SAULT STE. MARIE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team ended its regular season Saturday and will be going into the GLIAC Tournament with momentum as the Wildcats swept Lake Superior Sate in three sets, 25-15, 25-17, 25-21. Lizzy Stark led NMU offensively with 15 kills, while ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team enters this final weekend of the regular season knowing it is in the GLIAC Tournament and will go on the road for the opening-round quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Wildcats hit the highway south to University Center for a 7 p.m. ...
MARQUETTE — Led by freshman Ryan Palmbaum, four Northern Michigan University players earned men’s soccer postseason honors from the GLIAC on Thursday. Palmbaum was named the GLIAC Freshman of the Year after leading the Wildcats in all three scoring categories with eight goals and six ...
MARQUETTE — Heading into this weekend, the Northern Michigan University hockey team needed to improve in its zone as the Wildcats struggled to keep the puck out of its own net last weekend against St. Cloud State. On Friday, the Wildcats accomplished that task for the most part as they held ...
MANKATO, Minn. — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team prides itself on defense, but on Thursday night, the Wildcats were lacking at their own end of the court as they were thumped 83-57 by Minnesota State-Mankato. The Mavericks opened their season by connecting ...
DULUTH, Minn. — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team fell into an offensive funk early in the second half in an 84-62 loss at Minnesota-Duluth on Friday. NMU (1-2) trailed just 38-35 when Ben Wolf sank a layup with 17:05 left, but the Wildcats didn’t score again for ...
MARQUETTE — It’s been a long and tough season for the Northern Michigan University football team, but this weekend, it will all come to an end. The Wildcats’ year may have hit its lowest point on Saturday when NMU was pummeled at home by Saginaw Valley State 56-10. Things won’t get ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team might find itself taking a trip to Houghton on Wednesday after the Wildcats lost in three straight sets at Saginaw Valley State on Friday night. The Cardinals (19-7, 11-4 GLIAC) prevailed 25-15, 25-17, 25-14 to lock up the ...
"As great of players as they were in high school, when they get to this level, they don’t understand that there are two ends to the court." — Troy Mattson, NMU women’s head basketball coach, on adjustments freshmen players must make -------------------- MARQUETTE — Last weekend ...
MARQUETTE — For the third time this season, a Northern Michigan University swimmer has been honored with a GLIAC weekly award. Junior Ondrej Zach earned his second GLIAC Men’s Swim & Dive Athlete of the Week of the season after he won three events in a home meet against ...
MARQUETTE — The old cliche says that defense wins championships. To pull off that goal, the Northern Michigan University hockey team will have to be better in that facet of the game. Offense is definitely not an issue as the No. 18-ranked Wildcats are firing in nearly four goals — 3.90 to ...
Up next: Alaska-Fairbanks at NMU, 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday; Radio: WUPT The Point 100.3 FM ------------------- MARQUETTE — The No. 18 Northern Michigan University hockey team, with the eighth-best scoring offense in NCAA Division II, had two of its forwards recognized by the ...
MIDLAND — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team matched its second-highest scoring output of the season, but it wasn’t enough in the GLIAC Tournament opening-round quarterfinals that featured plenty of snow and cold on Monday afternoon. Playing at its home field in Midland, ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University used the friendly waters of the PEIF pool to defeat Wisconsin-Stevens Point by decisive margins Saturday in both men’s and women’s meets. The NMU teams are off until Thursday, Dec. 5, when they travel to Grand Rapids for the three-day Calvin ...
MARQUETTE — Senior Day is typically a time for celebration, but Ferris State spoiled the Northern Michigan University volleyball team’s special occasion Saturday at Vandament Arena as the Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats 3-1. A day earlier, however, NMU insured its participation in the ...
MARQUETTE — Cardinals don’t normally fly very high, or for very long, in real life. But the Northern Michigan University football team made it look like they could Saturday as the Saginaw Valley State offense torched the Wildcats defense for six first-half touchdowns, four on long plays ...
ALLENDALE — Northern Michigan University did something Sunday that no other GLIAC women’s soccer team did all season, but it wasn’t enough from being eliminated in the opening-round quarterfinals of the conference tournament. The Wildcats put a goal in on No. 1 seed Grand Valley State, ...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Senior Katelyn Smith earned all-region cross country honors as the Northern Michigan University women finished 11th among 32 teams at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Saturday. Hosted by Southern Indiana University, the Wildcats scored 286 points, finishing ahead of seven ...
LEBANON, Ill. — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team began the Matt Majkrzak era with a split of two games at the GLIAC-Great Lakes Valley Conference Challenge at McKendree University in Illinois. The Wildcats defeated Lewis 76-63 before falling to host McKendree ...
MARQUETTE — It’s been said before, but if there’s one word to describe the Northern Michigan University hockey team this year, it’s resilient. After rallying for three goals in the third period to force a tie with St. Cloud State on Friday, the No. 16-ranked Wildcats did it again ...