SAULT STE. MARIE — Things haven’t been going well the last couple of weeks for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. Home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs appeared to be a sure thing at the start of the month, but heading into this weekend, that idea was more of a ...
MARQUETTE — It’s not easy to knock off a ranked basketball team for a second time in one season, which is what the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team was trying to do on Thursday night. After upsetting then-No. 11 Grand Valley State on the road in January, the Wildcats ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Northern Michigan University women continue to lead and the men remained in third place after the second day of the GLIAC Championships swimming and diving meets held at Saginaw Valley State on Thursday. The Wildcat women have 456 1/2 points while the men have 304 ...
MARQUETTE — Things definitely aren’t going well for the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team, especially when it comes to health. The Wildcats have been hit hard with injuries the past few weeks, and to make matters worse, No. 6 Grand Valley State rolled into town ...
This weekend: NMU at Lake Superior State, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Radio: WUPT The Point 100.3 FM ---------------------- MARQUETTE — There’s a lot on the line this weekend for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. First off, it’s a chance for the Wildcats to get ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Northern Michigan University women lead and the men are third after Wednesday’s first day at the GLIAC Championships in swimming and diving. The Wildcats women won two events and have 206 1/2 points, while the men have 123 points. NMU swimmers and divers hit the ...
MARQUETTE — If you were to look at the relationships the Northern Michigan University hockey team has had with the conferences it’s played in, “complicated” would be a good term to describe them. Well, on Tuesday, it started a new relationship and it’s with a league that the ...
MARQUETTE — There's no doubt about it at this point. It's crunch time for the Northern Michigan University men's basketball team. After their losing streak was extended to three games with road losses to Lake Superior State and Ferris State, the Wildcats' chances of making the GLIAC ...
MARQUETTE — It's been said several times over the past month that the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team is hurting badly, but that's pretty much the storyline for the team right now. A good chunk of its roster has been hit hard by injuries and right now, NMU is limping ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University named Jon Sandoval as the head women’s soccer coach on Thursday. He will begin his tenure after serving as the men’s assistant coach since July 2018, according to an NMU news release, and succeeds three-year veteran Sonia Basma in the ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a recommendation from the NMU Department of Athletics to begin a women’s wrestling program. Northern will be the first public university in Michigan to sponsor the sport for women as an NCAA ...
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BIG RAPIDS — The season is winding down for the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team and it’s running out of time to get into the GLIAC postseason tournament. In January, the Wildcats were in contention to host a first-round GLIAC Tournament game, but that possibility is ...
HOUGHTON — Northern Michigan University posted a good ol’-fashioned sweep at Central Collegiate Ski Association Championships held in Houghton over the weekend. The Wildcats’ men and women each swept to their respective team titles, powered by individual victories in all four races held ...
BIG RAPIDS — The injury- and illness-plagued Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team lost its second straight time on a GLIAC road trip after falling 68-56 at Ferris State on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs ran past the Wildcats, picking up 19 fast-break points to ...
MARQUETTE — Friday night’s 5-0 loss to No. 16 Bemidji State was definitely one for the No. 19 Northern Michigan University hockey team to put behind it. For the first few minutes of their rematch with the Beavers on Saturday, the Wildcats looked like they had did just that, scoring only a ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University opened its women’s lacrosse campaign strongly under new coach Lindsey LeMay but ultimately lost its season opener to McKendree 17-11 at the Superior Dome on Saturday. The Wildcats opened strongly with seven goals as goalkeeper Cam Stilson posted ...
ALLENDALE — The Northern Michigan University picked up a number of top-25 finishes at the Grand Valley State Big Meet on Saturday that featured NCAA Division I and Division II entries. It was the Wildcats’ final regular-season indoor meet with the GLIAC Championships taking place in two ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team and head coach Mike Lozier recently announced a new assistant coach. Alexis “Pookie” Gonzalez comes to NMU after a year-long stint at California-Davis, where she was the Aggies’ volunteer assistant. “I believe she has ...
MARQUETTE — The women’s lacrosse team at Northern Michigan University starts its fourth season with new head coach Lindsey LeMay, who was named in August. The program’s only coach, Emilia Ward, took an assistant coach’s job at NCAA Division I Marquette University in Milwaukee, it was ...