MARQUETTE — Three weeks into its season, the Northern Michigan University volleyball team continues to play at a high level. And on Saturday, the Wildcats showed their resilience. After dropping the opening set against Wisconsin-Parkside, Northern captured the next three sets to defeat ...
MARQUETTE — Led by women’s player Makaylee Kuhn, three Northern Michigan University basketball players earned All-GLIAC honors on Saturday as the conference named its top men’s and women’s players. Kuhn, a 5-foot-11 sophomore guard from Hilbert, Wisconsin, was named to the All-GLIAC ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team was unable to find the back of the net in their first game of the season as GLIAC opponent Saginaw Valley State took home a 4-0 win in the Superior Dome in Marquette on Sunday afternoon. NMU’s Ryan Palmbaum took the first ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Playoff matchups have been determined for the first-round quarterfinals of the WCHA Tournament after the regular season wrapped up on Saturday evening. Northern Michigan University earned the No. 6 seeding, meaning it will travel to No. 3 Bowling Green State (8-5-1) for ...
"The guys just kind of kept fighting and kept finding ways to win when we really needed it." — Matt Majkrzak, head coach, NMU men’s basketball -------------------- MARQUETTE — COVID-19 delayed the start of the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball season, and now it’s ...
"So if there was ever a year to be on the road ... I guess this is the year because some of those other factors you’d just typically would have to deal with are not obviously going to be part of it this year." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on opening the WCHA playoffs away ...
MARQUETTE — Led by senior captain Joe Nardi’s third time on the list, eight players on the Northern Michigan University hockey team earned WCHA Scholar-Athlete Awards, the league announced on Thursday. Nardi, who is an entrepreneurship major, was one of 15 men’s players who earned this ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team is ranked fifth among the eight schools in the GLIAC preseason coaches poll. The Wildcats finished in that same fifth-place spot the last time the league conducted a season in the fall of 2019. NMU was 8-11 overall and 7-7 in ...
MARQUETTE — It’s still early in the season for the Northern Michigan University volleyball team, but it has looked sharp in its first few matches. After splitting on the road with GLIAC powerhouse Ferris State, the Wildcats came home and swept both matches against Saginaw Valley State ...
MARQUETTE — Going into Tuesday’s first round of the GLIAC Tournament against Davenport, Northern Michigan University head coach Troy Mattson felt his team had to improve quickly if it wanted to keep its season going. The Wildcats did look good at moments, but some sloppy play in the first ...
MARQUETTE — Sophomore Makaylee Kuhn continues to handle a major portion of the scoring load for the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team and that helped earn her third GLIAC North Player of the Week honor on Monday. Kuhn, who totaled 73 points while making 30 of 35 free ...
MARQUETTE — A half-dozen Nordic skiers from Northern Michigan University — three men and three women — have qualified for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships to be held in Jackson, New Hampshire, on March 11 and 13. Much of that success stems from their sweep of the ...
MARQUETTE — A strong finish to the regular season propelled Northern Michigan University sophomore Andre Ghantous into being named WCHA Forward of the Month for February, the league announced Tuesday. Ghantous scored 21 points in the Wildcats’ final 13 games, including 16 points during 10 ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University volleyball freshman Jacqueline Smith was named GLIAC North Player of the Week after her performance against Saginaw Valley State at Vandament Arena over the weekend. Smith led the Wildcats with 37 kills in two four-set victories, averaging 4.63 kills ...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team improved to 2-1 this season after defeating Maryville 18-8 on Tuesday. A trio of Wildcats each scored four goals, including Emily Renfrew, who scored NMU’s first two goals, the second one a free position shot that ...
"The only way you’re going to be able to win in this tournament is to play great defense." — Troy Mattson, NMU women’s basketball head coach, on the GLIAC Tournament ----------------------------- MARQUETTE — When a basketball team enters the playoffs, it needs to be playing at ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University began a six-match volleyball homestand on the right foot, sweeping a pair of matches from Saginaw Valley State over the weekend at Vandament Arena. The Wildcats defeated SVSU 25-14, 25-12, 21-25, 25-21 on Friday before again dispatching the Cardinals ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — Freshman Selena Johnson produced Northern Michigan University’s top finish at the women’s GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championship hosted by Saginaw Valley State on Saturday and Sunday. Johnson was runner-up in the triple jump with a mark of 11.26 meters (36 feet, ...
QUINCY, Ill. — Emily Renfrew scored four goals and assisted on two others as Northern Michigan University won for the first time this season with a 16-7 women’s lacrosse victory at Quincy University on Sunday. The Wildcats (1-1) travel to Missouri to play Maryville at 1 p.m. ...
MARQUETTE — After getting dealt a blowout loss Friday night, the Northern Michigan University hockey team was desperately trying to keep its chances for home ice alive in the WCHA playoffs the following evening against rival Michigan Tech. However, after a furious rally to get the game to ...