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Season might be on line for NMU women today

MARQUETTE — Possibly needing a win to continue with its season, the women’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University has a tall task ahead of it in the conference tournament this afternoon. The Wildcats play Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion Grand Valley ...

Northern alpine skiers at nationals all next week

MARQUETTE — To the victors go the spoils, especially when they’re triumphant at the regional level. The men’s and women’s alpine ski teams at Northern Michigan University will each send a half-dozen skiers for 12 in all to the U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association National ...

NMU gets one win in 4-day lacrosse trip to Colorado

MARQUETTE — The women’s lacrosse team at Northern Michigan University left home for the first time this week and found out how unfriendly it can be away from the Superior Dome. Entering the stretch with a perfect 4-0 record, the Wildcats lost two of three matches all played at rather ...

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Today High school gymnastics MHSAA individual state championships, at Milford, time TBA NMU events Men’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament semifinals, vs. Lake Superior State, at Vandament Arena, 2 p.m. Women’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament semifinals, vs. Grand Valley State, at Allendale, 2 p.m. Women’s wrestling: NCAA Championships, at Coralville, Iowa, time TBD Sunday Men’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament championship (if NMU wins Saturday), vs. Michigan Tech or Grand Valley State, at Vandament Arena, 2 p.m. Women’s basketball: GLIAC Tournament championship (if NMU ...

Battle of ex-Miners: Hill’s NMU women outduel Mason’s Tech squad

MARQUETTE — Former Negaunee High School stars dominated on different part of the stats sheet. In the end, it was Alyssa Hill’s Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team that held off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to post a 74-66 victory over Michigan Tech on Wednesday ...

Wildcat men reach first goal in GLIAC tourney

MARQUETTE — Step No. 1 has been accomplished, so now it’s on to bigger and even better things for the men’s basketball team at Northern Michigan University. The Wildcats defeated Ferris State 91-62 at Vandament Arena on Wednesday evening in the first-round quarterfinals of the Great ...