK volleyball program
Kelly Franxman came to the University of Kentucky hoping to help the Wildcats add to the culture built in Lexington since Head Coach Craig Skinner took over in 2005. The Wildcats won the national title in 2020. It took the 6-ft. outside hitter just two games to hit the court for the 11th-ranked Wildcats. Franxman, […]
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Thomas More students selected for All-American Scholar team
Three Thomas More athletes were selected for the 2021-22 Women’s College Golf Association All-American Scholar Team.
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Dan Weber’s ‘Just Sayin’: Time to play some catch-up
We’re playing a bit of catch-up ball here. Do we pull the goalie, put in a full-court press, blitz every down, take a bunch of pitches? Or all the above? Let’s go with all of those. Lots to talk about to get up to speed in the early summer. So here we go. *** NO […]
