HOUGHTON — It is never easy to beat an opponent in college hockey five times in a season, yet that is exactly what the No. 20 Michigan Tech Huskies did Friday night with a 6-1 victory over te visiting Northern Michigan at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies found the scoresheet ...
MARQUETTE — Due to the timing of recent coronavirus testing results, the men’s basketball season at Northern Michigan University had ended. The Wildcats would’ve been scheduled to host a first-round game on Tuesday due to changes made in the GLIAC Tournament this season. The top four ...
MARQUETTE — It’s rare that the second game of a basketball series pretty much repeats what happened in the first game. But that’s what the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team went through — in a fortunate way over the weekend. The Wildcats won Friday over Purdue ...
"In the fourth quarter we kind of buckled down and did a little better job." — Troy Mattson, NMU women’s basketball head coach, on the Wildcats’ defense against Purdue Northwest ------------------ MARQUETTE — It took a little longer than expected, but the Northern Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — Last spring, the Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team was all set for its season and started with a solid 2-3 record. Then the COVID-19 pandemic sprung its ugly head, prompting the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 season. Now after a year layoff, the ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University is ranked fourth among six women’s lacrosse teams in the GLIAC Preseason Poll announced Wednesday. Though the Wildcats have already played one match, a 23-2 loss to NCAA Division II No. 2 Lindenwood on Saturday, the poll is just being announced ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s end-of-the-regular-season men’s basketball series at Purdue Northwest in Hammond, Indiana, this weekend has been canceled due to coronavirus pandemic concerns. The Wildcats announced the cancellation on Thursday afternoon, saying it was “due ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team received votes in this week’s NCAA Division II coaches poll conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The Wildcats, who opened their season with a two-match split at Ferris State last weekend, received 38 votes, ...
"Part of me thinks that we just maybe ran out of juice a little bit on Sunday." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on the Wildcats playing eight game in two weeks ---------------- MARQUETTE — It’s not so easy trying to play eight hockey games in two weeks as the Northern ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team may be playing at an atypical time of the year, but it hasn’t taken long for it to find its groove. The Wildcats opened their season last weekend at GLIAC powerhouse Ferris State, and after pushing the Bulldogs to the limit in a ...
MARQUETTE — Last weekend was good in more ways than one for the Northern Michigan University basketball teams. The NMU men (8-8) pulled off a home sweep of Davenport, which lifted them into seventh place in the GLIAC overall standings. Actually, four teams with .500 records — either 8-8 ...
BIG RAPIDS — Jacqueline Smith totaled 41 kills over the weekend as the Northern Michigan University volleyball team split a pair of matches at Ferris State to open the season over the weekend. Smith had 22 kills and 15 digs in the Wildcats’ five-set loss to the Bulldogs on Friday. FSU ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — Northern Michigan University athletes won three events and placed runner-up in three more at the Saginaw Valley State Tune-Up indoor track meet held Friday. The Wildcats’ Elise Longley accounted for two victories, taking the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 22.45 seconds ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team opened its season with a 23-2 nonconference loss to Lindenwood at home in the Superior Dome on Saturday morning. Emily Renfrew scored for the Wildcats just after the season was six minutes old, getting an assist from Tess ...
"I think that’s as exciting of a game I’ve ever been part of regardless that there was no goals scored." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on Saturday’s opening 0-0 tie vs. Bowling Green State --------------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey team ...
GRAND RAPIDS — Northern Michigan University stifled the Davenport offense in the first half and took a much-needed 62-43 victory in a GLIAC women’s basketball game played Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats (8-8) salvaged a split of their weekend series in Grand Rapids against the struggling ...
HOLLAND — Northern Michigan University picked up an individual victory in each of the final three days of the four-day GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships that finished Saturday. All three were by sophomores on the Wildcats men’s team, two by Roberto Camera and the other by Erikas ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team was in need of an injection of good news this weekend after losing three straight, particularly after a rough outing in a 22-point loss at Michigan Tech on Tuesday night. They got that good news in a big way to open a ...
BAY CITY — The most noticeable change is that all 12 men’s and women’s basketball schools qualify for this winter’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournaments, the league announced on Wednesday. In the past, only the top eight teams qualified, with the top four ...
MARQUETTE — With the college hockey season starting to wind down, every series becomes important. But this weekend’s pair of games are beyond that — they’re outright crucial — for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. That’s because the Wildcats are trying to keep pace ...